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luka
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i liked the idea of writing a book called mar a lago but i couldnt be arsed in the end. interesting history the place has got tho
luka
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settlers began arriving in modern-day Palm Beach by 1872.[4] Hiram F. Hammon made the first homestead claim in 1873 along Lake Worth. At the time, the lake area had fewer than 12 people. By 1877, the Tustenegee Post Office was established in modern-day Palm Beach, becoming the lake area's first post office.[1] Along the coast of Palm Beach, the Providencia wrecked in 1878 with a cargo of 20,000 coconuts, which were quickly planted.[4] In 1880, Elisha Newton "Cap" Dimick converted his private residence to a hotel known as the Cocoanut Grove House. At the time of its opening, the Cocoanut Grove House was the only hotel along Florida's east coast between Titusville and Key West. A fire destroyed the hotel in October 1893.[12] The Star Route, also known as the Barefoot Mailman route, began serving the area in 1885.[13] Carriers delivered mail by foot or boat from Palm Beach and other nearby communities to as far south as Miami, a round trip of 136 miles (219 km).[14] The first schoolhouse in southeast Florida (also known as the Little Red Schoolhouse) opened in Palm Beach in 1886.[13]
Henry Flagler, a Standard Oil tycoon, made his first visit to Palm Beach in 1893, and described the area as a "veritable paradise".[15] That same year, Flagler hired George W. Potter to plot 48 blocks for West Palm Beach, a city to house workers at his hotels, and construction began on the Royal Poinciana Hotel.[16][17] The Royal Poinciana Hotel opened for business on February 11, 1894.[16] Flagler, also the owner of the Florida East Coast Railway, extended the railroad southward to West Palm Beach by the following month.[18] In 1896, Flagler opened a second hotel originally known as Wayside Inn, before being renamed Palm Beach Inn, and later becoming The Breakers.[19] Fires later burned down the hotel in 1903 and 1925, but it was rebuilt twice. The Palm Beach Daily News began publication in 1897 originally under the name Daily Lake Worth News.[20]
Henry Flagler, a Standard Oil tycoon, made his first visit to Palm Beach in 1893, and described the area as a "veritable paradise".[15] That same year, Flagler hired George W. Potter to plot 48 blocks for West Palm Beach, a city to house workers at his hotels, and construction began on the Royal Poinciana Hotel.[16][17] The Royal Poinciana Hotel opened for business on February 11, 1894.[16] Flagler, also the owner of the Florida East Coast Railway, extended the railroad southward to West Palm Beach by the following month.[18] In 1896, Flagler opened a second hotel originally known as Wayside Inn, before being renamed Palm Beach Inn, and later becoming The Breakers.[19] Fires later burned down the hotel in 1903 and 1925, but it was rebuilt twice. The Palm Beach Daily News began publication in 1897 originally under the name Daily Lake Worth News.[20]
luka
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Zoe Pound is a criminal street gang based in Miami, Florida founded by Haitian immigrants in the mid-1990s.[1]
In 2004, six Zoe Pound leaders were arrested on racketeering and conspiracy charges in Fort Pierce, Florida after Florida Department of Law Enforcement offices convinced several gang members to give testimony for the prosecution.[3]
Etymology
"Zoe'" is the anglicized variant of the word zo, Haitian Creole for "bone", as members were known to be "hard to the bone." When conflicts against Haitians arose, the pound would be sought out to retaliate; thus, the street gang name, "Zoe Pound", was born.[4] "Pound" may also stand for "Power Of (the) Unified Negroes (in) Divinity".[5]History
Having branched out from Miami in the two decades leading up to 2010, they are known to be involved in drug trafficking and robbery and related violent crimes in support of their drug trafficking activities in Evansville, Indiana.[1]In 2004, six Zoe Pound leaders were arrested on racketeering and conspiracy charges in Fort Pierce, Florida after Florida Department of Law Enforcement offices convinced several gang members to give testimony for the prosecution.[3]
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IdleRich
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Eighteen million dollars of real estate right there.
shakahislop
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mutant is a good way to think about it. there is a thing that americans say a lot which is that florida is 'weird'. seems like a hodgepodge of different people down there in the tropical heat. there aren't many places like that, tropical humidity and built around cars in that american way. the place attracts a lot of snobbery. i was in miami for two days and absolutely hated it. stayed in a haitian neighborhood and didn't have a car. waiting for buses on corners of these huge intersections. rowdy lads hanging out by their cars on the corners. thick warm air even in january. collapsing buildings, people living in tents, massive cars, neon, people driving around south beach on these kind of quad bike skeleton chassis things, rap everywhere, legs and muscles. lots of money about in miami at least. hostile environment for a pedestrian trying to wander around. you're either outside in the fug or in glistening AC. cuban uber drivers who spoke no english at all. wikipedia says the white population of miami is 14%. it felt like a part of the hispanophone world to me. the carribean loomed large.
shakahislop
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by all accounts florida has a big population of new yorkers. feel like all the old school new yorkers that got gentrified out have ended up there. every airport i go to on the east coast has a departure board full of floridian destinations, two or three hours feels like a short hop by US standards. elderly vietnam vets who grew up in red hook. snowbirds etc. there's a certain kind of link with the northeastern conurbation. one strand of the mutant DNA
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