I took a US road trip starting in January 1966. Late February brought me to Orlando, the largest business in which was Leon’s Fruit. I had to walk through a couple of miles of swampland from where I had been dropped off at the Freeway heading south to Miami before I saw any signs of civilization. I’m sure this is all built up now.
This was not a thriving town - I paid $4.50 a night for a hotel room as I recall - it was close by the RR tracks. The furniture bounced around when the Orange Blossom Special whistled through around midnight. ;^)
I would say Disney has been good for Orlando.
This story was written with the class warfare / capitalists are evil point of view.
One of the issues is that back when the Disney bros were in charge, the company really was family friendly, but now it's part of the liberal MSM establishment.