Japan Japan Migrants to the region who wanted to develop plantations first proposed draining the Everglades in 1848 but no work of this type was attempted until 1882 Canals were constructed throughout the first half of the 20th century and spurred the South Florida economy prompting land development in 1947 Congress formed the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project which built 1,400 miles (2,300 km) of canals levees and water control devices the Miami metropolitan area grew substantially at this time and Everglades water was diverted to cities Portions of the Everglades were transformed into farmland where the primary crop was sugarcane Approximately 50 percent of the original Everglades has been developed as agricultural or urban areas. . The city proper is home to less than one-thirteenth of the population of South Florida Miami is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States the Miami metropolitan area however which includes Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties had a combined population of more than 5.5 million people ranked seventh largest in the United States and is the largest metropolitan area in the southeastern United States as of 2008 the United Nations estimates that the Miami Urban Agglomeration is the 44th-largest in the world, Tri-Rail service on the FEC line would bring Tri-Rail to Downtown's transit hub Government Center Station connecting Downtown directly to Midtown Miami/Miami Design District Upper East Side/Miami Shores North Miami North Miami Beach/Aventura Downtown Hollywood and Downtown Fort Lauderdale Currently rail commuters must transfer onto the Metrorail in Hialeah to get to Downtown Miami's Downtown Development Authority along with Miami-area politicians are actively lobbying to bring Tri-Rail to the city core. The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice operates the Miami-Dade Regional Juvenile Detention Center in an unincorporated area in the county, Kendall West 32.2% State of Florida In November 2018 the Herald broke the story that "in 2007 despite substantial evidence that corroborated (female teenager's) stories of (sexual) abuse by Epstein the U.S attorney in Miami Alexander Acosta signed off on a secret deal for the multimillionaire one that ensured he would never spend a day in prison." Thus the full extent of Epstein's crimes and his collaborators remained hidden and the victims unaware of this arrangement in July 2019 Epstein was charged with sex trafficking dozens of minors between 2002 and 2005; reporting at the time noted how the Herald brought public attention to accusations against Epstein. Miami is home to some of the nation's best high schools such as Design and Architecture High School ranked the nation's best magnet school MAST Academy Coral Reef High School ranked 20th-best public high school in the U.S. Miami Palmetto High School and the New World School of the Arts M-DCPS is also one of a few public school districts in the United States to offer optional bilingual education in Spanish French German Haitian Creole and Mandarin Chinese, 1910 17,510 253.4% Miami-Dade County is only about 6 feet (1.8 m) above sea level It is rather new geologically and is at the eastern edge of the Florida Platform a carbonate plateau created millions of years ago Eastern Dade is composed of Oolite limestone while western Dade is composed mostly of Bryozoa Miami-Dade is among the last areas of Florida to be created and populated with fauna and flora mostly in the Pleistocene! A 2013 Gallup poll indicated that 47% of the residents agreed that Florida was the best state to live in Results in other states ranged from a low of 18% to a high of 77%. .
. . 5.2 Museums and visual arts Former venues include: 7 Restoration Lakeview Hall North and South 2006. Temperature-salinity characteristics for Atlantic water masses Political risk I-75.svg Interstate 75 Fort Lauderdale is will become the temporary site of the only US Soccer first division side in the metro area the Inter Miami CF of the Major League Soccer will play their first two seasons at Lockhart Stadium! 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Cor Jesu Chapel Largest cities When a driver passes through a toll plaza without paying the proper toll a digital image of the car's license tag is recorded Under Florida Law this image can be used by the Authority to issue a toll violation. Service exports: as of 2018 the fastest growing export sector the majority of the companies create a product that requires installation repairs and troubleshooting Service exports is simply a resident of one country providing a service to another country a cloud software platform used by people or companies outside the home country. 6 References Miami Florida Business directory, 7.1 Human origin (28.2) 79.5 Honors College Greater Downtown Miami has one of the largest concentrations of international banks in the United States and is home to many large national and international companies the Health District is a major center for hospitals clinics and the biotechnology and medical research industries PortMiami is the busiest cruise port in the world in both passenger traffic and cruise lines and refers to itself as the "Cruise Capital of the World" Miami is also a major tourism hub for international visitors ranking second in the country after New York City.
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