The Place To Be
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jamestgelske.realtor
It seems I was not alone when, two
years ago, I decided to make a move to Fort
Lauderdale, Florida. This fair city has recently earned honors in
two polls, Huffington Post and Hopper.com, ranking top cities
around the United States and Fort Lauderdale ranks a very respectable #4 in
both. Yep right up there in the top 10 of “Most Popular Summer Destination”.
As if that was not enough SmartAsset.com
ranked Fort Lauderdale as one of the “Top
10 Most Affordable U.S. Travel
Destinations” based on a three day weekend stay for a family of four.
The tourism industry here is already doing very well and this sure to increase if past figures are an
indication. After all, Fort Lauderdale
has had 65 consecutive months of growth, record occupancy levels, unprecedented
tourism tax revenue, and the city is set to eclipse the 15,000,000 visitor mark by year’s end
Photo: showmanagement.com
This is certainly great news for the special event industry, the figures
show that 4,300 jobs were created in
the second quarter of this year!
Accessing the results from the Florida Department of Revenue the city is well ahead of the national
average and is now improving faster than the nation’s economy on a whole.
All of this shows well but, how are
things going so far as people moving, relocating to the Fort Lauderdale
area? Well this is very unscientific and
is my own study…In the two years I have lived here, the majority of people I
have met have only been in the area for less than three years so, I am not
alone in thinking that this is the place
to be!