Boca Raton

[coruna]

CORAL GABLES AND MIAMI BEACH????

[Copernicus]

Originally Posted by coruna

I agree 100 percent. Boca is one of the most boring places in South Florida. MY first choice for living would be Miami......but I'd even rather live in Ft. Lauderdale then Boca. Basically, life in South Florida gets more interesting the closer to downtown Miami you are. The most boring places are in northern Palm Beach county and the best areas are in Miami-Dade.....unless you actually like a boring suburban life, then Boca is for you.

Boca is the best place to live period. Definitely not the best place to party, but do not confuse the two.

Fort Lauderdale is fine strictly by the water, going west even of federal in some place you have a ghetto central, enough said.

Once again Miami has a different flavor, it has become a Spanish/Portuguese colony in the state of Florida.

[Copernicus]

Originally Posted by dave8721

Miami Beach and Coral Gables to name 2.

Miami Beach, no way, unless you are into partying 24/7. Its fine by the beach and within two blocks of it, rest is a shit house.

Coral Gables ok, maybe on par with Boca, but different demographics.
Only place I would take over Boca is Key Biscayne..

[DShoost88]

I'll agree with one thing: Boca can be boring; however, that does not mean it's a boring place to live. It is a wonderful place to live, and an even more wonderful and accessible place when it comes to visiting Ft. Lauderdale Beach and Miami and West Palm, et al. Hey, I mean look at what I called the thread: the big suburb. That's what it is and, even though I wish it to be untrue, it will always be that big suburb north of Miami. That doesn't mean it's not a nice place to live.

Believe me, though, there have been countless evenings my friends and I have just pondered every possible activity to do in Boca, and the truth is it can get old very quickly. I'll admit that Miami is the sh*t and that we're lucky to have places like it nearby.

[coruna]

You need to rethink your view on urban life......Miami is not all about partying. I have to say that Boca is a very nice city but personally it would be one of the last places in Florida that I would want to live in. Like I have said before, it's a suburbanite, auto-centric, boring place that is no different than any other suburb. I have nothing against Boca, but it's not a place that I would like to live in. I still would not want to live in FTL either but it's still much better than Boca......I'd rather live in Dade county than Broward or Palm Beach.

[Copernicus]

Originally Posted by coruna

You need to rethink your view on urban life......Miami is not all about partying, it's a much better place to live than Boca. I have to say that Boca is a very nice city but personally it would be one of the last places in Florida that I would want to live in. Like I have said before, it's a suburbanite, auto-centric, boring place that is no different than any other suburb. I don't understand why it's getting so much attention in this forum, but apparently there are a lot of Boca-dwellers around here. I have nothing against Boca, but it's not a place that I would like to live in. I still would not want to live in FTL either but it's still much better than Boca......but Miami is a lot better than any of the other cities around the Tri-County area.

Ok, you probably are of Hispanic or Black heritage, thats the difference, you simply dont feel at home in Boca. Most of the white people dont feel at home in Miami...they like to go and party, but they dont want to live there day in and day out

[DShoost88]

[floridian-will]

Thats a good pic bro, but could you make it a little bigger, and do you have any more?

[DShoost88]

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I'm working on this; it's really difficult..... I'm finally starting to show my age. :-P

[floridian-will]

That’s NOT true, and its racist. Miami is the main attraction cause it has the biggest Downtown, AND Biscayne Bay which has a whole other WORLD of activities, and it has Miami beach, which is NOT all about partying, it is a WORLD CLASS BEACH, it has the clearest bluest water on the east coast main land of the USA. It has so many different restaurants right on the bay and beach where you can just kick back, or go fishing on the docks while admiring the skyline, you can go boating in the bay, which is also clear and turquoise, or in the ocean. You can just go site seeing, which there is alot more to see in Miami than anywhere else in FLA. Its the closest city to the Keys, a heaven on earth, should I go on???

[coruna]

Originally Posted by Copernicus

Only place I would take over Boca is Key Biscayne..

Coral Gables, Pinecrest, Aventura, Miami Beach, come on, those are all better than Boca. Miami is not the best city in South Florida either, but Boca is just a retirement community...I wouldn't want to live there full-time until I retire.

[floridian-will]

wow thats a really good pic, I think image shack is resizing it, turn that option to about 800x600

[DShoost88]

???? Why the hell would ANYONE put PGA and Coral Springs ahead of Boca? BTW, I noticed you failed to mention a few other municipalities in SoFlo, such as: Jupiter, Mangonia Park, Wellington, Loxahatchee, the Acreage, Lake Worth, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Parkland, Deerfield Beach, POMPANO Beach, Lauderhill, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Oakland Park, Coconut Creek, Southwest Ranches, Davie, Miramar, Pembroke Pines, Kendall, Cooper City, Florida City, North Palm Beach, Margate, Lazy Lake, and Homestead.

There are a lot of cities in South Florida--towns, villages, cities, and metropolises--and it's unfair for one to judge them based on merit of their own opinion. It's ridiculous how much we've argued and time wasted comparing. Coruna: I'm sorry Boca is the last place you'd ever want to live in SoFlo. Oh well. We get it. Fine. I can easily rename a handful of cities down here I'd never want to live in... but then again, it's all the same place. It's all SoFlo, and that's all that really counts when you live in as regionally-dependant an area as we do. Even people that live in Miami Beach make it west once in a while; the truth is we all need each other to succeed and define ourselves and be great.

Back to Boca....

