fort lauderdale (Hollywood: hotels, work, construction)

[lonelychicagoan]

hi everyone. i have certainly seen a lot of flaming about florida. i was wondering what people would think of fort lauderdale. (of course, having been there myself allready, i know the truth! lol)

[hiknapster]

So why are you asking? The question sounds like a flame... My night isn't complete without a visit from "Lonely Chicagoian."

[MrTudo]

Ft Lauderdale is great. Bring your Titanium card

[lonelychicagoan]

i just wanted to see how many people are probably "lying" about florida

[SunshineState]

Originally Posted by lonelychicagoan

hi everyone. i have certainly seen a lot of flaming about florida. i was wondering what people would think of fort lauderdale. (of course, having been there myself allready, i know the truth! lol)

...do you live in Ft. Lauderdale ( how long?)or just visited there? Born there? Work there?

[lonelychicagoan]

i have visited fort lauderdale. sadly, i do not live there, but i did take about an 8 mile hike through several nearby residential and a few buisness areas in fort lauderdale. explored at least a couple of strip malls, went through a few very nice and beautifully kept residential neighborhoods without any incidents, and even had dinner at giorgio's restaurant just off highway A1A.

[mtvice]

Lonelychicagoan:

A1A is the same as Ocean Boulevard where most of the restaurants and hotels are. But that area does not tell you the truth about Fort Lauderdale. Next time take a drive around "Dixie Hwy", "Federal Hwy" and you will see some of the slums of Fort Lauderdale. These people never had the time and the money to go to the restaurant you went last time, and do not ask me why?

[blauskies]

Las Olas is nice, just get there early to get a parking spot. I think Hollywood around the beach is dumpy, but I'm more inclined to say it's "old".

[SunshineState]

Originally Posted by lonelychicagoan

i have visited fort lauderdale. sadly, i do not live there, but i did take about an 8 mile hike through several nearby residential and a few buisness areas in fort lauderdale. explored at least a couple of strip malls, went through a few very nice and beautifully kept residential neighborhoods without any incidents, and even had dinner at giorgio's restaurant just off highway A1A.

I kind of thought by your original post that you didn't live or work there. It is a beautiful place to visit and that is all I will say about it.

[lonelychicagoan]

Originally Posted by mtvice

Lonelychicagoan:

A1A is the same as Ocean Boulevard where most of the restaurants and hotels are. But that area does not tell you the truth about Fort Lauderdale. Next time take a drive around "Dixie Hwy", "Federal Hwy" and you will see some of the slums of Fort Lauderdale. These people never had the time and the money to go to the restaurant you went last time, and do not ask me why?

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.