The Place To Be

 

The Place To Be

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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

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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!