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[tombarnes]

I'd have thought that Dade County would be on the list as well.

[kayman]

Lady Celeste, on Jun 26 2006, 04:37 PM, said:

I am baffled as to why they broke Palm Beach County into two. Why not just add the two with Broward County? They are next to each other and are much smaller than metro Atlanta? Just call it Broward/Palm Beach for a total of  489,550. That would make it number 3 behind Noew York City and Los Angeles. That would only push Atlanta to 9th place.

I can answer that question for you Celeste.  Palm Beach County is on the longest (north-to-south orientation wise) counties in Florida (its nearly 50 miles from North to South border to border.  In reality if you stay in the region, you can tell that southern Palm Beach County (Boca Raton) is more in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale axis of influenced while northern Palm Beach is more in the West Palm Beach axis of influence.  As strange as it may sound, the size of the area doesn't really matter rather the number of people and commuting/service area habits in the area itself.  South Florida is 3 different submarkets (Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach).  However, Miami and Ft. Lauderdale are grouped together most of the time and 9 out of 10 times West Palm is its own market.  In other words, unless Miami-Dade is included in the mix, Broward and Palm Beach won't be grouped together.

Edited by Leonard23, 13 July 2006 - 08:37 AM.