single mom considering miami (Kendall, Doral: neighborhoods, best schools, salary)

[Alphaman]

Belle Glade is better then Palatka.

[PBCboy]

Originally Posted by noland123

Palata is is a very poor city as well as is Putnam County,Opa-Locka looks wealthy compared to Palatka,I would even go with the Opa-Locka school system over Palatka,believe me I have lived in Palatka.

Opa-Locka is poorer than Palatka.

Family medium incomes:
Opa-Locka - $22,742
Palatka - $26,076

Sources:
Palatka, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Opa-locka, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[ridgerat]

Dont do it. The rent is rediculous, unless you get assistance, but chances are that with a good job like a social worker, you'll make too much to qualify. You really have to live on government help or make over 80 a year just to survive. Everything is crazy expensive, the only 'nice' places that would be really great to move to new with your daughter you probably couldn't afford. And by the way, social workers dont do so well here. I've met alot, its a pretty common profession, and they ALL are overworked and underpaid. You hear the stories all the time - missing children never checked in on (DCF has a horrible history), social workers just up and walking out on their job. My parents did foster care and when they adopted a little boy, went through 3 social workers in as many years. One of them became a waitress at the same restaurant as my teenage brother. Another one moved to orlando without telling anyone. Be careful.

[big mean bear]

Originally Posted by PBCboy

Opa-Locka is poorer than Palatka.

Family medium incomes:
Opa-Locka - $22,742
Palatka - $26,076

Sources:
Palatka, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Opa-locka, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You get a lot more for your money in Palatka than in Opa Locka (cost of living), and I don't think the pervasive ghetto-gangster culture is prevelent in Palatka like it is in Opa Locka. That's a big plus. I bet crime is WAAAAAY lower up there...

[Brie83]

(Tanner Man and Alphaman ITA, making a decsion from these post alone should not guide my decision) I plan on visiting Miami for a week at the end of the year. Maybe then it'll be easier for me to make a decision on whether or not I like the area.

[Marina1686]

Please don't move to Miami, I'm desperate to get the hell out of here. Here life is extremely expensive and salaries are extremely low. Miami is full of rude, low culture and welfare people. As a social worker with a kid you wouldn't be able to make it. Plus unemployment is very high, there's only 1 job for 10 workers. Consider moving to Jacksonville, there is 3 jobs for 1 worker.

[cjs08]

Originally Posted by Marina1686

Please don't move to Miami, I'm desperate to get the hell out of here. Here life is extremely expensive and salaries are extremely low. Miami is full of rude, low culture and welfare people. As a social worker with a kid you wouldn't be able to make it. Plus unemployment is very high, there's only 1 job for 10 workers. Consider moving to Jacksonville, there is 3 jobs for 1 worker.

Care to define "full of" Marina? To say that's the norm is a gross inaccuracy.

That being said, I will agree that as a single mom employed as a social worker, it will be tough to get by in Miami and live in a neighborhood where you and your child will feel safe.

There are other areas of Florida such as Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville where the cost of living is much lower.

[♥♥PRINC3Ss♥♥]

Originally Posted by Marina1686

Consider moving to Jacksonville, there is 3 jobs for 1 worker.

This is an old thread but this information is really useful, now we know where all the jobs are.

[Mcsmith0210]

Just dont raise kids here- period. Unless you want their brains to be so permanently sun damaged that they walk around- like alot of other people who grew up here- thinking they can never leave and that this is the greatest place on the planet.

[Brie83]

Originally Posted by Marina1686

Please don't move to Miami, I'm desperate to get the hell out of here. Here life is extremely expensive and salaries are extremely low. Miami is full of rude, low culture and welfare people. As a social worker with a kid you wouldn't be able to make it. Plus unemployment is very high, there's only 1 job for 10 workers. Consider moving to Jacksonville, there is 3 jobs for 1 worker.

Thanks for your honestly. This year has gone by so fast and I still have not been able to make up my mind on whether or not to move to Miami. this rent does seem to be pretty high in most areas....i'm still not sure....