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Miami. There are real beaches. The nightlife is basically the same quality. It's much classier. There are real neighborhoods, not just tract homes smashed together to make a city. Downtown Miami actually has a lot going for it. I'd rather have 85-92 with a sea breeze than 100-115 and not a single cloud in the sky. Miami is closer to more international destinations.
Miami. There are real beaches. The nightlife is basically the same quality. It's much classier. There are real neighborhoods, not just tract homes smashed together to make a city. Downtown Miami actually has a lot going for it. I'd rather have 85-92 with a sea breeze than 100-115 and not a single cloud in the sky. Miami is closer to more international destinations.
Classier, I'd say Vegas is classy : Bellagio, Caesers , many other world class things to see.
Miami can be ghetto too don't forget Memorial day weekend out their, and all the gang violence.
Vegas is much safer then Miami, and has better scenery IMO around the area, whereas MIA is flat.
Miami is just so small is what I dislike it's so tiny all the nice areas are in small neighborhoods.
Outside the the beach and downtown area and outside the coast it is all the ghetto.
Outside the strip in Vegas the suburbs are very well kept, and clean, and low crime.
Vegas has the fast paced lifestyle plus the comfort and relaxing of the outskirts.
Whereas in MIA it's constant fast pace lifestyle, and the suburbs out there suck (outside of a few)
Both are two of my favorite cities though, but for overall living Vegas for sure is underrated.
To those that can peek beneath the neon/glitter of Las Vegas, you'll find a very conservative populace akin to the Midwest, or San Diego, and even the tourists that come here are conservative. Las Vegas is a very old-fashioned kind of city, and those that move here want to keep it that way!
Once outside the Strip, you'll find some very well-established conservative neighborhoods, particularly in the near East or West Central areas.
I'm too spoiled now to even consider Miami. No insects here, not even flies! Too dry for those "terrorists"!
I met someone from FL who said they have these mircroscopic mosquito's that will even bypass screened porches! Having not been bitten by a mosquito in 22 years, no thanks to Miami or FL!
Classier, I'd say Vegas is classy : Bellagio, Caesers , many other world class things to see.
Miami can be ghetto too don't forget Memorial day weekend out their, and all the gang violence.
Vegas is much safer then Miami, and has better scenery IMO around the area, whereas MIA is flat.
Miami is just so small is what I dislike it's so tiny all the nice areas are in small neighborhoods.
Outside the the beach and downtown area and outside the coast it is all the ghetto.
Outside the strip in Vegas the suburbs are very well kept, and clean, and low crime.
Vegas has the fast paced lifestyle plus the comfort and relaxing of the outskirts.
Whereas in MIA it's constant fast pace lifestyle, and the suburbs out there suck (outside of a few)
Both are two of my favorite cities though, but for overall living Vegas for sure is underrated.
Vegas does not have better scenery like what in the actual %#%^? Miami's clear blue water and sandy beaches along with a good skyline makes for insane natural scenery.
Who cares if Miami is tiny. It's still a better city than Vegas.
And Las Vegas is nothing outside of the strip. Okay.
Vegas isn't fast paced...at all. People go there to party and gamble...that's it. Fast paced comes with a more corporate like city. Vegas isn't corporate...at all...it's all tourism.
Miami isn't that fast paced either. People are there relaxing on the beaches and enjoying the nightlife and food.
Classier, I'd say Vegas is classy : Bellagio, Caesers , many other world class things to see.
Miami can be ghetto too don't forget Memorial day weekend out their, and all the gang violence.
Vegas is much safer then Miami, and has better scenery IMO around the area, whereas MIA is flat.
Miami is just so small is what I dislike it's so tiny all the nice areas are in small neighborhoods.
Outside the the beach and downtown area and outside the coast it is all the ghetto.
Outside the strip in Vegas the suburbs are very well kept, and clean, and low crime.
Vegas has the fast paced lifestyle plus the comfort and relaxing of the outskirts.
Whereas in MIA it's constant fast pace lifestyle, and the suburbs out there suck (outside of a few)
Both are two of my favorite cities though, but for overall living Vegas for sure is underrated.
Miami is flat? So? 1/3 of the US is flat, if not more. Some of the best diving in North America/Caribbean can be found in Miami (or north/south of the city)(3rd largest barrier reef in the world). Plus you have the Everglades in close proximity and the Keys to the south. Biscayne bay is the only place in the US with a sizable population of crocs (not alligators, crocs). So no mountains but the biodiversity makes up for it.
