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. . 20 Homestead Miami-Dade 31,909 60,512 70,477 +16.47% Another celebrated event is the Miami International Film Festival taking place every year for 10 days around the first week of March during which independent international and American films are screened across the city Miami has over a half dozen independent film theaters, Miami Florida Business directory, (29.4) 88.6 Active students: 345,545 History. In 2009 fishing was a $6 billion industry employing 60,000 jobs for sports and commercial purposes, Miami's road system is based along the numerical Miami grid where Flagler Street forms the east-west baseline and Miami Avenue forms the north-south meridian the corner of Flagler Street and Miami Avenue is in the middle of Downtown in front of the Downtown Macy's (formerly the Burdine's headquarters) the Miami grid is primarily numerical so that for example all street addresses north of Flagler Street and west of Miami Avenue have "NW" in their address Because its point of origin is in Downtown which is close to the coast the "NW" and "SW" quadrants are much larger than the "SE" and "NE" quadrants Many roads especially major ones are also named (e.g Tamiami Trail/SW 8th St) although with exceptions the number is in more common usage among locals, Government Center one of the main metro stations in Miami. . Air crashes 1970 56.9% 984,305 43.1% 746,243 The British governors were directed to call general assemblies as soon as possible in order to make laws for the Floridas and in the meantime they were with the advice of councils to establish courts This was the first introduction of the English-derived legal system which Florida still has today including trial by jury habeas corpus and county-based government Neither East Florida nor West Florida sent any representatives to Philadelphia to draft the Declaration of Independence Florida remained a Loyalist stronghold for the duration of the American Revolution. Simpson Park Brickell Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau In 2008 the North Lauderdale City Commission passed a resolution calling for a new state of South Florida to be formed from Palm Beach Broward Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties.