Miramar, Pines among Money's 100 best places

By Georgia East - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted July 27 2006

Business owner Joanne Miner said there was a time she would tell people her Miramar printing company was in Fort Lauderdale because few knew where Miramar was.

Those days are long gone, she says.

Which is why Miner, chairwoman of the Miramar-Pembroke Pines Regional Chamber of Commerce, wasn't surprised that both Miramar and Pembroke Pines landed on Money magazine's list of 100 best places to live.

"We've been a well-kept secret outside of Florida,'' Miner said. "People are starting to know where we are and it's quite exciting.''

Four South Florida cities snagged a place on the list of cities with a population between 50,000 and 300,000. It considered factors such as housing costs, median family income, crime, leisure and culture, weather and health.

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