Not really its surrounded by some real ghetto areas but they don't bother each other too much :)
-----Original Message----- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 6:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Fort Lauderdale area That would be Haulover Beach, wouldn't it? Property in Wilton Manors is also $$$$$$$$$ On Sep 13, 2008, at 6:14 PM, Benjamin Zachary - Lists wrote: > > > I live in Delray Beach area, about 20 mins north of FTL. Its fine > there, the > city is huge you can live just about anywhere around there and still > be > 10-15 mins from your office. > > If you want family stuff, areas like Plantation, Weston (way west), > Boca > Raton are a good choice, if you are gay you will want to live around > Wilton > Manors, if you are a beach goer you live right along the water, if > you are > poor you live somewhere 1-2 miles west of the ocean to I95. If you > are a > boater you have a condo or TH with deep water access in a canal > somewhere > near the water but not on it. If you are wealthy you live off Las > Olas and > the Intra coastal, a little strip of area along Pompano Beach > (Lighthouse > Point) or in one of three key areas of Boca Raton. > > If you are single then the rest of the land is yours ;). Downtown > FTL offers > several high rise condos that have ocean views and you can walk to > all the > bars. Deerfield Beach a few miles North is where a lot of younger > people > are, you can hit the scene there and find a lot of 'college girl > types'. > Also a lot less expensive living with similar amenities. > > Delray Beach has one of the larger concentrations of party goers in > one > street (IMO). The only place you will find a guy asking for a > handout, the > street lined with benz/bmw's, and a drug dealer in every bar, oh not > to > mention everyone that works in those bars is in some program or > another > (Delray leads the nation I think in rehab programs). It makes for very > interesting night life. Don't get lost though, two blocks away is some > pretty bad ghettos. Oh yah all tucked inside this little 'strip' are > 500-750k townhouses and condos. (The beach is clothing optional, I > think, or > at least it seems quite a few people like to go topless and no one > ever says > anything) > > Ive been down in the area for 15 years (South Beach to Boca Raton, to > Delray) > > The housing market has pretty much tanked as much as its going to, > lots of > short sales and bank stuff going on in certain areas. The wealthier > areas of > course you wont find anything, I guess its whatever your looking > for. Owning > a house here isn't all its cracked up to be, real estate tax is high > in lieu > of a state sales tax (we have no state sales tax, just city/fed). > You also > need a HELL of a lot of insurance, and if you live east of I95 that > can cost > 50% of your mortgage payment depending on flood zone or not. > > Also there is no tradeoff for the breeze from the water, it makes a > big > difference between being on the water and getting that light breeze > vs being > 10 miles west and sitting in the swamp. As someone who owned homes > out West > and now rents right on the water, I can say Im much happier for > about the > same money. > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > -- > If this email is spam, report it here: > http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6NzQ0ODA4MTc2On BqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
