Do you think South Florida is diverse? (Miami, Fort Lauderdale: gated, live in)

[nohope]

SE florida......like Fort Lauderdale down.

[compelled to reply]

Not south of the Golden Glades (North Miami, NMB are pretty diverse) or north of the Broward County line (with exceptions, like west Boynton, Royal Palm Beach), or east of US1 (with few exceptions like Miami Beach). Also parts of Ft. Lauderdale proper and Hollywood are quite segregated. I would say that west and parts of east Broward, South Dade, parts of unincorporated Palm Beach County, and NE Dade are diverse, while other parts are segregated and not diverse, with Dade County in particular being very segregated. There are some cities like Pembroke Pines that are among the most diverse I have seen for suburban type cities. It's not exactly like all of South Florida is a "Hispanic" monoculture.

[jhlcomp]

This is one of the more diverse areas I have lived in next to Washington, D.C.

[BlueIt]

If your defination of "diverse" is having Hispanics from many different countries make up the majority or near majority of the population. Then yes South Florida is diverse...

[compelled to reply]

Broward County does not even have a single Hispanic dominated community even south of Ft. Lauderdale (let's see, Hollywood is mostly white although parts are a total melting pot, Pembroke Pines lacks a majority but whites dominate, and they even have Asians out there so that's diverse, Miramar is black dominant with no majority, Weston is white dominant with no majority, Davie is solidly white majority, Cooper City is solidly white majority). Yes there is a large "Hispanic" population since you all consider it a race but the most "Hispanic" city is Weston and even there non-Hispanic groups dominate (mostly white not of Hispanic origin), and there are blacks, Asian Indians, Brazilians (to the wonderfully ignorant crowd here, they don't speak Spanish so they aren't Hispanic) and the county as a whole is white dominated with blacks in second place, and Hispanic are in a not that distant third and they generally live amongst each other, so I guess that makes it diverse. Also NE Dade is plenty diverse, although yes south of the Golden Glades it becomes what the above poster described and it becomes segregated until you get to South Dade.

Oh, and Fort Lauderdale proper was 11.2% Hispanic versus a 14.8% national average, although it can tend to be segregated there. Also, use this website to look up any other city/county and research away!
Fort Lauderdale city, Florida - Fact Sheet - American FactFinder

Such a race obsession on here especially with "Hispanics" whom aren't even a race. Wonder why this thread didn't get deleted if I got mine deleted for trying to get some basic, non personal background information though a poll. Yet this total ignorance is allowed.

[BaskingRidgeMom]

Originally Posted by compelled to reply

Broward County does not even have a single Hispanic dominated community even south of Ft. Lauderdale (let's see, Hollywood is mostly white although parts are a total melting pot, Pembroke Pines lacks a majority but whites dominate, and they even have Asians out there so that's diverse, Miramar is black dominant with no majority, Weston is white dominant with no majority, Davie is solidly white majority, Cooper City is solidly white majority). Yes there is a large "Hispanic" population since you all consider it a race but the most "Hispanic" city is Weston and even there non-Hispanic groups dominate (mostly white not of Hispanic origin), and there are blacks, Asian Indians, Brazilians (to the wonderfully ignorant crowd here, they don't speak Spanish so they aren't Hispanic) and the county as a whole is white dominated with blacks in second place, and Hispanic are in a not that distant third and they generally live amongst each other, so I guess that makes it diverse. Also NE Dade is plenty diverse, although yes south of the Golden Glades it becomes what the above poster described and it becomes segregated until you get to South Dade.

Oh, and Fort Lauderdale proper was 11.2% Hispanic versus a 14.8% national average, although it can tend to be segregated there. Also, use this website to look up any other city/county and research away!
Fort Lauderdale city, Florida - Fact Sheet - American FactFinder

Such a race obsession on here especially with "Hispanics" whom aren't even a race. Wonder why this thread didn't get deleted if I got mine deleted for trying to get some basic, non personal background information though a poll. Yet this total ignorance is allowed.

Hi Compelled,

The reason you had it deleted it was because the "squeaky mousy" person who deleted it has no knowledge of what she is speaking of. Afterall, what does a person know about ethnic diversity when they live in "Beautiful Tennesse" yet has an obsession with monitoring the Miami threads. I have read some of Tenn. posts...need I say more.

P.S. No I do not think by "big" city standards South Florida is very diverse when comparing it to cities like NY, but in fairness it certainly is "extremely" diverse when comparing it to say places like ummm.....Chattanooga! LOL

[JSnFla]

110% hispanic....sounds diverse....

[robertobaggio]

Originally Posted by JSnFla

110% hispanic....sounds diverse....

Not true. Plenty of Europeans in Miami. More so than most other cities in the country.

[tallrick]

I haven't seen any natural blondes in a while, so I guess diversity is not a correct term here.

[sarasarita]

Yes, South Florida is very diverse compare to any city or county up north in florida.

Not just Hispanics or people that makes south Florida diverse, even business, food, clothing, sports, music etc. is not only football in Hollywood or KFC in Miramar, may I say..

However, any where you go you must know some Spanish so they don’t confuse you with a tourist! … Even for most employments you must be bilingual; Spanish/English is preferred!

Diversity is what makes south Florida the best place to be!