A small coastal city located between the cities of
Delray Beach to the north and
Deerfield Beach to the south. Contrary to popular belief, "raton" does NOT mean
rat in spanish, it means
mouse. The city was named Boca Raton because the first men to sail into the the region's bay believed it was shaped like a mouse's head.
Besides all the "
blue hairs", there is also a number of younger folk in Boca Raton. The city is home
Florida's smallest state
university, Florida Atlantic University, which was the southern most airforce base during the
Cuban Missile Crisis.
Boca Raton is also
environmentally idealistic. In the early 70's, the planning board passed a law limiting the population of the town to 100,000, by restricting the number of housing units to 40,000. They did this to preserve the quality of life to both the city's residents and wildlife. The
developers didn't like the law and the battle went all the way to the supreme court where it was deemed
unconstitutional. Fortunately, the battle lasted almost 10 years resulting in limited development during this time and allowing Boca Raton to be "greener" than surrounding cities.
Boca is also my hometown. I don't have blue hair (though sometimes I contemplate coloring it).