Just a snow bird opinion here. In big residential areas, big alligators are mostly kept at bay, When we snow birded in the Tampa area most of the alligators were in the 2 to 5 foot range. We made a couple of trips to central Florida out in the sticks of Polk county. There isn’t a lot of civilization out there so the gators grow big.
Yeah Polk county is growing like crazy. Subdivisions everywhere. There’s still a few “sticks” left😳