SperlingViews - West_Palm_Beach, Florida

interested in everything about west palm beach,florida.[read more...]

west plam beach is a nice place to life, even though there are bad place thats not good, but every where has that.[read more...]

The weather is amazing all year round and the ocean lifestyle is huge. So if your really into watersports, rum runners and the sun come on down. The only bummer is summer is intense and the chance of hurricanes. All in all its a very active city.[read more...]

I love south florida and will never leave :)[read more...]

I have lived in West Palm Beach for almost my entire life and it's not as bad as people are making it out to be. After reading some of the other comments I do have a few responses: When I was in elementary and middle school, West Palm was less developed and there were a lot less people. Once more people started to move into the area, it became more crowded, as to be expected. Prices started to go up and we had a lot of people coming down here from New England, especially New York. In my experience, a lot of people move down here and expect it to be like how it was where they were living before. You can't realistically expect to move to a completely different region of the country and for things to stay the same. Yes, we wear flip flops all the time. It's in the 80s and 90s for a good majority of the year and our dirt isn't dirt- it's sand! If you want high fashion, then go back to New York. I'm just trying to get through the day without passing out from heat exhaustion! Crime has gone down here. But just like anywhere else, you trust your instincts, and don't do stupid stuff like leaving your doors unlocked or leaving your wallet or shopping bags in plain view in your car, walking down alleys at 2am or associating with drug dealers or gangbangers, and you should be fine. South Florida is different from many places in that there is a lot of cultural diversity and a lot of immigrants, especially from Caribbean countries. It's the closest area in the United States to these places. If you don't like immigrants then don't move here. Plain and simple. My hometown has it's flaws. The construction does get annoying and sometimes there's just way too many people in one area. It has definitely been affected by the recession. But I love the weather, I love being within 10 minutes of the beach, and I love how my friends come from all different walks of life, countries, and cultures. Obviously, it's a personal decision as to whether one would choose to live here, but that's my two cents.[read more...]

This is a very high crime rate city also the cost of living is very high. Lot rent for a mobile home is $515.00 pr month, and you have to cut you own grass and pay for water. [read more...]

I was born and raised here in west palm. First off there is a lot of crime here. My home has been robbed several times. The weather is 50/50 in the wunter its great. Crisp cool days very little rain. Winter is the only good time to be in Florida. But it does come at a cost. The roads are packed with old people that can't drive. The summer on the other hand is horrible. Its hot and humid and it rains alot. The people here are rude and generally not too friendly. The public schools here suck but they are getting better. If you like the night life you will find lots to do here, but if your looking for a nice place to raise children this is not it. The roads and highways in this town seem to be in a constant state of construction that seems to have no end in sight. The homes are all over priced. We also have a problem with homeless people and drugs in our streets at night. I can't even stop to get gas without being hassled for spare change. I just want to go somewhere that is nice and has a sense of community.[read more...]

Yes, there are lots of poor black neighborhoods, but then again there are also poor white and Hispanic neighborhoods as well. Not to mention the fact that West Palm Beach is one of the few areas in the U.S. with an actual black middle class! West Palm Beach is the most diverse city in Florida, so I don't know what some have said about segregation. Yes, there's tons of crime, but it's not sexist, racist, or homophobic. Can you prove these things? Because this area seems more tolerant of that than many other parts of the country. [read more...]

I have lived in West Palm Beach for a year and moved here from NY state. All you New Yorkers: DO NOT MOVE HERE!! Call this fair warning. They hate us here and make that known everywhere you go. The workplace is a joke with pays that are obscene. I was making 45.00 an hour on Long Island but was offered 12.00 for the same job. This is an "At Will" work state. They fire and hire workers in a seemingly indiscriminate way higgledeepiggledee without fair warning or within reason. Permanent jobs are almost nonexistent. This is a hustler's state. In addition make no mistake about it this is a racist, homophobic, sexist part of the world. Blacks still live a segregated life here and are treated more than badly. The treatment is both subtle and blatant. Crime is very high here although I have not run into any of it personally. People in houses have had problems with home invasion and theft in my neighborhood. Security companies are made up of mostly foreign nationals and immigrants. Not a secure place to live. The water here has had several boil water notices and fecal material has been found in it. The place is run like one of the islands. It really should be kicked out of the US and made a territory instead of a state.[read more...]

I have lived in West Palm Beach for a year and moved here from NY state. All you New Yorkers: DO NOT MOVE HERE!! Call this fair warning. They hate us here and make that known everywhere you go. The workplace is a joke with pays that are obscene. I was making 45.00 an hour on Long Island but was offered 12.00 for the same job. This is an "At Will" work state. They fire and hire workers in a seemingly indiscriminate way higgledeepiggledee without fair warning or within reason. Permanent jobs are almost nonexistent. This is a hustler's state. In addition make no mistake about it this is a racist, homophobic, sexist part of the world. Blacks still live a segregated life here and are treated more than badly. The treatment is both subtle and blatant. Crime is very high here although I have not run into any of it personally. People in houses have had problems with home invasion and theft in my neighborhood. Security companies are made up of mostly foreign nationals and immigrants. Not a secure place to live. The water here has had several boil water notices and fecal material has been found in it. The place is run like one of the islands. It really should be kicked out of the US and made a territory instead of a state. [read more...]

