My favorite part of The Palm Beach Post: Page R4, the "New Home Locator"

Last week the coastal City of Lake Worth was featured in the New Home Locator (NHL). Lake Worth is near another coastal city called the Town of Palm Beach (33480); you may have heard of that town. Of course, everyone knows Lake Worth is a vibrant City recovering quite nicely from The Great Recession. The City has a gorgeous public "BEACH!", a hip and artsy downtown, and an activist community on the cutting-edge of performance art. In fact, an iconic B&B is for sale in the City; check it out.

Here is the new community in Lake Worth featured in the NHL last week courtesy of Palm Beach County's (PBC) newspaper of record:

Homes complete with resort-style pool and cabana.

This week another coastal city in PBC is featured, Juno Beach:

A lovely couple going fishing on a pier along the Intracoastal (the Lake Worth Lagoon).

The closeout is quickly approaching and these "limited Intracoastal Waterway views will remain if buyers ACT NOW [emphasis added]." On the map below look for #7 for the Bay Colony location:

Bay Colony (#7) is located between North Palm Beach and Jupiter.

Now let's explore one of the most successful efforts in PBC: the NIMBY's along Florida's eastern coast in the county. Below is a video showing NIMBY's in action (these particular NIMBY's are mostly composed of NIMBY's borrowed/shared from another coastal community in PBC (they like to share resources):

What the NIMBY's in the video above are protesting is a 'forest' in Palm Beach Gardens located immediately adjacent to I-95. You can find this general area looking for #3 on the map above.

How successful have they been? Incredibly so. First, note the #8, #9, and #10 on the map (area in pink) are in Martin County and will not be addressed. PBC is separated on the map into North county (in green) and South county (in yellow). Here are the numbers:

• There are a total of 37 "New Communities" on the map
• Number west of I-95: 26
• Number west of the Turnpike: 10
• Number east of I-95: 11
• Number east of I-95 and north of Northlake Blvd (#14 on map): 9
• Number east of I-95, south of Northlake Blvd, and all the way south to Boca Raton: 2

The NIMBY's have been extremely successful at saving their coastal charm but it has come at the expense of new roads, the environment, infrastructure out west, and more cars, trucks, and fossil fuels to service what is called 'Western Sprawl'. Congratulations.