[ConservativeStatement]

It was one of the fastest growing communities in the US during the 90s and changed from a comfortable area (I lived there in the 80s) to overpopulated — adjacent to a larger city called Hollywood and about 10 miles south of Fort Lauderdale. There are far worse places, I enjoyed my time there. It isn’t a sewer but it spread its wings very quickly.

[King of Florida]

If you lived in Pembroke Pines in the 80s, your intel is waaaaay out of date. I live there now with the wife and kids. It's now the eighth largest city in Florida and the fourth largest in South Florida after Miami, Hialeah, and Fort Lauderdale -- larger than Hollywood and West Palm Beach.

This guy was caught in what's now the far eastern part of Pembroke Pines, near the border with Hollywood -- the majority of the population spread further west past I-75, which areas are very nice and even upscale. This was in large part due to Hurricane Andrew, and these western areas have boomed since. Happily, the city fathers happened to have the unusual foresight to provide good infrastructure. Because of I-75, these western areas are as close to downtown Miami as they are to downtown Fort Lauderdale.

It's the opposite of a sewer, and with the schools, larger houses, and tons of amenities and services, actually one of the more desirable places to live in Broward County.