Gold Coast (Florida)

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The Gold Coast is the region of the southeastern coast of the U.S. state of Florida between Palm Beach and Miami. The region consists of the long urban cluster that runs along the eastern shores of Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade County; also called the South Florida metropolitan area. It includes the cities of West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Pompano Beach and Hollywood, as well as the famous beach chic Fort Lauderdale.

The name "Gold Coast" comes from the coins that occasionally wash up on the shore in the area. (citation needed) This is due to a large number of Spanish Galleons that sank off the coast carrying large amounts of gold and silver coins. However, the term is also used as a double entendre to indicate the fabulous wealth that has accrued in the area, especially near the coast (such as Miami Beach, Palm Beach, etc), including Donald Trump's $125 million estate. Used in that sense, the 'Gold Coast' wouldn't really include the entire 'South Florida' area, just that part east of U.S. 1 or, some would say, the Intracoastal Waterway.

The Gold Coast, when compared with the image above, shows that the region is primarily made up of the long urban cluster along Florida's southeastern coast; the South Florida metropolitan area.

v • d • e South Florida metropolitan area
Counties	Miami-Dade County \| Broward County \| Palm Beach County
200,000–500,000	Miami^† \| Hialeah
100,000–200,000	Fort Lauderdale^† \| Pembroke Pines \| Hollywood \| Coral Springs \| West Palm Beach^† \| Miramar \| Miami Gardens \| Pompano Beach
50,000–100,000	Sunrise \| Miami Beach \| Boca Raton \| Plantation \| Davie \| Kendall \| Deerfield Beach \| Boynton Beach \| Delray Beach \| Weston \| Fountainbleau \| Lauderhill \| Tamarac \| North Miami \| Kendale Lakes \| Wellington \| Margate \| Tamiami \| Jupiter
10,000–50,000	Aventura \| Belle Glade \| Boca Del Mar \| Brownsville \| Coconut Creek \| Cooper City \| Coral Gables \| Coral Terrace \| Country Club \| Country Walk \| Dania Beach \| Doral \| Gladeview \| Glenvar Heights \| Greenacres \| Hallandale Beach \| Hamptons at Boca Raton \| Homestead \| Ives Estates \| Kendall West \| Key Biscayne \| Kings Point \| Lake Worth \| Lake Worth Corridor \| Lauderdale Lakes \| Leisure City \| Lighthouse Point \| Miami Lakes \| Miami Springs \| North Lauderdale \| North Palm Beach \| Oakland Park \|Olympia Heights \| Opa-Locka \| Ojus \| Palm Beach Gardens \| Palmetto Bay \| Palm Springs \|Palmetto Estates \| Parkland \| Pinecrest \| Pinewood \| Princeton \| Richmond West \| Riviera Beach \| Royal Palm Beach \| Sandalfoot Cove \| South Miami \| South Miami Heights \| Sunny Isles Beach \| Sunset \| Sweetwater \| The Crossings \| The Hammocks \| University Park \| West Little River \| Westchester \| West Park, Florida \| Westwood Lakes \| Wilton Manors
Sports	Florida Marlins (baseball) \| Miami Heat (basketball) \| Miami Dolphins (football) \| Florida Panthers (ice hockey)
Airports	Miami International Airport (Miami-Dade) \| Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (Miami-Dade) \| Opa-locka Airport (Miami-Dade) \| Opa-locka Executive Airport (Miami-Dade) \| Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (Broward) \| Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (Broward) \| Pompano Beach Airpark (Broward) \| Palm Beach International Airport (Palm Beach) \| Boca Raton Airport (Palm Beach) \| Palm Beach County Park Airport (Palm Beach) \| North Palm Beach County Airport (Palm Beach)
† - County Seat A list of cities under 10,000 is available here.