The Best Little Stretch of Beach in Broward County Florida
You may have even driven past it and still didn’t know it existed
Before you collapse in a heap of Florida frustration at the very thought of traffic, noise, bar hoppers, trash, and a skyline reaching twelve stories into the sky, let me assure you that there is a spot on this busy coast that belies all of that.
Yes, in Broward County. The charming town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea chose long ago to freeze the calendar and keep the Florida charm this stretch of beach towns used to embody. Fewer than 10,000 people call the town home and if they and their elected leaders have any say in the matter, it will stay that way forever. It’s not that they don’t want progress; they simply don’t want it to destroy the small-town way of life they have chosen on Florida’s famous, but frantic coast.
The town is essentially walled in, shadowed by high rises to the north and south, the Intracoastal Waterway to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Lateral growth is simply not an issue. And since ordinances prevent any new buildings taller than four stories, vertical growth is a no-go as well. What that leaves is a town that knows what it wants with the kind of beach and attractions you dream about, but rarely find anywhere north of the Keys.
