Dania!!! (Hollywood, Cooper City, Dania Beach: apartments, high crime, motel)

[browardboi954]

yea so im finally moving out of my cuzins apartment and getting a place out in dania by dania beach blvd. and U.S.-1.. im not to familiar with south broward, having lived in the lauderdale/central broward area since moving to florida.. hoping i could get some information on the area, as far as the type of people around the community, entertainment, jobs, crime, any info would be usefull!!

also, more or less, how far/how long of a bus ride would it be along U.S.-1 (federal highway) from dania beach blvd. to oakland park blvd. thanks!!

[compelled to reply]

Dania Beach looks like the 60s and feels like the 80s.

Type of people- Still a bit of a cocaine problem and it shows. Mostly blue collar white people and a small black "area" set off, small Hispanic population mixed throughout. The people are definitely on the weird side, although mostly down to earth. Their is also a small "ghetto" pocket and a small pocket of middle class white/hispanic people east of US1 that seem like they belong out in Cooper City. It's very class segregated and somewhat race segregated. The people at that Publix on Dania Beach Blvd are sometimes a little rough but very down to earth by the way, you can pick up some vibes of what the area is like at that store.

Entertainment- Your not nearly as far from Ft. Lauderdale as you think. You can get on the bus and be downtown in 10-15 minutes. Downtown Hollywood is around the same distance. Within the community, there isn't too much really. A few antique shops, restaurants, the famous Jaxsons ice cream parlor, a few rough convenience stores. You can also score some blow, but I don't recommend that path. And of course, the beach is very close.

Jobs- Pretty much the same as anywhere in Broward.

Crime- Pretty high. Lots of weird people hanging out there at night. It's a different kind of high crime from, say, NW Ft. Lauderdale though, if you know what I'm saying. Fine during the day, mostly burglaries or opportunistic crime. If you are street smart and can deal with some grit however you will be fine day and night.

All and all it's a weird, gritty kind of place but you can make something out of it. There are worse places. Being so close to the beach is a nice plus.

[browardboi954]

thanks for such a detailed response.. still want to know tho.. specifically U.S.1 and dania beach blvd... how is that area?

[compelled to reply]

Not too great immediately off of the street. There are a lot of sleazy motel looking apartments until you get further in where it looks like a typical 60's era working class neighborhood. Like I said, looks like the 60s, feels like the 80s. Very strange area, feels time warped.

[sk071077]

my mom lives in dania south of stirling. When you start west of fed and pass the tracks- between old griffen and sheridan .... I avoid that area. There are some hoods back there. east of fed is alright and between fed and the tracks is up and down ... thats were my mom lives. But there are some bad blocks in dania.

[browardboi954]

Originally Posted by sk071077

my mom lives in dania south of stirling. When you start west of fed and pass the tracks- between old griffen and sheridan .... I avoid that area. There are some hoods back there. east of fed is alright and between fed and the tracks is up and down ... thats were my mom lives. But there are some bad blocks in dania.

yea i know exactly what you are talking about.. i took a walk over the train tracks west of US-1 yesterday and felt like i was in sum hollywood slum.. basicly the area you mentioned is kinda rough round tha edges.. anything west of the train tracks south of old griffen going into hollywood is kinda gutta.. but its nice that im in the middle of everything, the dania pier is only bout a 20-30 minute walk away and its only a dollar to fish all day (im hoping to catch sum snapper or sum bluegill soon), and its convenient to have hollywood and lauderdale so close.. and of course ya gotta luv the breeze bus that runs durring rush hour an passes the airport alltogether saving me much needed time to get to work.. so far so good!

[nanokilla]

not as bad as deepside tho lol

[browardboi954]

Originally Posted by nanokilla

not as bad as deepside tho lol

$hit homie i moved 2 dania from 56th