Had a 8 hour layover in Fort Lauderdale. Never been to the city before and decided to check it out.
It was 4 days after Thanksgiving so it was relatively quiet compared to how it probably gets. Actually seems like decent time to go. Balmy weather then got chilly.
Beaches were cool. Beautiful multi-hue water. Lots of restaurants and bars on the main north-south beach adjacent road.
Retirees. Saw a few black folks, some seemed like they lived there, other visitors. Saw some Latina BBLs. Definitely seems like a cool getaway even in the Fall. The 1st driver who was from Spain said Miami is more Latin/International and Fort Lauderdale more Americanized. Waitress from Alaska, indigenous looking, said it's beautiful but expensive and she was thinking of moving to Texas.
I walked down Las Olas Street with more bars and reastaurants and then walked the Riverwalk which was dope, seems great place to walk, run, bike and kick it. Mad yachts and tall ass condos in the background.
Reading up on the city and they said it's a boomtown, with even more skyscrapers on way with financial and tech jobs moving there.
Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla., once a place overrun by spring breakers, now stacks up well against much larger cities in vying for corporate relocations, high-priced talent and economic growth.
www.forbes.com
Overall cool experience for layover.