I wouldn't call Miami small either (their DT area extends for miles, plus you have the beach areas). Either way, South FL is a huge area, so more things to do.
And you're wrong that it's all ghetto outside DT and the beach areas. There's new/newer development on the west part of Dade cty(Broward has some nice areas too).
Btw, i don't live in Miami, I only visit once in a while.
Vegas is a gambler's paradise .... or hell(if you end up losing a lot of $$$).
Vegas does not have better scenery like what in the actual %#%^? Miami's clear blue water and sandy beaches along with a good skyline makes for insane natural scenery.
Who cares if Miami is tiny. It's still a better city than Vegas.
And Las Vegas is nothing outside of the strip. Okay.
Vegas isn't fast paced...at all. People go there to party and gamble...that's it. Fast paced comes with a more corporate like city. Vegas isn't corporate...at all...it's all tourism.
Miami isn't that fast paced either. People are there relaxing on the beaches and enjoying the nightlife and food.
Vegas has 100x better scenery then Miami, the only natural thing Miami has going for it is the ocean.
Everything in Miami is man made including all the beaches that you probably think are natural.
Have you even been to either places? Both are fast paced and international tourist destinations.
Says who you need to be corporate in order to be fast paced? Who made that rule up ? Have you been living under a rock?
Outside the strip is well kept and very clean. Go to Vegas Picture thread in Vegas section you'll get 150 pages of pictures.
Go to Miami's picture thread here you will find only about 48 pages of pictures, that speaks for itself.
Outside of Miami's main areas (downtown/beach areas/around the coast) it's 3rd world how is that classy.
To those that can peek beneath the neon/glitter of Las Vegas, you'll find a very conservative populace akin to the Midwest, or San Diego, and even the tourists that come here are conservative. Las Vegas is a very old-fashioned kind of city, and those that move here want to keep it that way!
Once outside the Strip, you'll find some very well-established conservative neighborhoods, particularly in the near East or West Central areas.
I'm too spoiled now to even consider Miami. No insects here, not even flies! Too dry for those "terrorists"!
I met someone from FL who said they have these mircroscopic mosquito's that will even bypass screened porches! Having not been bitten by a mosquito in 22 years, no thanks to Miami or FL!
I always wonder if I should have checked out Vegas before convincing my mom to buy in Sun City AZ. The Mojave Desert is a little more of a true desert, less "tropical" than the Sonoran. Las Vegas is 2000' in elevation, so it's kind of a high desert. That makes a difference weather wise. Plus I don't think they get the monsoon humidity like southern AZ does. And I love Joshua Trees too. The weather seems pretty mild for most of the year in LV, but then Phoenix probably toughened me up a bit!
But... I just love the metropolitan area of Phoenix, its massive and has an awesome freeway system. But my next favorite areas are the inland empire cities of CA, the Apple Valley, and Las Vegas.
Miami is a real city with some of the best beaches in the world. The clubs are open later. There is actually a city outside of South Beach. You have the downtown area, Coral Gables, Hollywood, Ft. Lauderdale, and plenty of other real cities that function without South Beach.
LV has the strip. Woo. Fun. How many times can you go to a casino and lose money? How many times can you go to the massive clubs full of tourists? Leave South Beach and it's mainly locals (aside from tourist season in Ft Lauderdale). The monotony of the tract suburbs in LV is nauseating. I've never seen something so grotesque in a city in my life. It's not a city. It's giant maze of suburban homes that look exactly the same. It's a sterile environment filled with not-so-sterile people. There is no culture outside of the Strip.
The mountains are nice to look at, but can you go swimming, boating, diving, jet skiing, etc. in the mountains? Mountains don't have beaches. Miami has the Keys and the Everglades nearby and some of the best beaches in the world. LV has a desert. A giant, massive, hot, dry, boring, barren desert.
I think of all the major cities in the US, LV is the last I'd ever live in. Because there is no city. It's a massive, ugly suburb where everything looks the same surrounding a giant tourist street. I can't think of another major US cities that exudes such low-classness. Sorry to people that live there, but I really don't find that city to have any class at all. And yes, I've been there plenty and to the neighborhoods. My grandparents live there.
I am surprised by all the Las Vegas responses. Las Vegas to me sucks, you either have the gimmicky and tacky strip or ugly and boring sprawl. Miami a million times over. It at least has culture, interesting neighborhoods and a lot more to do.
