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A single low-budget Hollywood movie changed FORT LAUDERDALE from a
mild-mannered little town that happened to adjoin seven miles of palm-shaded
white sands into a byword for uninhibited beach life. Following the 1960
teen-exploitation movie Where the Boys Are , Fort Lauderdale instantly
became the number-one Spring Break venue in the US, drawing hundreds of
thousands of frenzied students each year. By the end of the 1980s, it
had imposed enough restrictions on boozing and wild behavior to put an
end to the bacchanal, and Fort Lauderdale has transformed itself into a
thriving pleasure port, catering to individual yacht-owners and major
cruise liners alike, that's also one of the fastest-growing residential
areas in the country.
The Town
For visitors, Fort Lauderdale contains two main areas of interest.
Downtown focuses on a few blocks between E Broward and E Las Olas
boulevards, which cross US-1 a couple of miles east of I-95. Heavily
prettified with parks and promenades
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