Is Miami really as dangerous and nasty as everyone says? (Hollywood: low income, lease)

[PBCboy]

Originally Posted by compelled to reply

That was me, and that was only a month or two ago (somebody else might have too though).

Yeah, someone *cough*

Originally Posted by blackklight

people live in the hood because they like it there, a house in carol city costs the same as a house in a much better area; it's a way of life if you want to call it that.

how do i know the above? my friend lives in a pretty bad area and his rent is more or less the same as mine, and although where i live isn't great it's an improvement from where he's located

He doesn't live in the "worst of the worst", however. No sane person lives in an inner-city housing project because they "chose to".

[MiamiVice1985]

Night and Day. Literally and not if ya know what I mean. I laughed my way through the first few Miami homes you had there. I like the first one for 380k$ LoL you gotta be an idiot to pay 380 for that box. My little crappy condo that I rent on Brickell has more square footage than that house. Thanks for entertaining me but I have to remember that families live in those homes.

[doaks]

Originally Posted by compelled to reply

I agree. That is not at all exclusive to Miami. I don't know why people on the forum make it that way.

Well said.... to say Liberty City represent Miami crime(why don't they highlight.....Key Biscayne, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, etc) is like saying Camden, NJ represents NJ crime rate. Totally ridiculous.

[gypsy girl 1]

Originally Posted by Daniel_T

I keep hearing from people I know who have lived in Miami that it is a disgusting trashy place with no character and is filled with crime. The other night I saw a presentation on CNN and they were talking about (I believe the Liberty City area) and how you can't go out at night because the crime is so high and how it's affecting Miami.

I guess in Liberty City they even let the traffic lights flash yellow so you don't have to stop (to prevent carjacking). Is it like that all over Miami? What is the real scoop?

Daniel_T

Liberty city is one of the worst. If you are traveling down I-95 north from downtown, and your car breaks down after dark, don't get out of your car and go down a ramp until you at least get to 125th St. These days even in the day time I wouldn't go down a ramp for help until at least 79th st. Tourists have been known to fly into Miami's airport. Then rent a car and go into the neighborhood that surrounds the airport and asked for directions just to be killed. I lived there from birth 1954 to 1989. 35 years. That's when I got the heck out of there.

[copacetic]

I totally hear you on the price spread between Dade and Palm Beach County. I took a sightseeing drive up A1A this weekend. Poked around the real estate market also, in Boca Raton. I was shocked by what a nice house you can get for your money, compared to Dade. Maybe the burglar bar neighborhood dwelling people can't trade up though because they can't afford the property tax hike that would result.

[blackklight]

Originally Posted by PBCboy

Yeah, someone *cough*




He doesn't live in the "worst of the worst", however. No sane person lives in an inner-city housing project because they "chose to".

it's not bad by my standards but if you don't mind hearing gunshots while you're outside having a bbq by all means move in.

[PBCboy]

Originally Posted by copacetic

I totally hear you on the price spread between Dade and Palm Beach County. I took a sightseeing drive up A1A this weekend. Poked around the real estate market also, in Boca Raton. I was shocked by what a nice house you can get for your money, compared to Dade. Maybe the burglar bar neighborhood dwelling people can't trade up though because they can't afford the property tax hike that would result.

They can still buy an equally ugly looking home in Lake Worth, complete with security bars, for under $200,000 (which would go for around $350,000 or more in Hialeah). Lake Worth is more dangerous than Hialeah, though.
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Still, if you're going to be living in a ghetto in Lake Worth or Overtown you might as well go for what may be the least amount of bucks though. In the case Lake Worth would be cheaper.

Originally Posted by blackklight

it's not bad by my standards but if you don't mind hearing gunshots while you're outside having a bbq by all means move in.

Although I can't say I'm completely buying your story I have to say that you do bring up an intriguing point. Not everyone wants to live in the generic suburbs. Living in the city of Miami may actually be preferable to, say, Weston for certain people.

And nah, I'm not gonna be moving there anytime soon. I can hear sirens and helicopters here daily for a less amount of money.

[blackklight]

his quote is that

"yeah i live in the hood, but why would someone rob my house if i live here, i can't have anything worth value"

and yes, we where having a bbq outside and it wasn't the 4th of july

i hear and see helicopters all the time here too

[cottonwood2420]

Originally Posted by dreamingmark

Either way, Miami is not the happy-happy, snappy-snappy place it is made out to be.. I suspect that most Americans' knowledge of Miami comes from watching TV shows like the Golden Girls.

People should not even think of The Golden Girls with Miami. The Golden Girls series was filmed at a house in Pacific Palisades, California.

[Miami Vice]

That's right, Miami looks like a third world country with chickens running around. Give me a break. Just as there are areas that are run down, there are also areas that are second to none.