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Falls Lake, North Carolina
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Ocean Ridge Plantation 6610 Queensbury
This William Poole design offers stunning panoramic views of the green on the prestigious Panther's Run golf course from the spacious rear screened porch and deck.
The sweeping front porch is iconic low-country style, providing an ideal setting to relax. This 4 bedroom provides amble room for visitors and guests, as well as an unfinished bonus room, which can be easily completed to the new owner's needs. The large, well appointed kitchen, opens to the living room for comfortable and desirable open floor plan. Complete with handsome granite countertops and custom cabinetry, the kitchen is perfect for any culinary effort. The tile floors throughout the main living area are a welcoming feature and the hardwood floors in the master bedroom create a warm inviting atmosphere. Ocean Ridge Plantation is southeastern North Carolina premier golf and beach community offering residents a host of resort-like amenities, including 4 championship golf courses, oceanfront beach club and more.
Brunswick County, North Carolina
Brunswick County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 107,431. Its county seat is Bolivia.
Brunswick County is included in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was formerly part of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wilmington area leaders disputed the change, but unsuccessfully.
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The Queens and Brooklyn Nobody Knows: A Block by Block Exploration
November 15, 2016
The Fall 2016 Presidential Lecture Series:
“The Queens and Brooklyn Nobody Knows: A Block by Block Exploration”
A Lecture By Dr. William Helmreich
Distinguished Professor Of Sociology
The City College Of New York
The City University Of New York
Bill Helmreich walked 6,000 miles to write a book, The New York Nobody Knows. The goal was to capture the heart and soul of this great metropolis by speaking with hundreds of people from different walks of life. In this talk he will focus on two of the hottest boroughs, Queens and Brooklyn, to explore issues like immigration, community, ethnicity, and gentrification.
Bill will also talk about how he came to walk 121,000 blocks (that’s how big NYC is) and why walking is the best way to learn about a city he calls “the world’s greatest outdoor museum.” You’ll hear about the man with two boa constrictors wrapped around his neck, a man with a unique flower garden, a woman who decorated her home in a special way, a church that performed exorcisms on a regular basis, and a homeowner who placed 1140 stuffed toys in a cherry tree.
Dr. William Helmreich received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Washington University (St. Louis). He is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Colin Powell School of Civic & Global Leadership at City College of New York and a Professor of Sociology at City University Graduate Center. He is also a Permanent Senior Fellow at Yale University. Helmreich served as Department Chairman for five years at City College and taught at Yale University before coming to CUNY.
A former Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Dr. Helmreich is the author or editor of 15 books, including The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City (Princeton University Press), winner of the 2015 Guides Association of New York City Inaugural Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Book Writing; The Brooklyn Nobody Knows: An Urban Walking Guide (Princeton University Press); What Was I Thinking: The Dumb Things We Do and How to Avoid Them (Rowman & Littlefield); The Things they Say Behind Your Back: Stereotypes and the Myths Behind Them (Doubleday and Transaction Books); Against All Odds: Holocaust Survivors and the Successful Lives they Made in America (Simon & Schuster); Contemporary Issues in Society (McGraw-Hill) with Hugh Lena & William McCord; and The Black Crusaders: A Case Study of a Black Militant Organization (Harper & Row).
Professor Helmreich is currently writing a five book series, one volume on each borough, for Princeton University Press. As a result, he has been walking NYC again. The first volume on Brooklyn appeared in October 2016. His lifelong interest in the Big Apple was sparked by a game he and his father played when he was a child, called “Last Stop.” Each week they would take a subway to the last stop and walk around the neighborhood. When they ran out of last stops, they went to the second, third, and fourth-to-last stops. As he put it “My father gave me the greatest present a parent can give besides love—the gift of time.” He has written for The New York Times, Newsday, The Los Angeles Times, and has appeared on Oprah, Larry King, CNN, CBS Morning News, and as a guest anchor on NBC TV News and has been profiled in the New Yorker magazine. A May 2016 segment of Sunday Morning News with Charles Osgood was devoted to his book about New York.
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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach /ˈmɜrtəlˈbiːtʃ/ is a coastal city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is situated on the center of a large and continuous stretch of beach known as the Grand Strand in northeastern South Carolina.
