Melbourne - Florida - 4K Downtown Drive

Late afternoon drive around Melbourne, FL
Filmed: April 2021
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From Wikipedia:
Melbourne /ˈmɛlbərn/ is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is seventy-two miles southeast of Orlando. As of the 2010 census, there was a population of 76,068. The municipality is the second-largest in the county by both size and population. Melbourne is a principal city of the Palm Bay - Melbourne - Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1969, the city was expanded by merging with nearby Eau Gallie.
In the 1950s, Babcock Street was extended north to intersect with US 1. The Melbourne Shopping Center was constructed on Babcock, the area's first strip mall. Consumers were sufficiently attracted to this new mall, that the traditional downtown, off New Haven, suffered. Urban blight was successfully attacked there in the 1980s.
A board was created by the legislature to spend a 10% tax on electric bills. This was used by the Melbourne Civic Improvement Board to build the Melbourne Auditorium, the first library and fire station, and various parks. The board was dissolved when Melbourne was merged with Eau Gallie in 1969.] That merger doubled the size of Melbourne.
Streetlights were gradually added until, by the early 1960s, streets east of Babcock Street had lights. Lights were added to streets west of Babcock after the early 1960s.
In 1969, the city elected Julius Montgomery, its first black councilman. Montgomery was also the first African American student of Brevard Engineering College, later Florida Institute of Technology which named their Pioneer Award after him.
On August 2, 1995, the city received a record 9.06 inches (230 mm) of rainfall from Hurricane Erin.
During the week of August 22, 2008, a record 17.54 inches (446 mm) of rain fell caused by Tropical Storm Fay.
A 2009 Halloween street party sponsored by a downtown restaurant attracted an estimated 8,000-10,000 people. This overwhelmed the downtown area. Street parties were curtailed until public safety issues were addressed.
On February 18, 2017, president Donald J. Trump held his first post-inauguration rally at the Orlando-Melbourne International Airport drawing a crowd of 9,000.

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[@panduchinna2987]

I am from India and lived in Melbourne for 5 years. It was the best place and gave lot of memories for me. Thank you for making this video

[@qwerty123qwert123]

Where are you now. I stayed 10 years....

[@tjones9111]

born and raised in Melbourne,Florida. I moved out of Brevard county but definitely gonna move back one day.

[@gibbysgirl]

Thank you for this. Brings back memories.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sissycarolina4863]

They call it Mel-boring but it is a great place to raise kids but you have to imagine while you are driving around that it is 90 degrees outside with 99% humidity. That is why not a single car has their windows down and probably driving with the A/C full blast.

[@sb61fury]

The gas station right by the 1900 building used to be a Mobil full service gas station

[@melbourne-heat.69-71]

Good times🎉 in Old Town Melbourne they block off the streets and it's one big party for the adults and the kids.. having a couple beers eating some food things for the kids to do no place to park but still a great way to meet people in Melbourne and still have a good time..Moved there in 2001 from Pennsylvania and never looked back to me a great area to live..Melbourne Beach is the place to be..🏖🔥🏖🍻🍻🤣🤣😴😴🔥🔥

[@slasherhawk24]

Cool video Florida mike keep it up man so when is your next interstate drive

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Very soon

[@mayelintapanes3382]

Gracias por su video

[@janetdinnie8353]

Thank you. Very helpful.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

You're welcome!

[@melbourne-heat.69-71]

"Jim Morrison" from the Doors was born and raised in Melbourne Florida his father was military the little house was sitting there all boarded up for a long time somebody grabbed it up and fixed it all up and it looks totally different now..Little bit of Melbourne History ...🎶🎸🎶

[@MichaelJacobs]

so close... my daughter goes to Florida Institute of Technology. if you had driven just a little further on Country Club Rd, you would have driven through the campus. :)

[@royaljames3233]

I just subscribe to your channel and I like how you filmed it well done what did you learn observe while being in Melbourne Florida

[@MileageMikeTravels]

It's definitely more quiet than the South Florida beaches. It looked pretty clean, colorful and of course has a beach of its own nearby. I didn't really see anything I didn't like, but I was only there for a day.

[@royaljames3233]

@@MileageMikeTravels thanks 😊 my blessed brother for the info and I pray 🙏🏾 that you have a blessed week God bless you 🙏🏾💪🏾💖 n we will talk ☺️🙏🏼 gn

[@SCGMLB]

Taking a nice drive through the “old town” as locals call it.

[@dakentaijutsu2010]

Did you make a drive through of Tallahassee yet? If haven't, are you planning on getting that in the future?

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Yes. Tallahassee will be up in the next few weeks.

[@Graphics_Card]

Nice 👍 do a1a from Anastasia island to Daytona

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Not on this trip. Already left Florida so that Treasure Coast video was the only A1A I had time to get. Possibly next time though.

[@Graphics_Card]

@@MileageMikeTravels :( k

[@kenziefrench5482]

The downtown tattoo place once u get into down town they are amazing there

[@ishepard2]

Man, those gas prices.

[@garfielddaley5855]

Thanks ,check our palm bay one town south

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Definitely on the list for my next Florida trip

[@bobparker1595]

This was a really stupid route. You missed FIT, the airport, the mall area, the Northrup Grumman / GE complex, Eau Gallie was completely left out, the Hibiscus medical area, spent way too much time in residential areas and driving north forever on US1. Sorry but you could have done much better

[@jerrysmith3695]

He isn’t working with the best scenery, it’s a pretty drab and boring town. You wanted him to drive by an airport and some medical buildings, and a defense contractor.. that really is all that needs to be said

[@sissycarolina4863]

I agree. I was born and raised there but I have to agree with other commenters here that the Melbourne area is really really boring but if that is what someone likes then it would be perfect for them.

[@overundersidewaysdown]

@@jerrysmith3695 I like YOUR post the best, Jerry.

[@KevinNordstrom]

@@sissycarolina4863 as you get older and your kids start to become adults, i like boring. lmao

[@sissycarolina4863]

@@KevinNordstrom No problem. Go for it!