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The six Florida cities and their rankings were: Fort Pierce (34); Hialeah (13); Miami Gardens (28); North Miami (25); North Miami BThe six Florida cities and their rankings were: Fort Pierce (34); Hialeah (13); Miami Gardens (28); North Miami (25); North Miami Beach (33); Hallandale Beach (37).each (33); Hallandale Beach (37).
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I cannot speak for much of that article. Fort Pierce is 2 towns north of me, I know the town well. There is a large ghetto area there and it is slowly shrinking. The downtown area used to be a ghost town in the 90's today it has a fantastic green market on Saturdays and a large street festival the first Friday of every month. With live music, vendors etc.. all set up on the main drag through downtown which is closed to traffic.
The small ghetto is just a tiny part of the town, you go out west it is all farm land. Along the coast fishing and great beaches. I used to tow my boat up to Fort Pierce because the water there is pristine. Where I live they dump out Lake Okeechobee (Thanks US Corps of Engineers!!) so our water is all screwed up most of the summer.
I know a gal who moved to Hallendale, I surveyed her house for her. I was enamored by the area. I took my wife back down there another weekend and we explored around it. It was really nice there. I am sure there is probably a bad area, the area we were in appeared to be a Gay area, we saw a lot of gay bars weird stores etc... We even found a cool candy store that had all kinds of vintage candy and candy / snacks from around the world. Next door was a bondage store.
-- Oops My Bad it was not Hallendale it was Wilton Manors not Hallendale. I am actually heading to a Subaru shop in Hallendale in a couple of weeks.
I do not agree with the article at all, especially from the experiences I have had in some of the cities on that list, some I know well others I have visited numerous times. Likes the parts of Miami they are talking about, the train I take to Miami stops in Overtown (made famous in scarface) Overtown is a pretty nice place now, lots of nice shops and restaurants. Hell the Formula E race I attended was about 4 blocks east of Overtown.