Myrtle Beach is one of the major centers of tourism in the United States because of the city's warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches, attracting an estimated 14 million visitors each spring/summer/fall. As of the 2012 census, the population of the city was 28,292, with the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area population at 465,391 according to the 2013 census.
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Our Town Tim Brant
Tim Brant, recently retired American sportcaster is Andy Ockershausen’s guest in this episode of Our Town. Tim grew up in Our Town, played football at University of Maryland, had a short lived pro-football career, and a stellar career as a sportcaster on radio and TV.
Listen in to hear Tim Brant recall one story after another of life as a sportscaster in Our Town, including what happened as he broadcast Muhammad Ali v Alfredo Evangelista fight at the Capitol Center in Landover, MD, and when he had to tell Paul “Bear” Bryant that he was playing football at Maryland instead of Alabama. You’ll love listening in to this interview because Andy and Tim are dear friends. Their mutual admiration is apparent throughout the interview.
Tim grew up right here in Our Town. In fact, his family has been in the Washington area for generations and have helped to make the Washington DC area what it is today. He and his brothers were all very talented in sports. Tim went to high school and played ball at St. John’s College High School. He went on to graduate from the University of Maryland with a degree in journalism and played football there as a defensive captain and linebacker. Later, he played for the Redskins before a career-ending knee injury.
Andy and Tim Brant met when Tim began work as a sports writer at WMAL radio. He attributes much of his career success to Andy who was a mentor to Tim in the early years of his broadcasting career. These two men recall Tim’s “very first big thing on the air”, the Ali fight. Tim did an amazing job of painting a picture on radio of the fight for the audience during the boxing match between Alfredo Evangelista and Muhammad Ali.
The next career move for Tim was the in TV. Tim remembers being so nervous to tell Andy that he was leaving the station. Andy’s was disappointed but wished him all the best. Andy did predict that if Tim Brant entered TV, he would “end up in Louisville” and, sure enough, Tim eventually found himself in Louisville covering the Kentucky Derby. He couldn’t resist calling Andy to let him know his prediction had come true. They shared a good laugh.
All joking aside though, Tim’s TV career is quite an impressive one. He has served many roles at ABC Sports, including host, sideline reporter, expert analyst and play-by-play. He joined ABC Sports as a college football commentator in 1982. After leaving for CBS in 1987, in 1991 Brant returned to ABC in the booth as an analyst and play-by-play man for College Football on ABC, a role he held until 2007.
Brant is often best known for his coverage of college football with Keith Jackson. While with ABC, Brant announced three National Championship games. While working with Keith Jackson, he was listed as college football’s top analyst by numerous publications, including USA Today.
In 1987 & 1988, Brant was paired with analyst Hank Stram on NFL broadcasts. He also teamed with Jim Nance in 1990. In Nance’s 2008 best-selling book, Jim says that he never forged a friendship as quickly with anyone as he did with Tim Brant.
Locally, he has hosted sport pre-game specials such as Are You Ready for Washington Redskins games.He served as Vice President, Sports at WJLA-TV in Washington through May, 2015. He previously served as the station’s sports director from 1978 until 1982.
Tim currently lives in Potomac, Maryland with his wife Janet. They are very active in local charities. He has four grown children, Jason, Kevin, Lindsay and Julie. He has many grandchildren and feels so blessed with his family.
We hope you have enjoyed this week’s episode of Our Town with Andy Ockershausen. We invite you to listen to each new episode of Our Town as they roll out over the next several months. You can subscribe to the Our Town podcast on iTunes, Google Play, or if you complete the subscription form in the sidebar to the right, you will be notified by email when the next episode appears here on the website.
MSC Seaside Good Reviews and Bad Reviews Coming into My Channel Everyday! What is really happening?
