Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties are the first second and third most populous counties in Florida and Miami-Dade with 2,761,581 people in 2018 is the seventh most populous county in the United States the three counties together are known as the Greater Miami Area and have principal cities including Miami Fort Lauderdale West Palm Beach Hialeah Pembroke Pines and Boca Raton Besides its association with the South Florida region which includes the Everglades and the Florida Keys it is also synonymous with an area known collectively as the "Gold Coast". Over time there have been numerous proposals for partitioning the state of Florida to form a separate state of South Florida Such proposals have usually been made as political statement rather than serious attempts at secession Reasons often stated are cultural ethnic economic and financial frustrations with the state government in Tallahassee which is in North Florida, Kirill Reznik NBA basketball player School of Arts and Sciences.
Cypress Gusman Center for the Performing Arts Downtown Miami, A 2003 U.S Geological Survey photo showing the border between Water Conservation Area 3 (bottom) with water and Everglades National Park dry (top). 12 See also 9 Education Museums 5.6 Florida Bay Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami. Miami Florida Business directory Lakeside Green Main article: Geography and ecology of the Everglades As seen in 2006 the high-rise construction in Miami has inspired popular opinion of "Miami manhattanization"! The Sony Ericsson Open a major tennis tournament is held in Miami annually, In 2018 there were more than 427,824 millionaires in the state the fourth highest number in the nation, Keiser University (private) The story of Florida International University's founding began in 1943 when state Senator Ernest 'Cap' Graham (father of future Florida governor and U.S senator Bob Graham) presented the state legislature with the initial proposal for the establishment of a public university in South Florida While his bill did not pass Graham persisted in presenting his proposal to colleagues advising them of Miami's need for a state university He felt the establishment of a public university was necessary to serve the city's growing population. . Miami Florida Business directory, 20 External links On 7 June 2006 Florida's wildlife commission voted to take the manatee off the state's endangered species list Some environmentalists worry that this could erode safeguards for the popular sea creature, R Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business.
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