From Minneapolis to Miami... (Hialeah, Havana: neighborhoods, living in, pitbull)
MiamiMiami-Dade County
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Job market is tough here and the pay it's not enough to have a decent life and enjoy what Miami has to offer. Don't expect to get the same pay you had in Minneapolis. Cost of living is crazy compared to Minneapolis. The wheather is the total opposite, get used to 95 degrees with high humidity in the summers and 78 to 84 degrees with low-mid humidity on winters. We have few cold fronts, 55F-70F, not a big deal for someone who has lived on a four season wheather before. People who live in Miami are totally different, most are rude, unfriendly, selfish and obnoxious. Minneapolis was named the most literate city of America, very different to Miami where most people don't have a college degree and only slightly half have a high school diploma. So, get used to folks who have no idea where Argentina, Chile or Venezuela are located (I'm not talking BS, it has actually happened to me before ). Most of the city speaks spanish and most of these folks don't make an effort to learn english and assimilate they are in the United States and not in Cuba. Even to get hired they require to speak spanish in most jobs and they don't even appreciate it. Traffic is terrible, terrible, terrible and public transportation the worst you can get. If you have a good bidget I highly recommend to live in Brickell, Coral Gables, some Kendall areas, and Pinecrest. These areas are very nice, clean and the people are nicer and more educated. Avoid cutler ridge, westchester, Hialeah, Lil Havana, Allapatah, Overtown, Liberty City and Opa Locka.
Moderator cut: Personal Attack Weather wise, to MOST people, even stats, and everything technical, Miami has one of the best climate and weather of the entire country. On your everyday type weather, it'll be around 80's, which is most of the year. At one point of the year it can reach 90's but that's only a short period of time of the year. During another period of the year, which is winter, it's the most perfect you can imagine. Everything's perfect. Perfect wind, chilly temperatures, and the sun is always where you want it to be. That's without a doubt my favorite time of the year here in Miami, and as it is to most of the people I know. But when it's not those two periods, it'll always be around 80's and of course temperature drops at night which makes the night so much more perfect. Humidity is not a big deal for MOST people, the only time it MAY bother someone, Moderator cut: Flaming, it'll be during that time of the year I mentioned that temperatures can reach 90's. But throughout the rest of the year it's normal and you don't even notice it, and during winter ahhh like I said everything is perfect. It's funny how you say most people are rude, unfriendly, selfish and obnoxious which that is completely untrue and biased. in every BIG city you will find nice people and rude people and everything else you mentioned, that's they way it is, get used to it. And it's hilarious how people here say all these things about people in Miami but than go and say they love NYC and the people in it (LMAO!) when Miamians, even the rudest ones are light years nicer than NYC, even the nicests. And people in NYC are far more FAR more obnoxious than Miamians, and selfish, pshhh, everyone knows how NYC is and they don't even have to have lived there. And the whole college degree and high school diploma is nonsense because you do know that there are a lot of older and elderly people here that just came here from another country to live the rest of their years in a better country? Yeah, well they don't care about getting a degree, they just want to live the rest of their years. in peace and enjoying life and their family. And if you don't know, so many and I mean SO MANY people that are extremely successful come out of Miami, those stats of how many people have degrees and such are just for the people currently living there, all those extremely successful people moved out of State to go the University they got accepted to. Most of the city (Miami) speaks Spanish, so? Most of them also speak English, just because someone knows another language doesn't mean a bad thing, it's actually a VERY GOOD thing if you didn't know. And all those people that don't know much English are the elderly ones that just stay at home or play Dominoes and that's it, they won't have any type of effect in your life. There are even Latins here that don't know Spanish, so please. And the only ones that don't care about learning English are once again the elderly ones, that just live in Latin neighborhoods and they don't leave those neighborhoods so they don't need to learn English. Traffic is not as bad as people here try to make it seem, it's cake compared to the cities with actual traffic like NYC and LA. People here that say traffic things about Miami are the ones that are used to suburban traffic. There are many MANY of nice areas, neighborhoods and cities in Miami and the Miami area (Dade County) I will post them soon.
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This is a misconception that I see repeated often on the net, but it is not true. The official records for Miami show a temp of 100 degs F, recorded on July 21, 1942.