MSC Seaside Good Reviews and Bad Reviews Coming into My Channel Everyday! What is really happening? Can clogged toilets hurt a cruise line's reputation? Uh Yup... This was the conclusion of a survey taken with cruise industry professionals recently. I hope the cost of this poll wasn't too expensive to conduct as I think the results are fairly obvious to the average Joe. An average Joe like me anyway. It may not come as a surprise to you that the poll was commissioned by a company that makes bio degradable toilet paper and sell it to cruise lines as a solution to clogged pipes as the tiolet paper releases a clog fighting element once the tiolet is flushed. Oh my...the world is complicated...Now on the MSC Seaside, the issue is not that complicated as there are a number of passengers who love the Seaside and then a number who don't. It depends on where on the ship your cabin is located. The happiest folks are those with the highest rooms and that have all the amenities at their disposal. The unhappy folks are those with lower level interior rooms. The ship is on sale these days with some very low rates for rooms.
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Ronald Reagan | Wikipedia audio article
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- Socrates
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Ronald Wilson Reagan (; February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to the presidency, he was a Hollywood actor and trade union leader before serving as the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975.
Reagan was raised in a poor family in small towns of northern Illinois. He graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and worked as a sports announcer on several regional radio stations. After moving to Hollywood in 1937, he became an actor and starred in a few major productions. Reagan was twice elected President of the Screen Actors Guild—the labor union for actors—where he worked to root out Communist influence. In the 1950s, he moved into television and was a motivational speaker at General Electric factories. Reagan had been a Democrat until 1962, when he became a conservative and switched to the Republican Party. In 1964, Reagan's speech, A Time for Choosing, supported Barry Goldwater's foundering presidential campaign and earned him national attention as a new conservative spokesman. Building a network of supporters, he was elected Governor of California in 1966. As governor, Reagan raised taxes, turned a state budget deficit to a surplus, challenged the protesters at the University of California, ordered in National Guard troops during a period of protest movements in 1969, and was re-elected in 1970. He twice ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination, in 1968 and 1976. Four years later in 1980, he won the nomination, and then defeated incumbent president Jimmy Carter. At 69 years, 349 days of age at the time of his inauguration, he became the oldest president-elect to take the oath of office (a distinction now held by Donald Trump, since 2017). Reagan faced former vice president Walter Mondale when he ran for re-election in 1984, and defeated him in a landslide with the largest electoral college victory in American history.
Soon after taking office, Reagan began implementing sweeping new political and economic initiatives. His supply-side economic policies, dubbed Reaganomics, advocated tax rate reduction to spur economic growth, economic deregulation, and reduction in government spending. In his first term he survived an assassination attempt, spurred the War on Drugs, and fought public sector labor. Over his two terms, the economy saw a reduction of inflation from 12.5% to 4.4%, and an average annual growth of real GDP of 3.4%. Reagan enacted cuts in domestic discretionary spending, cut taxes, and increased military spending which contributed to increased federal outlays overall, even after adjustment for inflation. Foreign affairs dominated his second term, including ending the Cold War, the bombing of Libya, the Iran–Iraq War, and the Iran–Contra affair. In June 1987, four years after he publicly described the Soviet Union as an evil empire, Reagan challenged Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down this wall!, during a speech at the Brandenburg Gate. He transitioned Cold War policy from détente to rollback by escalating an arms race with the USSR while engaging in talks with Gorbachev. The talks culminated in the INF Treaty, which shrank both countries' nuclear arsenals. Reagan began his presidency during the decline of the Soviet Union, and the Berlin Wall fell just ten months after the end of his term. Germany reunified the following year, and on December 26, 1991 (nearly three years after he left office), the Soviet Union collapsed.
When Reagan left office in 1989, he held an approval rating of 68 percent, matching those of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and later Bill Clinton, as the highest ratings for departing presidents in the modern era. He was the first president since Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve two full terms, after a succession of five prior presidents did not. Although he had planned an active ...
