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Apartments for Rent in Augusta, GA - 358 Rentals

Perched atop the western bank of the mighty Savannah River , Augusta has a long and storied history as the center of Georgia's textile industry. Today, it boasts a vibrant medical cluster and attracts thousands of tourists each year with its beautiful natural environment and cultural points of interest. Augusta is also renowned for its small-town feel and low cost of living. Once you start searching for Augusta apartments , you'll be amazed at how far your money goes here. Augusta Attractions In addition to a vibrant dining and entertainment district near its riverfront, Augusta has a number of regionally acclaimed cultural institutions . These include the Augusta Symphony and the James Brown Concert Hall . Of course, golfers who visit Augusta can't pass up the opportunity to visit the legendary Augusta National Golf Club . Indeed, the town welcomes the golfing world's top talent each April for the famed Masters event . Augusta Natural Beauty Built around a s...

How South-Miami Dade has transformed after Hurricane Andrew

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Along Florida's Turnpike in South Miami -Dade, where potato farms and fields of row crops stretched all the way to the visible horizon at the time when Hurricane Andrew struck , it’s virtually all rows of close-packed houses and townhomes today. Now the unavoidable noise walls are going up to forever block vistas once among the most beguiling in South Florida. Along South Dixie Highway , where scraggly lots, small farm fields and vegetable- and fruit-packing houses once mixed it up with used-car lots and budget motels, the landscape is a cornucopia of strip malls, Publix and Wal-Mart stores and fast- food chain restaurants . And everywhere there is traffic, backed up one way in the morning, when three-quarters of all employed adults in South Miami - Dade head north to downtown Miami , Coral Gables or even Doral to work, and the other way when they drive back home in the evening. Lightning struck as thunderstorms swept through the ruins of Homestead in the days after Hurricane...