This may be a bit off-topic, but I wanted to respond to the above. I posed the question to an authoritative source at the FSU Weather Research Center which is linked from the Nat'l Weather Service.
Q: Weather.com says the highest record temp in Miami was 100 degrees recorded July 1942.
What is the highest official temperature recorded in Miami, and what is the source for that info?
A: In the last few years, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center has undertaken a project to piece together long term weather records for many weather stations across the U.S. in a project called "Threadex". In many cases, the location of the weather station was moved one or more times during it's history and if the move was too far from the original location, then it was given a new station number and considered a different station. The Threadex project pieced together these separate stations to form one long record.
In the case of Miami, the information you found from the SERCC was older and compiled before this "Threadex" project, when the historical record only went back to 1948. When the historical record was extended back farther with Threadex, the 100 degree temperature in 1942 became the new record.
So I guess official stats now say that Miami did hit triple digits once in 1942. You learn something new every day....
Moderator cut: Personal Attack Weather wise, to MOST people, even stats, and everything technical, Miami has one of the best climate and weather of the entire country. On your everyday type weather, it'll be around 80's, which is most of the year. At one point of the year it can reach 90's but that's only a short period of time of the year. During another period of the year, which is winter, it's the most perfect you can imagine. Everything's perfect. Perfect wind, chilly temperatures, and the sun is always where you want it to be. That's without a doubt my favorite time of the year here in Miami, and as it is to most of the people I know. But when it's not those two periods, it'll always be around 80's and of course temperature drops at night which makes the night so much more perfect. Humidity is not a big deal for MOST people, the only time it MAY bother someone, Moderator cut: Flaming, it'll be during that time of the year I mentioned that temperatures can reach 90's. But throughout the rest of the year it's normal and you don't even notice it, and during winter ahhh like I said everything is perfect. It's funny how you say most people are rude, unfriendly, selfish and obnoxious which that is completely untrue and biased. in every BIG city you will find nice people and rude people and everything else you mentioned, that's they way it is, get used to it. And it's hilarious how people here say all these things about people in Miami but than go and say they love NYC and the people in it (LMAO!) when Miamians, even the rudest ones are light years nicer than NYC, even the nicests. And people in NYC are far more FAR more obnoxious than Miamians, and selfish, pshhh, everyone knows how NYC is and they don't even have to have lived there. And the whole college degree and high school diploma is nonsense because you do know that there are a lot of older and elderly people here that just came here from another country to live the rest of their years in a better country? Yeah, well they don't care about getting a degree, they just want to live the rest of their years. in peace and enjoying life and their family. And if you don't know, so many and I mean SO MANY people that are extremely successful come out of Miami, those stats of how many people have degrees and such are just for the people currently living there, all those extremely successful people moved out of State to go the University they got accepted to. Most of the city (Miami) speaks Spanish, so? Most of them also speak English, just because someone knows another language doesn't mean a bad thing, it's actually a VERY GOOD thing if you didn't know. And all those people that don't know much English are the elderly ones that just stay at home or play Dominoes and that's it, they won't have any type of effect in your life. There are even Latins here that don't know Spanish, so please. And the only ones that don't care about learning English are once again the elderly ones, that just live in Latin neighborhoods and they don't leave those neighborhoods so they don't need to learn English. Traffic is not as bad as people here try to make it seem, it's cake compared to the cities with actual traffic like NYC and LA. People here that say traffic things about Miami are the ones that are used to suburban traffic. There are many MANY of nice areas, neighborhoods and cities in Miami and the Miami area (Dade County) I will post them soon.
Those saying Miami has a perfect weather are people who hate the cold and come here to Miami for vacations. Most Miamians are tired of the humidity year-round and super high cost of living, why they still here? they don't have the means to move out. You live in a decent area full of trees and Bentleys on the Grove, so you think Miami is the best and there's plenty to do. For the rest who live in low-middle class neigborhoods Miami is an everyday struggle to pay the rent, the utilities, etc, etc.. We don't even think of eating dinner at the Gables or Miami Beach, most people now are living from one paycheck to next and getting more into credit card debt. Just think outside the bubble and take a trip to Allapatah, Lil Havana and Hialeah and check most people there live in poverty and a big group of them unemployed. I hope Miami gets better anytime soon and that citizens stop voting for the same old corrupt politicians.
