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Margate, Florida
Population: 53,909
Located in Broward County
You will fall in love with Margate! It is a mid-size town located on the east side of the state, and is in fact part of the greater Fort Lauderdale area. It is located close to Pompano Beach, one of the most beautiful beaches in Florida and also just north of Hollywood, a quaint town that brings back memories of past eras.
Margate is a family-friendly town, and indeed the majority of the population is made up of families. As a result education has become a top priority for the city, and Margate and surrounding areas can now claim to have an excellent, well-funded education system.
Because Margate is so close to everything, anything you want to do, whether indoors or out is available to you. Whether you like an active lifestyle or a sedentary one, there is something for you. Whether it's fishing, camping, picnicking, boating and the chance to watch alligators and birds. Or perhaps you would rather watch the thousands of butterflies as well as hummingbirds, waterfalls, orchids and roses at Butterfly World. See sea turtles come to shore and lay their eggs at John U. Lloyd State Park or Hollywood's North Beach Park, just minutes away from Margate. View manatees in their natural habitat at Columbus Park in Port Everglades.
The International Swimming Hall of Fame Aquatic Complex serves as the primary training facility for many past and future Olympians ? Tarzan even trained here. Sure to inspire water enthusiasts, the Henning Library, which houses the largest aquatic library in the world, consists of more than 5,000 volumes and over 300 ancient documents dating back to 1696. Not to be missed is the museum where the most extensive collection of swimming information and memorabilia is housed.
Margate is a booming, growing and ever-changing town as it grows to accommodate more families. Housing is affordable with the average 3-bedroomed home starting in the low 80's, and soaring all the way to the millions for the mansions.
The weather is almost always perfect here, the skies blue and the gentle breezes warm. Margate offers everything you could possibly want, night-life in Fort Lauderdale, beautiful beaches just minutes away, and eclectic shopping at Hollywood. Margate is the next place you will want to live!
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