I Love Miami!!!!! (Hialeah, Coral Springs, Weston: schools, college, to live in)
MiamiMiami-Dade County
Please register to participate in our discussions with 1.5 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
To clarify things, we did not come to Miami to "vacation", though we certainly enjoyed ourselves! We purposefully came to check out the areas we thought we might be interested in living. This is why we did not stay in South Beach, but chose a small hotel in Coconut Grove that was in close proximity to the areas we were thinking of living. We will be returning for another week in either June or July and again in September. Right now, the consensus seems to be Pinecrest for our family. I do have a question though. We found a couple of homes on the internet in Gables By The Sea that we like. The address says it is in Coral Gables, yet the homes are zoned for Palmetto Schools. Is this correct?
Yep, Gables by the Sea is east of US1 in Coral Gables, the very nice part of Coral Gables crosses over US1. Gables by the Sea, is a very nice neighborhood ... if you are looking at that neighborhood, you may want to also look at the private schools in the area.
__________________
There's no right answer or wrong answers, there's only popular opinion. Please take a moment to read the Terms of Service
Florida, Miami, Hurricane Forums
Miami's limitations ... what Miami is--good AND bad
One of the best things about Miami is that it has an international airport that can take you to many useful international destinations (and many useless ones), some closer to Miami than Miami is to other more or less useful or useless points in the US.
If you cannot afford to exercise the option of leaving fast, far, and often on a whim, then indeed the bad side will probably weigh you down.
Yeah, I thought that remark about lack of traffic here was off. The Palmetto can have standstills on a Tuesday morning at 3AM for no reason other than volume. But I figured, why argue with that kind of obviously inaccurate comment. Locals and even tourists know how it is. The rose colored sunglasses fade fast in the intense, South Floirda sun.
At the same time, I think someone comming from LA or NYC or a major city will tend to like Miami because we share a lot of the same problems so it isn't really an issue for a lot of the newbies from those areas.
I have to admit, I thought about copying the OP's post and putting in the word LA in place of Miami to see how s/he would have reacted to such a rosy description of her/his current city lol. I bet s/he would have said I didn't know what I was talking about and how off I was since I don't live there. Oh well, I think other posters "get it" after reading this thread.
I agree with a lot of what you say here, but it is as annoying to read the people who complain about how horrible miami is as the people who rant and rave about how wonderful it is with no experience here.
Miami isn't for everyone, but I find it very odd when someone rants and raves about how horrible Miami is with traffic and rude people and then goes and talks about how they want to move to Chicago.
Many people on here who say they have so much experience in Miami haven't lived in the cities they speak so highly of, so its a bit contradictory when they talk about how much better the other city is and then call the people who love miami stupid tourists.
EXACTLY! I've said that a few times now. They say they hate the Miami traffic, rude people, fast life, etc. (all city characteristics) but want to move and/or live in NYC, or Chicago, etc. or say they like NYC, Chicago, etc. You can't do that. That makes no sense.
If you "dislike" Miami but like and/or want to move to NYC, Chicago, etc. then you obviously have something going on there, wether it's biased, or ignorance.
If you "dislike" Miami but like and/or want to move to NYC, Chicago, etc. then you obviously have something going on there, wether it's biased, or ignorance.
While NYC is not my cup of tea, I can understand why some people would prefer those cities to Miami. It's a matter of personal choice, not ignorance. If I could stand cold weather and liked the urban life, I would prefer those cities.
I really enjoyed the times that I have been in cities with great public transportation systems, even if their streets are dirty(yes foot traffic equals dirty streets, but that's what boots are for). So to me it's a choice between public transportation and cold weather.
Since I prefer good weather and can't afford California, I'm stuck here in Florida.
While NYC is not my cup of tea, I can understand why some people would prefer those cities to Miami. It's a matter of personal choice, not ignorance. If I could stand cold weather and liked the urban life, I would prefer those cities.
I really enjoyed the times that I have been in cities with great public transportation systems, even if their streets are dirty(yes foot traffic equals dirty streets, but that's what boots are for). So to me it's a choice between public transportation and cold weather.
Since I prefer good weather and can't afford California, I'm stuck here in Florida.