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Florida | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Florida
00:04:59 1 History
00:05:28 1.1 European arrival
00:11:17 1.2 Joining the United States; Indian removal
00:16:21 1.3 Slavery, war, and disenfranchisement
00:19:05 1.4 20th and 21st century growth
00:21:13 2 Geography
00:23:12 2.1 Climate
00:27:31 2.2 Fauna
00:29:50 2.3 Flora
00:31:17 2.4 Environmental issues
00:33:49 2.5 Geology
00:36:02 2.6 Regions
00:36:10 3 Demographics
00:36:19 3.1 Population
00:38:23 3.2 Settlements
00:39:27 3.3 Ancestry
00:45:01 3.4 Languages
00:45:54 3.5 Religion
00:46:53 4 Governance
00:48:32 4.1 Elections history
00:53:01 4.1.1 Elections of 2000 to present
00:57:19 4.2 Statutes
00:58:57 5 Economy
01:02:24 5.1 Personal income
01:03:43 5.2 Real estate
01:05:21 5.3 Tourism
01:07:10 5.4 Agriculture and fishing
01:08:55 5.5 Industry
01:09:12 5.6 Mining
01:10:32 5.7 Government
01:11:53 6 Seaports
01:12:57 7 Health
01:14:02 8 Architecture
01:15:26 9 Media
01:15:34 10 Education
01:15:43 10.1 Primary and secondary education
01:17:03 10.2 Higher education
01:18:26 11 Transportation
01:18:36 11.1 Highways
01:22:09 11.2 Airports
01:22:27 11.3 Intercity rail
01:24:42 11.4 Public transit
01:26:45 12 Sports
01:29:38 13 State symbols
01:31:33 14 Sister states
01:31:43 15 Notable people
01:31:52 16 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Florida ( (listen); Spanish for land of flowers) is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive (65,755 sq mi or 170,300 km2), the 3rd-most populous (21,312,211 inhabitants), and the 8th-most densely populated (384.3/sq mi or 148.4/km2) of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area. Tallahassee is the state's capital.
Florida's $1.0 trillion economy is the fourth largest in the United States. If it were a country, Florida would be the 16th largest economy in the world, and the 58th most populous as of 2018. In 2017, Florida's per capita personal income was $47,684, ranking 26th in the nation. The unemployment rate in September 2018 was 3.5% and ranked as the 18th in the United States. Florida exports nearly $55 billion in goods made in the state, the 8th highest among all states. The Miami Metropolitan Area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida and the 12th largest in the United States with a GDP of $344.9 billion as of 2017. This is more than twice the number of the next metro area, the Tampa Bay Area, which has a GDP of $145.3 billion. Florida is home to 51 of the world's billionaires with most of them residing in South Florida.The first European contact was made in 1513 by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, who called it la Florida ([la floˈɾiða] the land of flowers) upon landing there in the Easter season, known in Spanish as Pascua Florida. Florida was a challenge for the European colonial powers before it gained statehood in the United States in 1845. It was a principal location of the Seminole Wars against the Native Americans, and racial segregation after the American Civil War.
Today, Florida is distinctive for its large Cuban expatriate community and high population growth, as well as for its increasing environmental issues. The state's economy relies mainly on tourism, agriculture, and transportation, which developed in the late 19th century. Florida is also renowned for amusement parks, orange crops, winter vegetables, the Kennedy Space Center, and as a popular destination for retirees. Florida is the flattest state in the United States. Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida.Florida's close proximity to the ocean influences many aspects of Florida culture and daily life. Florida is a reflecti ...
Florida | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Florida
00:05:00 1 History
00:05:29 1.1 European arrival
00:11:19 1.2 Joining the United States; Indian removal
00:16:25 1.3 Slavery, war, and disenfranchisement
00:19:09 1.4 20th and 21st century growth
00:21:18 2 Geography
00:23:18 2.1 Climate
00:27:37 2.2 Fauna
00:29:57 2.3 Flora
00:31:25 2.4 Florida Reef
00:32:37 2.5 Environmental issues
00:35:10 2.6 Geology
00:37:23 2.7 Regions
00:37:31 3 Demographics
00:37:41 3.1 Population
00:39:45 3.2 Settlements
00:40:49 3.3 Ancestry
00:46:27 3.4 Languages
00:47:21 3.5 Religion
00:48:19 4 Governance
00:49:58 4.1 Elections history
00:54:28 4.1.1 Elections of 2000 to present
00:58:47 4.2 Statutes
01:00:25 5 Economy
01:03:54 5.1 Personal income
01:05:13 5.2 Real estate
01:06:51 5.3 Tourism
01:08:41 5.4 Agriculture and fishing
01:10:26 5.5 Industry
01:10:44 5.6 Mining
01:12:04 5.7 Government
01:13:24 6 Seaports
01:14:29 7 Health
01:15:33 8 Architecture
01:16:57 9 Media
01:17:06 10 Education
01:17:15 10.1 Primary and secondary education
01:18:35 10.2 Higher education
01:19:59 11 Transportation
01:20:08 11.1 Highways
01:23:42 11.2 Airports
01:24:00 11.3 Intercity rail
01:26:16 11.4 Public transit
01:28:20 12 Sports
01:31:13 13 State symbols
01:33:09 14 Sister states
01:33:19 15 Notable people
01:33:28 16 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Florida ( (listen); Spanish for land of flowers) is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive (65,755 sq mi or 170,300 km2), the 3rd-most populous (21,312,211 inhabitants), and the 8th-most densely populated (384.3/sq mi or 148.4/km2) of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area. Tallahassee is the state's capital.
