The waterside stretch of central Florida where Omar Mateen lived, roaming between the upmarket town of Port St Lucie and the downmarket town of Fort Pierce, is a conservative zone known as the “Treasure Coast”.
It contains the identikit car dealers, fast food outlets and cheque-cashing facilities visible in so many parts of the US, but with the addition of palm trees, blue skies and boat repair and tackle shops.
It has become more ethnically diverse in recent years: 20 per cent of people in St Lucie county now speak a language other than English at home. And it has ridden the housing rollercoaster: Port St Lucie’s population grew faster than any other city in 2005, and then the area endured an especially painful bust in 2008-09.
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