Moderator cut: Personal Attack Weather wise, to MOST people, even stats, and everything technical, Miami has one of the best climate and weather of the entire country. On your everyday type weather, it'll be around 80's, which is most of the year. At one point of the year it can reach 90's but that's only a short period of time of the year. During another period of the year, which is winter, it's the most perfect you can imagine. Everything's perfect. Perfect wind, chilly temperatures, and the sun is always where you want it to be. That's without a doubt my favorite time of the year here in Miami, and as it is to most of the people I know. But when it's not those two periods, it'll always be around 80's and of course temperature drops at night which makes the night so much more perfect. Humidity is not a big deal for MOST people, the only time it MAY bother someone, Moderator cut: Flaming, it'll be during that time of the year I mentioned that temperatures can reach 90's. But throughout the rest of the year it's normal and you don't even notice it, and during winter ahhh like I said everything is perfect. It's funny how you say most people are rude, unfriendly, selfish and obnoxious which that is completely untrue and biased. in every BIG city you will find nice people and rude people and everything else you mentioned, that's they way it is, get used to it. And it's hilarious how people here say all these things about people in Miami but than go and say they love NYC and the people in it (LMAO!) when Miamians, even the rudest ones are light years nicer than NYC, even the nicests. And people in NYC are far more FAR more obnoxious than Miamians, and selfish, pshhh, everyone knows how NYC is and they don't even have to have lived there. And the whole college degree and high school diploma is nonsense because you do know that there are a lot of older and elderly people here that just came here from another country to live the rest of their years in a better country? Yeah, well they don't care about getting a degree, they just want to live the rest of their years. in peace and enjoying life and their family. And if you don't know, so many and I mean SO MANY people that are extremely successful come out of Miami, those stats of how many people have degrees and such are just for the people currently living there, all those extremely successful people moved out of State to go the University they got accepted to. Most of the city (Miami) speaks Spanish, so? Most of them also speak English, just because someone knows another language doesn't mean a bad thing, it's actually a VERY GOOD thing if you didn't know. And all those people that don't know much English are the elderly ones that just stay at home or play Dominoes and that's it, they won't have any type of effect in your life. There are even Latins here that don't know Spanish, so please. And the only ones that don't care about learning English are once again the elderly ones, that just live in Latin neighborhoods and they don't leave those neighborhoods so they don't need to learn English. Traffic is not as bad as people here try to make it seem, it's cake compared to the cities with actual traffic like NYC and LA. People here that say traffic things about Miami are the ones that are used to suburban traffic. There are many MANY of nice areas, neighborhoods and cities in Miami and the Miami area (Dade County) I will post them soon.
Those saying Miami has a perfect weather are people who hate the cold and come here to Miami for vacations. Most Miamians are tired of the humidity year-round and super high cost of living, why they still here? they don't have the means to move out. You live in a decent area full of trees and Bentleys on the Grove, so you think Miami is the best and there's plenty to do. For the rest who live in low-middle class neigborhoods Miami is an everyday struggle to pay the rent, the utilities, etc, etc.. We don't even think of eating dinner at the Gables or Miami Beach, most people now are living from one paycheck to next and getting more into credit card debt. Just think outside the bubble and take a trip to Allapatah, Lil Havana and Hialeah and check most people there live in poverty and a big group of them unemployed. I hope Miami gets better anytime soon and that citizens stop voting for the same old corrupt politicians.
If people keep voting for dinosaurs like Regalado, nothing will ever change.
It all depends on your personal likes and dislikes. Obviously if you like cold weather don't come here. My advice would be have a job lined up as the market is tough. Go to a job fair to get an idea of how desperate people here are for work and how competitive things are. Also check the want ads. This is not really the economy to make a big move without big bucks or a job waiting for you.
Thank you all for your feedback. My wife is still waiting to hear from her employer so we are not sure just yet. In the meantime, we are enjoying our time in Minnesota!. If we move, we will definitely look at places in: Brickell, Coral Gables and South Beach.
This may be a bit off-topic, but I wanted to respond to the above. I posed the question to an authoritative source at the FSU Weather Research Center which is linked from the Nat'l Weather Service.
Q: Weather.com says the highest record temp in Miami was 100 degrees recorded July 1942.
What is the highest official temperature recorded in Miami, and what is the source for that info?