Florida's $1.0 trillion economy is the fourth largest in the United States. If it were a country, Florida would be the 16th largest economy in the world, and the 58th most populous as of 2018. In 2017, Florida's per capita personal income was $47,684, ranking 26th in the nation. The unemployment rate in September 2018 was 3.5% and ranked as the 18th in the United States. Florida exports nearly $55 billion in goods made in the state, the 8th highest among all states. The Miami Metropolitan Area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida and the 12th largest in the United States with a GDP of $344.9 billion as of 2017. This is more than twice the number of the next metro area, the Tampa Bay Area, which has a GDP of $145.3 billion. Florida is home to 51 of the world's billionaires with most of them residing in South Florida.The first European contact was made in 1513 by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, who called it la Florida ([la floˈɾiða] the land of flowers) upon landing there in the Easter season, known in Spanish as Pascua Florida. Florida was a challenge for the European colonial powers before it gained statehood in the United States in 1845. It was a principal location of the Seminole Wars against the Native Americans, and racial segregation after the American Civil War.
Today, Florida is distinctive for its large Cuban expatriate community and high population growth, as well as for its increasing environmental issues. The state's economy relies mainly on tourism, agriculture, and transportation, which developed in the late 19th century. Florida is also renowned for amusement parks, orange crops, winter vegetables, the Kennedy Space Center, and as a popular destination for retirees. Florida is the flattest state in the United States. Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida.Florida's close proximity to the ocean influences many aspects of Florida culture and daily l ...
Florida | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:05:00 1 History
00:05:29 1.1 European arrival
00:11:19 1.2 Joining the United States; Indian removal
00:16:25 1.3 Slavery, war, and disenfranchisement
00:19:09 1.4 20th and 21st century growth
00:21:18 2 Geography
00:23:18 2.1 Climate
00:27:37 2.2 Fauna
00:29:57 2.3 Flora
00:31:25 2.4 Florida Reef
00:32:37 2.5 Environmental issues
00:35:10 2.6 Geology
00:37:23 2.7 Regions
00:37:31 3 Demographics
00:37:41 3.1 Population
00:39:45 3.2 Settlements
00:40:49 3.3 Ancestry
00:46:27 3.4 Languages
00:47:21 3.5 Religion
00:48:19 4 Governance
00:49:58 4.1 Elections history
00:54:29 4.1.1 Elections of 2000 to present
00:58:48 4.2 Statutes
01:00:27 5 Economy
01:03:55 5.1 Personal income
01:05:14 5.2 Real estate
01:06:52 5.3 Tourism
01:08:42 5.4 Agriculture and fishing
01:10:27 5.5 Industry
01:10:45 5.6 Mining
01:12:05 5.7 Government
01:13:25 6 Seaports
01:14:30 7 Health
01:15:34 8 Architecture
01:16:58 9 Media
01:17:07 10 Education
01:17:18 10.1 Primary and secondary education
01:18:39 10.2 Higher education
01:20:03 11 Transportation
01:20:12 11.1 Highways
01:23:46 11.2 Airports
01:24:04 11.3 Intercity rail
01:26:20 11.4 Public transit
01:28:24 12 Sports
01:31:17 13 State symbols
01:33:14 14 Sister states
01:33:23 15 Notable people
01:33:32 16 See also
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There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Florida ( (listen); Spanish for land of flowers) is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive (65,755 sq mi or 170,300 km2), the 3rd-most populous (21,312,211 inhabitants), and the 8th-most densely populated (384.3/sq mi or 148.4/km2) of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area. Tallahassee is the state's capital.
