[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by troutman

There are 5.5 M people between West Palm Beach and Miami.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_metropolitan_area

A long (180 km) and narrow Metro Area. Sunrise is in the middle.

Right, but they built up their fan base in Miami, then bailed on them and went on to find no success in an area where they were at least partially drawing from a different fan base.