Florida's focus is on social and economic theory.

The main body of the book treats Florida's creative class theory in an introductory and neutral tone, but in a theoretical " postscript " chapter, the author criticizes Florida's tendency to " whitewash " the negative externalities associated with creative city development.

Harvard economist Edward Glaeser performed statistical regressions on Florida's data sets and came up with a similar critique, contending that educational levels rather than the presence of bohemians or gay people is correlated with metropolitan economic development.

The Gold Coast, when compared with the image above, shows that the region is primarily made up of the long urban cluster along Florida's southeastern coast, the Miami metropolitan area

One of the best known of Florida's vernacular regions, the name is a reference to the wealth and ritzy lifestyle said to characterize the area.

It was well established at the time of a 1982 survey of Florida's vernacular regions by Ary J. Lamme and Raymond K. Oldakowski, who indicate that the name denoted " the high cost of living in these areas, as well as the supposedly glittering lifestyle ".

A 2007 survey by the same authors found that the Gold Coast was still one of the best known of all of Florida's regions across the state, but that it was then restricted primarily to Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, corresponding to the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale area.

It is one of Florida's three most common " directional " regions, the others being Central Florida and North Florida.

A 2007 study of Florida's regions by Ary Lamme and Raymond K. Oldakowski found that Floridians surveyed identified " South Florida " as comprising the southernmost sections of peninsular Florida.

It is one of Florida's three best known " directional " regions, along with North Florida and South Florida.

Like all vernacular regions, Central Florida's boundaries are not official or consistent, and are defined differently by different sources.

A 2007 study of Florida's regions by geographers Ary Lamme and Raymond K. Oldakowski found that Floridians surveyed identified Central Florida as comprising a large swath of peninsular Florida.

Central Florida is one of Florida's three most common directional regions, the others being North Florida and South Florida.

The area has long been inhabited, but like other of Florida's vernacular regions, a popular identity for the area did not emerge until the area saw its initial population boom in the 20th century.

A 1982 survey of Florida's vernacular regions by geographers Ary J. Lamme and Raymond K. Oldakowski did not include the " Treasure Coast ".

North Central Florida's southernmost county, Marion County, borders northern Central Florida and some regions of the Nature Coast area.

* Brad Penny ( 2000 – 2004 ) — In 2003, Penny collected the win in Florida's NLCS clinching victory over the Chicago Cubs and in the World Series against the New York Yankees he went 2 – 0 with a 2. 19 ERA in his two starts.

Florida's Yellowcard, which had been together since 1997, had its first hit in 2003 with its major-label debut, Ocean Avenue.

Seeing the well-developed network of roads, including the planned Interstate 4 and Florida's Turnpike, with McCoy Air Force Base ( later Orlando International Airport ) to the east, Disney selected a centrally-located site near Bay Lake.

* A copy of Florida's 1957 Interposition Resolution in Response to the Brown decision, with Gov.

With wealthy coastal towns such as Palm Beach, Jupiter, Manalapan, and Boca Raton within its limits, as well as equestrian mecca Wellington and golfing haven Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach County is Florida's wealthiest county, with a per capita personal income of $ 44, 518 as of 2004.

Though hurricanes are infrequent on this part of Florida's coast, they have had a large impact on the islands, with the Hurricane of 1848 forming John's Pass between Madeira Beach and Treasure Island, a hurricane in 1921 cleaving Hog Island into Honeymoon and Caladesi Islands and creating Hurricane Pass, and 1985's Hurricane Elena sealing Dunedin Pass to join Caladesi with Clearwater Beach.

* 20px Interstate 75 runs north and south across the western and northern part of the county, with interchanges at County Roads 476B & 673 ( Exit 309 ), SR 48 ( Exit 314 ) CR 470 ( Exit 321 ), Florida's Turnpike ( Exit 328 ), and SR 44 ( Exit 329 ).

His work, The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, with music on the life of Bessie Smith, was named " one of the top-10 Off-Broadway experiences of 2001 " by the New York Daily News, " Best Solo Show " by Florida's Broward / Palm Beach New Times, and won a second NYFA Playwriting Fellowship ( 2000 ).

Recognizing an uncodified agency policy developed through the adjudicative process as the equivalent of a formally adopted rule is not consistent with this policy, and it would expand the scope of conduct that could subject an employer to liability beyond what Florida's Legislature could have contemplated when it enacted the whistle-blower's statute.

The West Florida period ended with the West Florida Revolt, which preceded West Florida's annexation by the United States.

Cedar Key's importance in Florida's history, which began as far back as 1000 BC with pre-Columbian habitation of the region, was recognized on October 3, 1989 by the federal government.

When he ran into problems with the asphalt, he improvised and experimented with one of Florida's abundant resources: limestone.

