Worst City Name in South Florida? (Lauderhill: airport, about, hear)

[THX 1138]

Originally Posted by vvolin

How about "Pompano"? Besides, if you speak Italian, a name like that sounds really bad...........
Valeria

Pompano is a Fish. That's where the name came from.

[Desdemona25]

Originally Posted by compelled to reply

Yeah but you just don't get that feeling in Davie. There are some huge houses and upscale communities there but it doesn't feel uptight as a whole. It feels middle-class. You don't even get that Boca feeling in Weston or Wellington which have at least 20 thousand dollars higher median income. If you are a down to earth type I don't blame you for wanting to leave Boca.

And abuot Plantation, I was thinking more along the lines of something else...it's baaaaaad.

I know exactly what you're getting at with Plantation.

Like I said, I grew up down that way and only moved because I needed to be a little closer to some family after my divorce. And they lived in Boca.

Regarding Wellington, I prefer going to that mall instead of Town Center in Boca. I feel poor when going to TC. You get some of the uppity feeling in both Weston and Wellington, but that's mostly from the nouveaux rich vs. those that have been in the area for a while (referring mostly to Wellington on this one). When it comes to leaving the area, the final straw from me came in November/December when there was a bunch of extremely violent crime that happened in the area. One was isolated, but happened right in my neighborhood (robbery attempt/murder/house fire). Then there was the armed robbery/high speed car chase/shooting that killed an innocent bystander/standoff that involved police in riot gear that happened in December. And then just a few days later the incident at Town Center. That shook me up (and still does) because the little girl that was killed was in the same grade as my daughter. After that, I knew it was time to leave.

[PBCboy]

Originally Posted by Desdemona25

I know exactly what you're getting at with Plantation.

Like I said, I grew up down that way and only moved because I needed to be a little closer to some family after my divorce. And they lived in Boca.

Regarding Wellington, I prefer going to that mall instead of Town Center in Boca. I feel poor when going to TC. You get some of the uppity feeling in both Weston and Wellington, but that's mostly from the nouveaux rich vs. those that have been in the area for a while (referring mostly to Wellington on this one). When it comes to leaving the area, the final straw from me came in November/December when there was a bunch of extremely violent crime that happened in the area. One was isolated, but happened right in my neighborhood (robbery attempt/murder/house fire). Then there was the armed robbery/high speed car chase/shooting that killed an innocent bystander/standoff that involved police in riot gear that happened in December. And then just a few days later the incident at Town Center. That shook me up (and still does) because the little girl that was killed was in the same grade as my daughter. After that, I knew it was time to leave.

If you think that's bad then you should live in West Palm Beach Boca Raton is considered one of the lowest crime areas in the county... imagine what the more dangerous areas are like.

You might want to change your location title now, too.

[Desdemona25]

Originally Posted by PBCboy

If you think that's bad then you should live in West Palm Beach Boca Raton is considered one of the lowest crime areas in the county... imagine what the more dangerous areas are like.

You might want to change your location title now, too.

I'm still in Florida.

And I know that Boca is one of the lowest crime areas in the county. That's probably why the recent events have shaken me up a bit.

[Leela]

Port St. Lucie, it is a nightmare...............

[rootzdread]

Originally Posted by 305guy

Hialeah. It's just funny sounding. It's even better when someone isn't from here and they pronounce it Hia-Lea instead of Hia-leea. It's even funny on paper, like you can't take it seriously.

It's a Native name so it would sound funny to a lot of non-Native people but, I actually like that we have a city name with Native etymological roots. I'm biased cause I'm a Native descendant

[ruski]

Originally Posted by compelled to reply

That's so funny because when I think of Lauderhill I think of a big anthill with palm trees growing out of it...

I knew about the Car-a-Mat story, which is just even more strange yet believable.

Actually quite believable... My boss' wife comes from this family that started a pretty big car wash machine business. And they are from Tamarac!

[ace587]

Sweetwater lol

[xS☺Be]

Nobody mentioned "OVERTOWN"? So if there's an OVERtown, where's UNDERtown?

[MoItaly]

Originally Posted by vvolin

How about "Pompano"? Besides, if you speak Italian, a name like that sounds really bad...........
Valeria

LOL, always thought that since I first saw the name. When I have Italian friends visiting it's even worse because they pronounce it with the accent on the A...