In many cases it plays a crucial role It is truly impossible to gain an understanding of a culture's buying habits without first taking the time to understand the culture Examples of the benefit of understanding local culture include the following:. .
; ! Jupiter Of the county's 2.6 million total residents (as of 2013) approximately 52% live in unincorporated areas the majority of which are heavily suburbanized These residents are part of the Unincorporated Municipal Services Area (UMSA) for these residents the County fills the role of both lower- and upper-tier government the County Commission acting as their lower-tier municipal representative body Residents within UMSA pay a UMSA tax equivalent to a city tax which is used to provide County residents with equivalent city services (police fire zoning water and sewer etc.) Residents of incorporated areas do not pay UMSA tax, See also: List of mayors of Miami-Dade County Florida, 11.1.3 Public school zoning Brightstar Corporation Burger King Intradeco Holdings Latin Flavors Norwegian Cruise Line and Ryder have their headquarters in unincorporated areas in the county Centurion Air Cargo Florida West International Airways IBC Airways and World Atlantic Airlines have their headquarters on the grounds of Miami International Airport in an unincorporated area in the county. 10 Bank of America 2,000 Miami-Dade County holds the majority of sports arenas stadiums and complexes in South Florida Some of these sports facilities are:; (35) 51.13 Ethnicity: Main article: Miami accent Brickell Park Brickell! Cayman Airways Cayman Brac Grand Cayman, The land seemed to inspire extreme reactions of both wonder or hatred During the Second Seminole War an army surgeon wrote "It is in fact a most hideous region to live in a perfect paradise for Indians alligators serpents frogs and every other kind of loathsome reptile." in 1897 explorer Hugh Willoughby spent eight days canoeing with a party from the mouth of the Harney River to the Miami River He sent his observations to the New Orleans Times-Democrat Willoughby described the water as healthy and wholesome with numerous springs and 10,000 alligators "more or less" in Lake Okeechobee the party encountered thousands of birds near the Shark River "killing hundreds but they continued to return" Willoughby pointed out that much of the rest of the country had been explored and mapped except for this part of Florida writing "(w)e have a tract of land one hundred and thirty miles long and seventy miles wide that is as much unknown to the white man as the heart of Africa.", (Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian) 11.9% 15.4% 57.9%.
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