MIA lifestyle

[xspud]

Thinking about bidding MIA one of these days. The traffic seems horrendous, though. I'm not too concerned about my own commute, I'd be driving in the off hours, but I'm wondering how my wife would cope. Shopping, school, etc. Any comments from south FL residents?

Also wondering about liveaboard slips/marinas.

 

[fxbat]

“Thinking about bidding MIA one of these days.”

Well it depends what you want. If the idea of a 700sf home costing 350k, English as a second language, sunglasses at night attitudes and cockroaches the size of staplers. You might enjoy it. Wonderful weather in the winter and like living in a sauna in the summer.
MIA is dirtiest 3rd-world airport in the U.S.
Driving is a combat maneuver if you buy a car hear they only come with horns no turn signals.
If you want your kids to pretend to be ghetto gangster rappers and were their pants around their knees the public school system is excellent.

 

[nosehair]

English as a second language sunglasses at nigh attitudes and cockroaches the size of staplers. You might enjoy it. Wonderful weather in the winter and like living in a sauna in the summer.
MIA is dirtiest 3rd world airport in the U.S.
Driving is a combat maneuver if you buy a car hear they only come with horns no turn signals.
If you want your kids to pretend to be ghetto gangster rappers and were their pants around their knees the public school system is excellent.

He is dressing it up for you. English is not even a second language - it's somewhere far down on the totem pole - much like white American citizens. You are an unwelcome agitation to the Hispanic/Island People culture of working class Miami. You don't speak their language, and they aren't going to learn yours.

Driving is a continuous combat assault. No one follows the rules - it's "first come(with the biggest stick)-first served". Which is also the mindset in the stores. They don't line up - they bunch up and jostle for position as first up.

Imagine growing up in Cuba where the only way to get a loaf of bread is to be the biggest and meanest and first at the bread store on the day when they might have some loaves of bread. That's how they live, still, in Miami.

 

[Publishers]

Miami is like wherever you are now....In short, a good deal depends on where you are coming from. All the things said above are or can be true. The thing is that it depends on you and what you like or are used to.
First, Miami is but one element of South Florida. Life in Ft. Lauderdale is different than life in Miami, and different than say Lake Worth. If you like a wealth of activity at your door, find people and cultures interesting, like warm more than cold, drove yourself in Hong Kong, like professional sports, Miami can be a great area....
If you are like the guys above, wrong place to be.

 

[EMB Skillz]

S-FLA IN DA HOUSE!! All you 'fugees need to take yo 'tubes and rafts, and get back to the beach. Carpetbagger yankees can take I-95 North.


And CSI Miami is the stupidest TV show, ever!

 

[coloneldan]

Back in the 80's, they used to talk about how many people were shooting other people on the highways in LA. They have been doing that in south Florida for almost 40 years now. Here's a few tips about driving there. When you are sitting at a stop light and the light turns green, DO NOT GO!!!! There will be at least 3 more cars go through the intersection. However, if you don't go the instant the light turns, there will be at least one idiot who blows his horn. Also, if you are driving along and the light ahead turns yellow and you actually stop for it, prepare to get rear ended. That goes for Miami, Ft Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, etc... And that's just the driving. Walking into a store in Miami is like walking onto a set for Scarface. You never know who's gonna start shooting or when. I wouldn't live anywhere south of Orlando again. I just don't feel safe there anymore. And Orlando isn't much better.

Best thing I can say is, good luck.

 

[Groundpounder]

SoFla sucks ass. I only moved down here cause there is lots of flying, and I am only staying here until I can get a decent flying job anywhere else. The cost of living is through the roof, all the 'affordable' apartment complexes are getting turned into condos, and I feel like a minority, which is pretty ironic, since I am. Going to a Wal Mart down here after dark is like taking one of those safari rides at Busch Gardens. Hurricanes suck, the summer sucks, and the traffic sucks. But, I do love the winter weather.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

Drop a 50 Megaton bomb in MIA and you'll kill 3...mabie 4 Americans.

CE

 

[Fugawe]

Don't come down here, we don't need any more people. The place really sucks, people suck, weather sucks, nothing to do -- don't come down here!!!!!

 

[kevdog]

Miami is the best place to live in Florida, unless you like the Wal-Mart American culture. Guess it depends on where you are coming from.