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2.7 Model United Nations Program 13 Downtown skyscrapers 4.3 Student media 2 7859 12 International relations. . The fast-growing I-4 corridor area which runs through Central Florida and connects the cities of Daytona Beach Orlando and Tampa/St Petersburg has had a fairly even breakdown of Republican and Democratic voters the area is often seen as a merging point of the conservative northern portion of the state and the liberal southern portion making it the biggest swing area in the state Since the late 20th century the voting results in this area containing 40% of Florida voters has often determined who will win the state of Florida in presidential elections! West Palm Beach PBI Palm Beach International Airport Medium Hub 3,110,450, Princeton After the Civil War a state agency called the Internal Improvement Fund (IIF) whose purpose was to improve Florida's roads canals and rail lines was discovered to be deeply in debt the IIF found a Pennsylvania real estate developer named Hamilton Disston interested in implementing plans to drain the land for agriculture Disston purchased 4,000,000 acres (16,000 km2) of land for $1 million in 1881 and he began constructing canals near St Cloud at first the canals seemed to work in lowering the water levels in the wetlands surrounding the rivers They were effective in lowering the groundwater but it became apparent that their capacity was insufficient for the wet season Although Disston's canals did not drain well his purchase primed the economy of Florida it made news and attracted tourists and land buyers Within four years property values doubled and the population increased significantly. After closing Bay Visa Housing to students and long-term leasing the facility to RCL for employee training FIU is developing BayView Student Housing on the BBC campus BBC's first on-campus new housing in 30+ years will house 408 students in a high rise overlooking Biscayne Bay, Class of 1975 & 1986 The zip codes for Downtown include 33128 33130 33131 and 33132 the area covers 2.117 square miles (5.48 km2) as of 2000 there were 6,451 males and 4,792 females the median age for males were 34.5 years old while the median age for females were 35.8 years old the average household size had 1.9 people while the average family size had 2.8 members the percentage of married-couple families (among all households) was 25.5% while the percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households) was 8.5% and the percentage of single-mother households (among all households) was 5.8% 15.3% of the population was in correctional institutions 1.6% of the population was in other group homes the percentage of never-married males 15 years old and over was 27.6% while the percentage of never-married females 15 years old and over was 13.9%. After closing Bay Visa Housing to students and long-term leasing the facility to RCL for employee training FIU is developing BayView Student Housing on the BBC campus BBC's first on-campus new housing in 30+ years will house 408 students in a high rise overlooking Biscayne Bay.

Collins Bridge the first bridge to connect Miami to Miami Beach Main article: United States presidential election in Florida 2000. 3.2.3 Concourse G In 2015 Florida International University hosted the Miss Universe 2014 pageant in the FIU Arena Julia Tuttle the founder of Miami. . 2000 15,982,378 23.5% Contents The land seemed to inspire extreme reactions of both wonder or hatred During the Second Seminole War an army surgeon wrote "It is in fact a most hideous region to live in a perfect paradise for Indians alligators serpents frogs and every other kind of loathsome reptile." in 1897 explorer Hugh Willoughby spent eight days canoeing with a party from the mouth of the Harney River to the Miami River He sent his observations to the New Orleans Times-Democrat Willoughby described the water as healthy and wholesome with numerous springs and 10,000 alligators "more or less" in Lake Okeechobee the party encountered thousands of birds near the Shark River "killing hundreds but they continued to return" Willoughby pointed out that much of the rest of the country had been explored and mapped except for this part of Florida writing "(w)e have a tract of land one hundred and thirty miles long and seventy miles wide that is as much unknown to the white man as the heart of Africa.", St Thomas University (private/Catholic) Miami-influenced Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine hit the popular music scene with their Cuban-oriented sound and had hits in the 1980s with "Conga" and "Bad Boys"; !