Housing characteristics: as of 2005 the Miami area had a total of 2.3 million housing units 13% of which were vacant Of the total housing units 52% were in single-unit structures 45% were in multi-unit structures and 3% were mobile homes 25% of the housing units were built since 1990 as of 2019 over 70% of Miami's residents are renters with median rent of $1,355 $180 over the national average, The College of Business is ranked the graduate school 15th for an International MBA in the U.S. and 1st in South Florida, A local producer and noise-artist from the Miami Rock Scene Rat Bastard has recently been celebrated in a rock opera entitled "Hearing Damage (aka the Rat Opera)" the Rat Opera written by local performers Brian Franklin and Rob Elba features Rene Alvarez playing the part of Rat Rat co-founded the group to Live and Shave in L.A in 1993! There has long been plans for Metrorail the local heavy rail rapid transit system to be extended west with two proposed lines terminating at Florida International University's main campus This would ease traffic and parking problems at and around the main campus, 16th to 18th centuries: Early Spanish settlement, In the South Atlantic the Walvis Ridge and Rio Grande Rise form barriers to ocean currents the Laurentian Abyss is found off the eastern coast of Canada. . FIU Panthers Football NCAA D-I (Conference USA) FIU Stadium (23,500) 15,453 None About half of all Major League Baseball teams conduct spring training in the state with teams informally organized into the "Grapefruit League" Throughout MLB history other teams have held spring training in Florida; 6.1 Native Americans In 2008 the State of Florida agreed to buy U.S Sugar and all of its manufacturing and production facilities for an estimated $1.7 billion Florida officials indicated they intended to allow U.S Sugar to process for six more years before dismissing its employees and dismantling the plant the area which includes 187,000 acres (760 km2) of land would then be rehabilitated and water flow from Lake Okeechobee would be restored in November 2008 the agreement was revised to offer $1.34 billion allowing sugar mills in Clewiston to remain in production Critics of the revised plan say that it ensures sugarcane will be grown in the Everglades for at least another decade Further research is being done to address the continuing production of sugarcane in the Everglades to minimize phosphorus runoff. (53) 1.38 The North Bay of the Biscayne Bay lies between Miami Beach barrier island and Miami on the mainland it has been severely affected over the last century by raw sewage releases urban runoff shoreline bulkheading dredging the creation of artificial islands and the loss of natural fresh water flow into the bay However water quality has steadily improved since regular monitoring began in 1979 North Bay accounts for only 10% of the water area of the bay. Colleges and universities In 1763 Spain traded Florida to the Kingdom of Great Britain for control of Havana Cuba which had been captured by the British during the Seven Years' War it was part of a large expansion of British territory following their victory in the Seven Years' War a large portion of the Floridano population left taking along most of the remaining indigenous population to Cuba the British soon constructed the King's Road connecting St Augustine to Georgia the road crossed the St Johns River at a narrow point called Wacca Pilatka or the British name "Cow Ford" ostensibly reflecting the fact that cattle were brought across the river there. Nova Southeastern University (private) 1992 39.0% 2,072,698 40.9% 2,173,310 Estimated numbers of Calusa at the beginning of the Spanish occupation ranged from 4,000 to 7,000 the society declined in power and population; by 1697 their number was estimated to be about 1,000 in the early 18th century the Calusa came under attack from the Yamasee to the north They asked the Spanish for refuge in Cuba where almost 200 died of illness Soon they were relocated again to the Florida Keys.
In 1810 parts of West Florida were annexed by proclamation of President James Madison who claimed the region as part of the Louisiana Purchase These parts were incorporated into the newly formed Territory of Orleans the U.S annexed the Mobile District of West Florida to the Mississippi Territory in 1812 Spain continued to dispute the area though the United States gradually increased the area it occupied in 1812 a group of settlers from Georgia with de facto support from the U.S federal government attempted to overthrow the Floridan government in the province of East Florida the settlers hoped to convince Floridans to join their cause and proclaim independence from Spain but the settlers lost their tenuous support from the federal government and abandoned their cause by 1813. .
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