Talk:Palm Beach, Florida

Income
''The per-capita income for the town is $109,219. Males have a median income of $71,685 versus $42,875 for females.''

How can the per-capita income be higher than the males median income and the females median income? Per-capita includes males, females, and children. Uris 17:25, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Per-capita income is an arithmetic average, i.e. a mean. The other figures are medians. SchnitteUK (talk) 20:17, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Tagged?
I find that this article needs to be tagged, it's disorganized and has no pictures or relevant information.


 * No relevant information? That's harsh. What information do you think would be more relevant than what it has now? If you've got a verifiable source, then go ahead and add it. Cheers, -Willmcw 17:51, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

165.161.3.12's edit
It's actually not vandalism. The fact is, not all of Palm Beach's residents are rich. There is a fair amount of poverty in the area. Also, that Worth Avenue shooting was real that involved someone shooting a homeless guy.


 * Fine, the let's see a source about it so we can describe the matter properly. There's no doubt that West Palm Beach has severe poverty. And there are also some live-in workers whose low salaries bring the median income down. But a lone homeless guy is probably not characteristic. -Will Beback 19:21, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, this chart shows a pretty high crime rate for a town this size.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Palm-Beach-Florida.html

west palm beach is NOT a "rival" to Palm Beach

 * I think the problem is that "rival" is a vague term. In terms of overall importance, West Palm Beach has become a major city while Palm Beach is still a just little town. In terms of swankiness, there are few places in the country which rival Palm Beach. If the line is kept the nature of the comparison should be spelled out. -Will Beback 04:31, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

School
Where do the children of Palm Beach go to school? I think that is surely worth a mention.

They go to school somewhere up north. Aapold 13:25, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


 * There are public and private schools.  ·:·Will Beback  ·:· 16:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Climate
There seems to be a bit of controversy about the climate. All the trusted sources say Palm Beach has a Köppen climate classification of "Af" where "A" is tropical and "f" is no dry season. This is a tropical rainforest climate. It is dryer in February than September but not so much so that it can be said there is a dry season. The cutoff is 60 mm (2.36 in); Palm Beach's lowest month is 2.55 inches. Local citizens there might speak of the "dry season" - but they are wrong. Technically, there is no dry season. -GroveGuy (talk) 07:48, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Photo
I have updated the lead to a photo of the entire area of Palm Beach. The contribution was reverted by user:CZmarlin to a older 2011 low altitude pic of what looks to be the east side of Palm Beach, and I have reverted this old photo to a current and frankly speaking far better one of the entire area. The older low altitude photo IMHO does not in any way offer a complete and comprehensive perspective of the city, and it would be nice if others were to chime in, or perhaps I will take this to a group board for a general consensus of the community. talk→  WPPilot   19:55, 15 November 2014 (UTC)


 * I agree that the image contributed by WPPilot is of much better quality. However, it shows the much larger city of West Palm Beach (with no direct border with the Atlantic) in the foreground. There is a significant difference between the Town of Palm Beach (the subject of this article) and the City of West Palm Beach. The town of Palm Beach is separated by the Intracoastal Waterway, which can barely be seen in the distance. There needs to be an explanation that Palm Beach is located between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean in the deep background. This photograph would be best in the article about the City of West Palm Beach. The quality of the existing image does not matter as better images can be uploaded at any time. However, the actual subject in the picture must match the WP article. - CZmarlin (talk) 20:16, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

WPPilot - the photo you are trying to use has West Palm Beach in the middle. Only the little strip of land in the top is Palm Beach. All the rest of the land in the photo is West Palm Beach. -GroveGuy (talk) 20:22, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

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Early history
Was the island inhabited by Native Americans? -- Beland (talk) 19:26, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * What is now Eastern Palm Beach County was in the East Okeechobee district of the Glades culture, which was occupied by the Jaega when the Spanish reached Florida. Palm Beach History Online does mention mounds on Palm Beach Island. A quick search found this journal article,, so I presume there are other sources available. Maybe I'll come back and look at this some more, if the Internet behaves and I find some time. - Donald Albury 00:53, 31 December 2020 (UTC)