Florida's $1.0 trillion economy is the fourth largest in the United States. If it were a country, Florida would be the 16th largest economy in the world, and the 58th most populous as of 2018. In 2017, Florida's per capita personal income was $47,684, ranking 26th in the nation. The unemployment rate in September 2018 was 3.5% and ranked as the 18th in the United States. Florida exports nearly $55 billion in goods made in the state, the 8th highest among all states. The Miami Metropolitan Area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida and the 12th largest in the United States with a GDP of $344.9 billion as of 2017. This is more than twice the number of the next metro area, the Tampa Bay Area, which has a GDP of $145.3 billion. Florida is home to 51 of the world's billionaires with most of them residing in South Florida.The first European contact was made in 1513 by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, who called it la Florida ([la floˈɾiða] the land of flowers) upon landing there in the Easter season, known in Spanish as Pascua Florida. Florida was a challenge for the European colonial powers before it gained statehood in the United States in 1845. It was a principal location of the Seminole Wars against the Native Americans, and racial segregation after the American Civil War.
Today, Florida is distinctive for its large Cuban expatriate community and high population growth, as well as for its increasing environmental issues. The state's economy relies mainly on tourism, agriculture, and transportation, which developed in the late 19th century. Florida is also renowned for amusement parks, orange crops, winter vegetables, the Kennedy Space Center, and as a popular destination for retirees. Florida is the flattest state in the United States. Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater ...
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Florida ( (listen); Spanish for land of flowers) is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive (65,755 sq mi or 170,300 km2), the 3rd-most populous (21,312,211 inhabitants), and the 8th-most densely populated (384.3/sq mi or 148.4/km2) of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area. Tallahassee is the state's capital.
Florida's $1.0 trillion economy is the fourth largest in the United States. If it were a country, Florida would be the 16th largest economy in the world, and the 58th most populous as of 2018. In 2017, Florida's per capita personal income was $47,684, ranking 26th in the nation. The unemployment rate in September 2018 was 3.5% and ranked as the 18th in the United States. Florida exports nearly $55 billion in goods made in the state, the 8th highest among all states. The Miami Metropolitan Area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida and the 12th largest in the United States with a GDP of $344.9 billion as of 2017. This is more than twice the number of the next metro area, the Tampa Bay Area, which has a GDP of $145.3 billion. Florida is home to 51 of the world's billionaires with most of them residing in South Florida.The first European contact was made in 1513 by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, who called it la Florida ([la floˈɾiða] the land of flowers) upon landing there in the Easter season, known in Spanish as Pascua Florida. Florida was a challenge for the European colonial powers before it gained statehood in the United States in 1845. It was a principal location of the Seminole Wars against the Native Americans, and racial segregation after the American Civil War.
Today, Florida is distinctive for its large Cuban expatriate community and high population growth, as well as for its increasing environmental issues. The state's economy relies mainly on tourism, agriculture, and transportation, which developed in the late 19th century. Florida is also renowned for amusement parks, orange crops, winter vegetables, the Kennedy Space Center, and as a popular destination for retirees. Florida is the flattest state in the United States. Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida.Florida's close proximity to the ocean influences many aspects of Florida culture and daily life. Florida is a reflection of influences and multiple inheritance; African, European, indigenous, and Latino heritages can be found in the architecture and cuisine. Florida has attracted many writers such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams, and continues to attract celebrities and athletes. It is internationally known for golf, tennis, auto racing, and water sports. Several beaches in Florida have turquoise and emerald-colored coastal waters.About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Florida has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States, approximately 1,350 miles (2,170 km), not including the contribution of the many barrier islands. Florida has a total of 4,510 islands that are ten acres or larger in area. This is the second-highest number of islands of any state of the United States; only Alaska has more. It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Much of the state is at or near sea level and is characterized by sedimentary soil. Florida has the lowest high point of any U.S. state. The climate varies from subtropical in the north to tropical in the south. The American alligator, American crocodile, American ...
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