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T.Y Hilton See also: Law of Florida The aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in the Miami area. . . Water mass Temperature Salinity 11.3 Airports 2 In popular culture Albizu University San Juan Campus Gallery Miami Florida Business directory South Terminal (Red). Dade County Courthouse built in 1928 is the tallest building built in the 1920s Mid-Atlantic Ridge In the subpolar gyre of the North Atlantic warm subtropical waters are transformed into colder subpolar and polar waters in the Labrador Sea this water flows back to the subtropical gyre. As of 2010 80% of people over age 25 were a High School graduate or higher 27.3% of people in Miami had a bachelor's degree or higher, 4.2 Politics As of 2009 there are approximately 71,000 year-round residents in Greater Downtown (including Downtown's Brickell Park West and Arts & Entertainment District neighborhoods) with close to 200,000 populating the Downtown area during the daytime making Downtown Miami one of the most populous downtowns in the U.S after New York City and Chicago With recent mass construction of high-rise residential buildings and office towers Downtown has experienced large growth with new shops bars parks and restaurants opening up attracting many new residents Along with Brickell Downtown has grown from 40,000 residents in 2000 to over 70,000 in 2009 making it one of the fastest-growing areas in Florida it was estimated in February 2010 that about 550 new residents move to the Downtown area every month as of 2009 over 190,000 office employees work in Downtown and Brickell. Culture and wildlife The Miami accent is a regional accent of the American English dialect spoken in South Florida particularly in Miami-Dade Broward Palm Beach and Monroe counties the accent was born in central Miami but has expanded to the rest of South Florida in the decades since the 1960s the Miami accent is most prevalent in American-born South Floridian youth.

After learning of the verdict of the McDuffie case one of the worst riots in the history of the United States,[citation needed] the Liberty City Riots of 1980 broke out By the time the rioting ceased three days later over 850 people had been arrested and at least 18 people had died Property damage was estimated at around one hundred million dollars. . In Florida each county is also a school district Miami-Dade County Public Schools is operated by an independently elected School Board a professional Superintendent of Schools appointed by the School Board manages the district's day-to-day operations as of 2014 the Miami-Dade County Public School District is the fourth-largest public school district in the nation with almost 360,000 students. A national push for expansion and progress in the United States occurred in the later part of the 19th century which stimulated interest in draining the Everglades for agricultural use According to historians "From the middle of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century the United States went through a period in which wetland removal was not questioned Indeed it was considered the proper thing to do." Draining the Everglades was suggested as early as 1837 and a resolution in Congress was passed in 1842 that prompted Secretary of Treasury Robert J Walker to request those with experience in the Everglades to give their opinion on the possibility of drainage Many officers who had served in the Seminole Wars favored the idea in 1850 Congress passed a law that gave several states wetlands within their state boundaries the Swamp and Overflowed Lands Act ensured that the state would be responsible for funding the attempts at developing wetlands into farmlands Florida quickly formed a committee to consolidate grants to pay for any attempts though the Civil War and Reconstruction halted progress until after 1877, Miami Intermodal Center Grade 3: 28,679. In 1992 Hurricane Andrew caused more than $20 billion in damage just south of the Miami-Dade area In 1992 Florida was the site of what was then the costliest weather disaster in U.S history Hurricane Andrew which caused more than $25 billion in damages when it struck during August; it held that distinction until 2005 when Hurricane Katrina surpassed it and it has since been surpassed by six other hurricanes Andrew is currently the second costliest hurricane in Florida's history.