For anyone thinking of moving to WPB it is NOT an exciting place to live. I have been in FL all of my life (30 yrs) and in West Palm Beach for the last six years. Summers are horrible: it is as hot and humid as a sauna, everything slows down because it is not the "season", and it rains every day. Throw in the possibility of hurricanes too. As far as nightlife and culture, you can find some but there is lack of class, sophistication and there is level of "cheese" accepted that would not fly for a second in a more urbane setting like San Francisco or Manhattan. Learn to speak Spanish too and be ready for the slow pace that comes with some of the cultures that permeate this area. All in all, WPB is banal, homogenized and completely devoid of interesting culture. PS-I've been trying to sell my home and move out of FL forever! WPB is okay if you're into the suburbs and having to drive 20 minutes to get anywhere half way decent.[read more...]

to expensive and hot[read more...]

Some residential properties are substandard and all are over-priced for sale. City services to this neighborhood are delivered poorly as compared with other neighborhoods in West Palm Beach.[read more...]

My family and I are looking to get out of Florida it is too crowded and congested. People don't know how to drive, and unless you have money there is no nice places to live. Yes, the beaches (Jupiter Beach) are nice and the SUN is HOTTT. My husband is born here in West Palm and has watched it get way over grow. Well that is just our opinon.[read more...]

I've lived here a year and a half. I moved from Chicago, a world-class city, to be closer to my family. It's pretty here and most of the year the weather is nice. However, it's also a lot of boring suburban sprawl with little culture and a lot of closed minded people. I'm looking to get out.[read more...]

The list is endless. We have an incredibly diverse cultural, recreational, and arts community. Our convention center is relatively new and very modern. We are soon getting a hotel connected to the convention center as well. Our downtown is undergoing a "renovation". The new City Center with the ultimate library will be finished next year. The new waterfront project, which will open up the intercoastal for recreational use, has been started. We have several "neighborhood" theatres, an enormous shopping district which combines the 1950s style of downtown shopping on Clematis Street with the modern concept of a pedestrian shopping mall at City Place. We have weekly street festivals and concerts and the several huge venues throughout the year including the Palm Beach Boat Show, Sunfest, Mardi Gras Festival and First Night. This is truly an exceptional place to live.[read more...]

For anyone who loves warm (hot) weather, this is the place to be.[read more...]

West Palm Beach has beautiful views:lakes, fountains, nice parks, places to bring your kids to(zoos, museums, theaters).NO SNOW! Love the weather, I'd rather be a little hot than be cold. We don't have 100 degrees like in other states. Pretty decent driving distance to work, not a lot of traffic compared to other major US cities. Fresh air. Lots of golfviews. Wildlife.I love this place but I got to move out. The housing prices are ridiculously overpriced--fueled by greed in the real estate, but income has stagnated. I'm also concerned about the increase in crime and and all these gangs spreading around like cancer. Not enough good schools.[read more...]

I grew up in West Palm Beach my whole life, Crime has actually gone down. You generally know where to not travel if you want to stay away from the crime. Obviously, you don't want to be caught on a street like Tamarind Ave. downtown, but I've got lost when I was younger there, driving around in a Range Rover, and no harm came to me at all. The people are very nice, even though they may look a bit scary. You can't judge the people with where they live. Downtown for example, you have low income housing and 2 miles east you have multi-million dollar houses on the Island of Palm Beach.[read more...]

"It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there". Ever heard that saying? Well, don't say you haven't been warned. This place is the most rediculous of places I've ever lived. South Florida in general, really. The cost of living is beyond anything even resembling normal. The average person cannot afford it. The schools are a disgrace, they bring in portables (1 room trailors) because they don't want to spend the money to build schools big enough in the first place. The bugs and heat are unbearable. The summer heat/humidity is far worse than Atlanta in the summer time. And The people are rude, obnoxious yankees who are trying to turn it into a rude Nothern state!! (you know who you are) The traffic is barely tolerable, most jobs require 45-60 commute times. The unending road construction adds to it. The thousands of immigrants that wont speak English are taking over, there are many, many businesses who's street front signage aren't even in English anymore. There is no style or etiquette here, everyone walks around a carbon copy of the next. The food isn't that good and every single street corner has the same businesses no matter what part of the county you are in. It's all about commercialization, urbanization, cloning (meaning if you don't look, act, dress, speak, and think like the next person, you're the oddball). It's hurry up and wait, and when you do finally get service, it's rude and second rate. So, no, I wouldn't live here or visit here. The crime with all the gangs surfacing is really bad. And they say, "the last {english-speaking) person to leave Miami, please bring the flag. i think it can now apply to ALL of South Florida.[read more...]