A five-foot-high pink wall surrounds almost the whole residential area of this coastal village -- a clue that you won't find average Joes here.

The typical assessed value of homes surpasses $350,000. It's so desirable that Fort Lauderdale longs for the wealthy low-crime community of 600 residents, saying it would gladly annex a lower-income area elsewhere if it also could annex expensive Sea Ranch Lakes or Weston.