[coruna]

Originally Posted by Copernicus

Ok, you probably are of Hispanic or Black heritage, thats the difference, you simply dont feel at home in Boca. Most of the white people dont feel at home in Miami...they like to go and party, but they dont want to live there day in and day out

I'm not of Hispanic or Black heritage

[coruna]

Wow, that ugly pink low-rise building makes Boca really impressive. Nice shot, but it just shows how inferior Boca is to Miami. That is the only skyscraper in the city as well......just shows how bad Boca is.

[Copernicus]

Originally Posted by coruna

Mods, please ban this user.

First of all, I am of 100% white heritage, not one bit Hispanic or African-American. What you said is very racist and I take offense to it. It's a perfect example of the stereotypical suburbanites that live in horrific communities like Boca. It's good for a community to have diversity as well, just look at all of the world class cities like NYC, Chicago, LA, London, and Paris. Miami has a huge downtown with several hundred skyscrapers. Boca has one building over ten floors in the entire city. Miami's downtown is very exciting and large with tons of skyscrapers. It has beautiful Biscayne Bay, the great beaches, all of the museums and attractions, and it is the most beautiful city in South Florida. There are so many options for entertainment, restaurants, sightseeing, etc., basically everything that Floridian-will just said. Miam is the most pedestrian-friendly, transit-oriented city in Florida and is working harder than any other city in SoFla to save our planet by reducing greenhouse gas emmisions.
This is a skyscraper forum and Miami is home to more skyscrapers than any other city in Florida. The skyline is so beautiful, there are so many things to do, and the city will continue to get better. As long as you stay away from the few bad areas it's a very wealthy city as well.
Boca is a boring, terrible place that should be avoided by any visitors to South Florida. You are a perfect example of a racist suburbanite who dislikes a place just because of the large number of foreign-born citizens in a city.

ALL VISITORS TO FLORIDA: Come to Miami and see the wonderful South Florida. But STAY AWAY FROM BOCA RATON, the rat's mouth of the region.

how is this racist? since when did stating facts become classified as racism?
I simply made an observation, and did not judge anyone!

[FTL Beach Bum]

Originally Posted by coruna

Wow, that ugly pink low-rise building makes Boca really impressive. Nice shot, but it just shows how inferior Boca is to Miami. That is the only skyscraper in the city as well......just shows how bad Boca is.

Jesus, what's with this city vs. city crap? Can't you people just enjoy the area as a whole, for everything it has to offer?

[Copernicus]

Originally Posted by floridian-will

That’s NOT true, and its racist. Miami is the main attraction cause it has the biggest Downtown, AND Biscayne Bay which has a whole other WORLD of activities, and it has Miami beach, which is NOT all about partying, it is a WORLD CLASS BEACH, it has the clearest bluest water on the east coast main land of the USA. It has so many different restaurants right on the bay and beach where you can just kick back, or go fishing on the docks while admiring the skyline, you can go boating in the bay, which is also clear and turquoise, or in the ocean. You can just go site seeing, which there is alot more to see in Miami than anywhere else in FLA. Its the closest city to the Keys, a heaven on earth, should I go on???

how is this racist? lets hear it... simply stating facts.. this whole racism thing is becoming ridiculous in America.

[DShoost88]

Originally Posted by coruna

ALL VISITORS TO FLORIDA: Come to Miami and see the wonderful South Florida. But STAY AWAY FROM BOCA RATON, the rat's mouth of the region.

As I have 6 months experience doing very comprehensive research on the proud, one-of-a-kind, rich, *Wonderful* history of the Great City of Boca Raton, I'd like to recognize an error and misunderstanding made by FAR too many people.

Yes, the obvious and easy definition of Boca Raton is "Rat's Mouth." But who on earth would name a city that? That's upsurd. I mean, Addison Mizner wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but surely he wouldn't advertise a place called rat's mouth as a playground for the rich and famous.

The name Boca Raton was first coined in 1861 during the Civil War. There were government officials and mappers trying to correctly map and name the areas along the U.S. Coastline. Back then, in South Florida, there was a natural inlet feeding water from the Atlantic Ocean into an inland body of water. Because of an inlet definition and shape, it was nicknamed an opening or mouth---"Boca". At this particular inlet waters from the gulf stream had carried remains from sunken pirate ships to its shores, leaving beaches of plywood and dead bodies (it's expected these "Pirates of the Caribbean" were caught up in hurricanes and left helpless to drown). Because of their status as low-lives and scum, pirates had been nicknamed mice or rats--- "Ratones". Hence, in 1861, when mapping South Florida, a map maker named this particular inlet "Boca de Ratones".

This explains the history behind the name... but there's more. There was more than one inlet along the South Florida coastline, and because of poor mapping skills, there was a minor error in the actual location of "Boca de Ratones". The original Boca de Ratones was 40 miles south of the current Boca Raton, due to this error in mapping. When Mizner saw this mistake on a map and visited the northern Boca Raton (where the name stuck), he decided to build his resort there... the rest of that is history.

What thrills me most about this story is that many Miamians like Coruna who like to poke fun at our name and call us a crap-hole don't realize that Miami's very own "Haulover Beach Inlet" is the original "Boca De Ratones." So now where's the real mouth of the rats, huh?

[DShoost88]

Honestly, Coruna, if you really just wanna be a hard ass, than just sulk on a Corona. It's a photo thread, and I'm doing my best, and believe me, there's more to Boca than a pink hotel.