Though Sunny Isles may have once been promoted as The Venice of America, for the 21st century it has continued its penchant for allusions to more well known locations and has re-imagined itself with the promotional moniker Florida's Riviera ( presumably referencing either the French Riviera or the Italian Riviera but certainly not Riviera Beach, Maryland nor Riviera Beach, Florida would only confuse the matter ).

The Coastal Strand frequently overlaps with nearby sand ridges featuring Florida Scrub plant communities, including scrub live oaks, slash pine, and Florida's state tree, the sabal palm ( often called a " cabbage palm ").

A railroad often cited as Florida's first connected the port of St. Marks with the territorial capital, Tallahassee, some 20 miles inland.

Although Alabama's adoption of its flag design predates that of Florida's by five years ( 1895 ), the 1868-1900 Seal of Florida depicted a white flag with a red saltire, similar to Florida's current flag or a Burgundian saltire, on top of a steamboat.

The crash of Flight 90, coupled with Air Florida's high financial leverage and reliance on foreign currency trading for profits, led the company to declare bankruptcy and cease operations on July 3, 1984, despite an effort by new head Donald Lloyd-Jones ( an alumnus of American Airlines ) to save the company.

Some rock groups from the South, such as Georgia's R. E. M., The B-52's, Widespread Panic, and Black Crowes, Florida's Sister Hazel, Blind Melon's Mississippian lead guitarist, and Texas's Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Joe Ely incorporated Southern musical and lyrical themes without explicitly allying with any Southern rock movement.

Florida's 25 electoral votes gave Bush, the Republican candidate, 271 electoral votes, defeating Gore, who ended up with 266 electoral votes ( with one D. C. elector abstaining ).

Afterward numerous landmarks, including Osceola Counties in Florida, Iowa, and Michigan, were named after him, along with Florida's Osceola National Forest.

Miami Vice is to some degree credited with causing a wave of support for the preservation of Miami's famous Art Deco architecture in the mid 1980s-to-early 1990s ; quite a few of those buildings, among them many beachfront hotels, have been renovated since filming, making that part of South Beach one of South Florida's most popular places for tourists and celebrities.

Note that the rule of thirds was devised as an approach to diving Florida's caves-they typically have high outflow currents, which help to reduce air consumption when exiting.

) In 2007 he was named to FHSAA's All-Century Team that listed the Top 33 football players in the state of Florida's 100 year history of high school football.

Because of Florida's high water table, the tunnels could not be put underground, so they were built at the existing grade.

The nation's high court had declined to review appeals after the prior two malfunctions, so observers concluded that the nation's high court now had come to view Florida's death penalty problems more dimly.

Graham's idea for the design of the current bridge won out over other proposals, including a tunnel ( deemed impractical due to Florida's high water table ) and a simple reconstruction of the broken section of the old bridge that would not have improved shipping conditions.

* 2007 named to the Florida High School Association All-Century Team which selected the Top 33 players in the 100 year history of high school football in the state of Florida's history.

The X-1's high sink rate and the problems of keeping the plane in sight amid Florida's frequent clouds added two more votes in favor of the Army Air Force's decision to go to Muroc.

In November 2000, Florida voters approved an amendment to Florida's constitution mandating the state establish a system of high speed trains exceeding 120 mph to link its five largest urban areas, with construction to commence by November 1, 2003.

In 2007, he was named to the Florida High School Association All-Century Team, which selected the Top 33 players in the 100 year history of high school football in the state of Florida's history.

In 2007 he was named to the Florida High School Association All-Century Team which selected the Top 33 players in the 100 year history of high school football in the state of Florida's history.

In November 2007, he was recognized as one of the state of Florida's thirty-three all-time greatest high school football players when he was voted to the Florida High School Athletic Association's All-Century High School football team.

In 2007 was named to the Florida High School Association All-Century Team which selected the Top 33 players in the 100 year history of high school football in the state of Florida's history.

In 1956, the first store in Miami, Florida was opened with slogans such as " Florida's high fashion department store " and " the store with the Florida flair ".

He was also voted Florida's Player of the Year, was a USA Today All-USA selection, and was rated by Baseball America as the best defensive high school shortstop in the country.

Primarily a residential area, Mount Florida's housing stock largely comprises traditional tenemental buildings with the addition of two of Glasgow's high rise structures which dominated much of the 1960s housing regeneration in the city.

The format used in the NTAE is unique among all other national tournaments, and is based on the format used for the Commissioner's Academic Challenge, which is Florida's quizbowl tournament for school districts ( separate from their actual high school championship ).

He rushed for over 7, 400 career yards — twice for over 2, 000 yards in a season — and finished his high school career as Florida's fifth all-time leading rusher and tops in Northeast Florida history.