Megalopolis

The South Florida metropolitan area, also known as the Miami metropolitan area, and designated the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area by the U.S. Office if management and budget is the most populous metropolis in the Southeastern United States and the eighth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States, encompassing a tri-county area on the southeastern coast of the US state of Florida. The metropolitan area covers the counties of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. The three counties are the three most populous in Florida. The term South Florida is roughly synonymous with Gold Coast. The principal cities include Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pompano Beach, Boca Raton, and West Palm Beach.

Beautiful Night Shot of Down Town Miami.

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 As discussed in Chapter 4, High quality harbors of what came to be Megalopolis were located close to the most direct sea route from the Caribbean to northwestern Europe. Florida is a prime example of this great feature that helped it become a largely populated area.