A: In the last few years, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center has undertaken a project to piece together long term weather records for many weather stations across the U.S. in a project called "Threadex". In many cases, the location of the weather station was moved one or more times during it's history and if the move was too far from the original location, then it was given a new station number and considered a different station. The Threadex project pieced together these separate stations to form one long record.
In the case of Miami, the information you found from the SERCC was older and compiled before this "Threadex" project, when the historical record only went back to 1948. When the historical record was extended back farther with Threadex, the 100 degree temperature in 1942 became the new record.
So I guess official stats now say that Miami did hit triple digits once in 1942. You learn something new every day....
Glad to meet someone on this site who cares about accuracy, and willing to learn something new
That sercc.com site also has the record lows incorrect. The correct record low for Miami is 27 degs set on Feb. 3, 1917.
And now, back to our regularly scheduled flamewar...
Those saying Miami has a perfect weather are people who hate the cold and come here to Miami for vacations. Most Miamians are tired of the humidity year-round and super high cost of living, why they still here? they don't have the means to move out. You live in a decent area full of trees and Bentleys on the Grove, so you think Miami is the best and there's plenty to do. For the rest who live in low-middle class neigborhoods Miami is an everyday struggle to pay the rent, the utilities, etc, etc.. We don't even think of eating dinner at the Gables or Miami Beach, most people now are living from one paycheck to next and getting more into credit card debt. Just think outside the bubble and take a trip to Allapatah, Lil Havana and Hialeah and check most people there live in poverty and a big group of them unemployed. I hope Miami gets better anytime soon and that citizens stop voting for the same old corrupt politicians.
No, "those" saying that Miami has one of the best weather, temperature, climate, etc. if not the best are actual. real statistics, not out of towners that come frol cold places . Most Miamians are not tired of the humidity, most don't care, don't notice it or have just gotten used to it. Super high cost of living? STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP! When will people realize they can't win with that. What high cost of living? Please enlighten me. I make more and spend less here than in San Francisco and NY. Also, in Broward and other suburbs but I'm not counting those because they are not worth mentioning. I'm not like those people that just see where I live and what I do and my everyday life, I actually see how the world actually is and how it is for other people in other situations. I have actually lived in ghettos in NYC so everything I speak is actual fact and not something I read on the internet or something someone told me or how I assume something is.
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For the rest who live in low-middle class neigborhoods Miami is an everyday struggle to pay the rent, the utilities, etc, etc.. We don't even think of eating dinner at the Gables or Miami Beach, most people now are living from one paycheck to next and getting more into credit card debt.
For everybody living in low to middle class neighborhoods IT'S THE EXACT SAME, it's not just for Miami, it's for EVERY city in the world. Don't try to make it seem like it's a Miami only thing.
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Just think outside the bubble and take a trip to Allapatah, Lil Havana and Hialeah and check most people there live in poverty and a big group of them unemployed.
Allapattah yes, Little Havana not really, Hialeah not really. Allapattah yeah it can be bad, but Little Havana not really, it's actually a nice neighborhood and it continues to move forward. Hialeah not really, it just isn't the nicest looking in some areas.
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). Most of the city speaks spanish and most of these folks don't make an effort to learn english and assimilate they are in the United States and not in Cuba. Even to get hired they require to speak spanish in most jobs and they don't even appreciate it. Traffic is terrible, terrible, terrible and public transportation the worst you can get. If you have a good bidget I highly recommend to live in Brickell, Coral Gables, some Kendall areas, and Pinecrest. These areas are very nice, clean and the people are nicer and more educated. Avoid cutler ridge, westchester, Hialeah, Lil Havana, Allapatah, Overtown, Liberty City and Opa Locka.
U missed the old b$%^ Ros-Lethinen and the Diaz-Balart brothers 
. Most Miamians are not tired of the humidity, most don't care, don't notice it or have just gotten used to it. Super high cost of living? STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP! When will people realize they can't win with that. What high cost of living? Please enlighten me. I make more and spend less here than in San Francisco and NY. Also, in Broward and other suburbs but I'm not counting those because they are not worth mentioning. I'm not like those people that just see where I live and what I do and my everyday life, I actually see how the world actually is and how it is for other people in other situations. I have actually lived in ghettos in NYC so everything I speak is actual fact and not something I read on the internet or something someone told me or how I assume something is. 
