Vero Beach

A small city in east central Florida in a region known specifically as the Treasure Coast. Has a population of about 20,000. The city and its surrounding environs can be divided into five different parts: 1. East Vero is characterized by sprawling subdivisions and over-priced track housing with some elements of poverty as well as middle-class homes. The mall and the surrounding businesses are by far the largest attractions this area provides. 2. Central Vero possess the downtown as well as middle-class and some poorer demograohics. Notable here is a small number of historic commercial and recreational buildings, city hall, and the county court house. 3. South Vero is very similar to Central Vero minus the downtown and there are more lower class citizenry. 4. North Vero/Gifford is likely to be one of the poorest and at the same time wealthiest areas of the county. Grand Harbor, an upscale community boasting hundreds of residents, borders a largely African American community with above average numbers of people living below the poverty line. 5. The Vero "Beach" is composed of mostly upper middle to upper class residents who live either in gated/ungated communities or inhabit the plethora of flamboyantly named streets. Despite the area being prone to hurricanes a recent boom in tourism and revenue has sparked renovations to parks and other facilities as well as an increase in expensive housing. This part of town likes to remain aloof of the "mainlanders".