I'm with you, I think it is preference not ignorance. I didn't love down town Miami to be honest with you. But the convenice can't be beat. One of the things I dislike the most about SE Florid is the homelessness. What, I'm from NYC - I know - but because the homeless can be outside all the time and are it seems much more prevalent (I'm positive it isn't, but it seems it). I think that those cities are all different even though they are big - to me Miami is very similar to the battery park area of downtown Manhattan. Not quite as busy as midtown but definitely bustling. I liked that about Flagler street - the area was busy and people were walking around even in the morning. When I went to Brickell Ave for an interview it was very quiet at 9:30 in the morning - I thought that was strange - you would almost never ever see that in NYC. That could be seen in LA or Chicago, I would figure. The only thing I think that Chi and NYC have in common is their transit system is similar. But NYC is its own animal I think - that is both good and bad.
While NYC is not my cup of tea, I can understand why some people would prefer those cities to Miami. It's a matter of personal choice, not ignorance. If I could stand cold weather and liked the urban life, I would prefer those cities.
I really enjoyed the times that I have been in cities with great public transportation systems, even if their streets are dirty(yes foot traffic equals dirty streets, but that's what boots are for). So to me it's a choice between public transportation and cold weather.
Since I prefer good weather and can't afford California, I'm stuck here in Florida.
Well, no, I mean your right about preference, but if someone says they don't like Miami BECAUSE traffic, rude people, blah blah blah, any of the nonsense they say, but then go and say they like NYC and want to live there, that doesn't make any sense and you are either biased or have some ignorance going on.
Get me?
News flash: I have driven extensively in both Chicago and Maimi, and while both can be equally slow at rush hour, Miami has a much larger proportion of bad/homicidal drivers. It's not even a close contest.
I'm with you, I think it is preference not ignorance. I didn't love down town Miami to be honest with you. But the convenice can't be beat. One of the things I dislike the most about SE Florid is the homelessness. What, I'm from NYC - I know - but because the homeless can be outside all the time and are it seems much more prevalent (I'm positive it isn't, but it seems it). I think that those cities are all different even though they are big - to me Miami is very similar to the battery park area of downtown Manhattan. Not quite as busy as midtown but definitely bustling. I liked that about Flagler street - the area was busy and people were walking around even in the morning. When I went to Brickell Ave for an interview it was very quiet at 9:30 in the morning - I thought that was strange - you would almost never ever see that in NYC. That could be seen in LA or Chicago, I would figure. The only thing I think that Chi and NYC have in common is their transit system is similar. But NYC is its own animal I think - that is both good and bad.
I understand what you are saying and I agree with you. But what I just don't like is the IGNORANCE of some people and their biasedness. AND racism (yes, certain people that dislike Miami is because they have racism, wether you want to admit it or not. And I don't mean racism as in you'll shoot a minority, I mean as you would prefer to not live in a neighborhood with black or latins, and just because they are latin or black).
Some say, "I love NYC, I love how there is so much people." Then go and say "I hate Miami, I hate how there's so much traffic, and how rude people are." Did you just pull those statements out off your butt or did you just copy and paste what somebody else said? because NYC traffic is just as bad or worse than Miami traffic and same goes with rude people.
You get it? there's no possible way to defend that.
News flash: I have driven extensively in both Chicago and Maimi, and while both can be equally slow at rush hour, Miami has a much larger proportion of bad/homicidal drivers. It's not even a close contest.
Homicidal...do you know what you put??? what homicidal? I have been in more "almost accidents" while walking in NYC and in Miami, and while driving. You can be in a corner about to cross the street, and the street is empty and out of no where a car makes a turn at 60MPH and you have to dive out of the way (LOL, ok not dive, but it's scary when out of no where a car appears). Both cities have their crazies on the road, but in my experience there is more in NYC than Miami, and the NYC drivers seem to care less about if they cause a crash or run people over than in Miami.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $53,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 1.5 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
You can't do that. That makes no sense.
What, I'm from NYC - I know - but because the homeless can be outside all the time and are it seems much more prevalent (I'm positive it isn't, but it seems it). I think that those cities are all different even though they are big - to me Miami is very similar to the battery park area of downtown Manhattan. Not quite as busy as midtown but definitely bustling. I liked that about Flagler street - the area was busy and people were walking around even in the morning. When I went to Brickell Ave for an interview it was very quiet at 9:30 in the morning - I thought that was strange - you would almost never ever see that in NYC. That could be seen in LA or Chicago, I would figure. The only thing I think that Chi and NYC have in common is their transit system is similar. But NYC is its own animal I think - that is both good and bad.