Do that many of you really party that hard that you need 24/7 nightlife? I would think with Miami's closing time of 4am that would suffice for most. Unless you go out every singled weekend night and stay out til 6am I don't see what is so attractive about Las Vegas' nightlife.
Miami is a real city with some of the best beaches in the world. The clubs are open later. There is actually a city outside of South Beach. You have the downtown area, Coral Gables, Hollywood, Ft. Lauderdale, and plenty of other real cities that function without South Beach.
Miami is a real city but so is Vegas. FYI Miami beach, Coral Gables, Hollywood, Ft Lauderdale are all neighboring cities not Miami itself which I know you want to count as one but they are not. Miami is TINY geographically speaking as in 55 Sq Miles LOL! Let's not forget it is in hurricane zone and is only 6 ft above water, what's going to happen when a massive hurricane hits and sinks the entire region of south fl then what? Let's not forget all of Florida looks exactly the same with all it's boring setting it's in, the ENTIRE state looks the same, flat/humid/palm trees, beach I would get bored quick looking at that.
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LV has the strip. Woo. Fun. How many times can you go to a casino and lose money? How many times can you go to the massive clubs full of tourists? Leave South Beach and it's mainly locals (aside from tourist season in Ft Lauderdale). The monotony of the tract suburbs in LV is nauseating. I've never seen something so grotesque in a city in my life. It's not a city. It's giant maze of suburban homes that look exactly the same. It's a sterile environment filled with not-so-sterile people. There is no culture outside of the Strip.
All Miami has going for it is a beach, ha.. That's all I hear " we have a beach" so what? Some of us could care less about a beach. Vegas has on par nightlife, better entertainment, and more things to do outside of gambling then just see a beach and hit up overpriced tightly packed nightclubs. At least in Vegas clubs aren't overcrowded and overpriced. If you explore Miami outside it's main spots (outside the beach/coast/downtown) it's a 3rd world cesspool. I'll take well kept neighborhoods, higher median income, higher standard of living in Vegas even if it means having tract homes. Miami is a city built for immigrants and most the population doesn't even speak english. No sorry, that's somewhere I don't want to be, vacation great, to live no just no.
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The mountains are nice to look at, but can you go swimming, boating, diving, jet skiing, etc. in the mountains? Mountains don't have beaches. Miami has the Keys and the Everglades nearby and some of the best beaches in the world. LV has a desert. A giant, massive, hot, dry, boring, barren desert.
Once again, obsessed with the only thing Miami has to offer : The beach. The beach is fun, no doubt about it but not when the world revolves entirely around the beach because that's the main thing to do their. Don't forget all these beaches you are obsessed about are all man made, read about them, the entire city of Miami is man made other then the ocean you seem to love so much. Vegas on the other hand has natural southwestern beauty, if I get tired of downtown or the strip or anywhere, at least I know I have real outdoor activities to go and see real natural beauty and not some swamp of a backyard full with mosquitos. Yuck, that's another thing Miami has is awful humidity and giant insects and who wants to be somewhere that feels like a Sauna where you are wet and sticky all the time? No thanks I'll take the massive, hot, dry, boring, barren desert any day of the week.
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I think of all the major cities in the US, LV is the last I'd ever live in. Because there is no city. It's a massive, ugly suburb where everything looks the same surrounding a giant tourist street. I can't think of another major US cities that exudes such low-classness. Sorry to people that live there, but I really don't find that city to have any class at all. And yes, I've been there plenty and to the neighborhoods. My grandparents live there.
It's no problem if you'd never live in Vegas but to not call it a real city is a joke lol Vegas is just as much a real city as any other city in the United States or in the World. Massive Vegas is not, Massive is Los Angeles, or New York, not Vegas which is comfortably midsize and not overcrowded with idiot drivers like in Miami. Vegas has real American's did you know that? Real people that actually speak english and choose live nice suburbs that are actually modern and well kept as opposed to the 3rd world that most Miami residents live in. Sorry but if Vegas lacks class, you need to reevaluate Miami and check the crime stats and compare. Take a look at Memorial Day weekend in Miami and tell me that's class. Take a look of the real Miami outside of the beach, downtown, coastal cities and you will find something other then class. Miami is nice but let's not hype it up more then it really is a whole.
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Having not been bitten by a mosquito in 22 years, no thanks to Miami or FL!
