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Nearest city: Fort Lauderdale
Population: 164,259
Median family income: $78,660
Runners-up: Sunrise, Tamarac
Pembroke Pines, a fast-growing city about 15 miles south of downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is our top Florida pick for the second straight year. The city is popular with retirees but also has plenty of young families, many of which left Miami Dade County to fill its shiny new developments during the housing boom. Among the attractions for these young families: low crime, the Pembroke Lakes Mall, and the schools, which include a charter high school.
Nearest city: Tallahassee, Fla.
Population: 63,921
Median family income: $57,560
Runners-up: Auburn, Montgomery
Dothan, located near the Florida border about 95 miles northwest of Tallahassee, Fla. is a fast-growing agricultural town known as the "Peanut Capital of the World." The National Peanut Festival is held in Dothan each November.
The community also has a botanical garden and opera house.
Nearest city: Fort Lauderdale
Population: 164,259
Median family income: $78,660
Runners-up: Sunrise, Tamarac
Pembroke Pines, a fast-growing city about 15 miles south of downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is our top Florida pick for the second straight year. The city is popular with retirees but also has plenty of young families, many of which left Miami Dade County to fill its shiny new developments during the housing boom. Among the attractions for these young families: low crime, the Pembroke Lakes Mall, and the schools, which include a charter high school.
Nearest city: Tallahassee, Fla.
Population: 63,921
Median family income: $57,560
Runners-up: Auburn, Montgomery
Dothan, located near the Florida border about 95 miles northwest of Tallahassee, Fla. is a fast-growing agricultural town known as the "Peanut Capital of the World." The National Peanut Festival is held in Dothan each November.
The community also has a botanical garden and opera house.
There is also this Couple shot during Pembroke Pines home invasion - Afternoon Update (stories) - MiamiHerald.com (http://www.miamiherald.com/1374/story/1257516.html - broken link) happening in Pembroke Pines.
Oy vey. Look, NJ is nice, FL is nice. Which one you like more depends on who you are. If you bash N.J., you probably don't know it well enough, same goes for F.L.
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