Going to be in the city briefly tomorrow - what to do? (Fort Lauderdale: sale)

[tricon7]

I'm going to be in Fort Lauderdale for a day on Friday - less than a full day, actually. But it's all I have. I'm driving eight hours to get there, so I want to make sure I do what I need to do and get what I need while I'm there, in case I am offered a job. So much can be done online or over the phone, and I know a special trip(s) will need to be made to make the really big decisions, but surely there are some things I could do while I'm there in person. I just don't want to have a "d'oh!" moment after I get back and say, "Why didn't I do fill-in-the-blank?"

What about items I could pick up while I'm there, like travel guides, area information, newspapers, etc? I'm taking my digital camera and camcorder to get a feel for the area for my wife for when I get back. Also, I don't expect to be able to get into all areas of FTL for a look-see, but maybe one or two.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[runswithscissors]

Are you going to the place where you'd be working? Where will your home base be? The intersection.

What time are you getting here and what time do you wanna leave?

I will post you a ft lauderdale neighborhoods map but you need to drive north south east and west from FLL so where's the starting point?

coming here on Turnpike I assume...?

And do you have a GPS in the car? Get the best map you can read in a car and study it ahead of time then bring it.

Google the zip code or address of your potential office too. Print that out. more later...........if you want I can tell you a method, I did that for 6 months straight.

But the streets are confusing at first.

Focus on Turnpike, I95, Federal Hwy (Route 1) , Commercial Blvd, Oakland Park Blvd, and University out west where Tamarac is...at first now. To get your bearings.

The North "end" would be Mc Nab or Atlantic Ave where Pompano starts depending where you'll work.

In between the Turnpike and University is the iffy section going west...more or less. Being east of I95 is better actually.

[runswithscissors]

Save these:


Some posters here know these neighborhoods really really well, each block. I only know the ones I investigated for me.



FLL is a city of neighborhoods, here's a good neighborhood map:

http://info.ci.ftlaud.fl.us/GIS/files/maps/neighborhood_associations.pdf (broken link)

list of some of the names of the neighborhoods:

List of neighborhoods in Fort Lauderdale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

neighborhood association contacts:

City of Fort Lauderdale - Homeowners Associations Contact List (http://ci.ftlaud.fl.us/neighborhoods/associations/contacts.htm - broken link)

keep in mind this is a city. you're going to be told stuff like there's a park 2 blocks over that's "sorta" safe for example...

Wilton Manors (close - feels like ft lauderdale) and the surrounding towns you could commute from depending on where....

Lauderdale by the Sea:
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida Chamber of Commerce

Wilton Manors:
Wilton Manors -- Welcome to the City of Wilton Manors, Florida

Tamarac:
City of Tamarac

North Lauderdale:
City Of North Lauderdale

Plantation:
Plantation, The Grass is Greener - Official Website for the City of Plantation

Davie:
Welcome to Davie, Florida (http://www.davie-fl.gov/Pages/index - broken link)

When you drive back you can go up Federal or I95 if you want to see the northern towns but again, traffic but you can zoom off at Boca, drive around then get back on.......but it's not commutable really, just for comparison....

I forgot Weston....it's west of Tamarac by the Everglades on the map. not cheap.

You might be able to commute Coconut Creek, add that to your zooming trip if you want. My son's girlfriend took the turnpike every day to her job there.

EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE WORK LOCATION.

[trekker954]

If you only have a portion of the day, I would just get on the water taxi to see the intercostal and take it as far as you can go and just enjoy it. You can get on and off, have lunch or dinner. The weather has been incredible and I believe will be again tomorrow.

[runswithscissors]

Originally Posted by lshoupe

If you only have a portion of the day, I would just get on the water taxi to see the intercostal and take it as far as you can go and just enjoy it. You can get on and off, have lunch or dinner. The weather has been incredible and I believe will be again tomorrow.

LOL he's trying to move his family here for work.

[runswithscissors]

Here's a website with surrounding towns you can click on and see neighborhood's name and each type of housing and sale not rent prices:''

it gives the boundaries where it's located

it may not help or confuse you but you can keep it if you see a name of somewhere

Mainlands Tamarac are the ones I said have a couple three br or 2 br with family room

BrowardNeighborhoods.com