fort lauderdale

[macguy]

Originally Posted by lonelychicagoan

i've been on dixie highway and on interstate 95, too. the only slums i have seen were on the northwest side of miami-dade, especially in the vicinity of opa locka airport. other than that, i did not see anything that was run down or covered with graffiti or garbage in broward county. by the way, my group and i did not even encounter any crazy weaving drivers either, and it was tuesday afternoon, too! we did encounter a few minor traffic backups and some road construction, but not much else. and this was driving all the way from key largo! also, my guess is, whatever slums that were in broward county were very likely wiped out by hurricane wilma.

Broward has the usual business districts that consist of tire stores and such and not much to look at, but you won't find anything that can be described as a slum. The worst street is sistrunk from 7th Ave. to 31st Ave. and that is about it. Most anything that was rundown has been bulldozed.

West Broward blvd., most of Sunrise blvd., NW 9 Ave. and NW 7 Ave. there is almost nothing left and it is all being redeveloped. The land in this city even the bad stuff is just too valuable. In fact I had to go for a building permit and the new city office is at NW 19 St. near I-95 an area you would never have gone a few years ago. The poor are being squeezed out pretty quick.

[elfyum]

Ft Lauderdale is like any other city!!! If you want to go searching for bad areas, yes OF COURSE there are some!!! I'm sure there are "slums" in the cities in AR as well!!! Jeez Louise!!! Were you people who are always commenting on the bad areas born in a bubble? Raised in a bubble?
I mean, there are plenty of small towns across the country that have little to no crime - even in FL!!!
People come on here asking about Ft L or Miami, or Tampa -OBVIOUSLY they don't WANT a small town!!!
In that case the post would read (like some do) "Looking for a Mayberry in FL"...
So this thing about bad areas is getting OLD!!!
It IS helpful to tell people WHERE the bad areas are to avoid them, but that's not what people on here tend to do.
It's more like, "Oh, there are bad areas in this city! Stay away from this city!" Come ON guys!