FLORIDA BATTLE: Miami vs. Orlando vs. Tampa (live, best, state)
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I live in Florida. Specifically right between Tampa and Orlando. So in travel to both cities a lot. I mean it's Florida so when it comes to the weather that zeros out that. When it comes to People It's kind of hard to decide. Florida as a whole has very diverse culture and races. But when it comes to culture most definitely Miami hands down. As far as things to do I think Orlando and Miami are the best when it comes to 'trendy' restaurants. All 3 have great clubs and nightlife for younger audiences. But I feel when it comes to Orlando, this takes the cake because I never find myself getting bored there. With all the resorts and Disney and universal and a whole lot of other fun things to do. When it comes to jobs I feel they are evenly matched . When it comes to housing, Miami is very expensive to live Orlando has a grown housing market with a lot of neighborhoods building up everywhere. And Tampa falls somewhere in between. All 3 have great colleges to attend to. All at least 2 Major sports team. Me personally I would take Orlando. Miami Second. 3rd Tampa just simply because I have grew up in Tampa most of my life. But overall you can't go wrong with any of these 3 cities. All have great returants, great shoppings and stores to shop at, good beaches (Daytona beach for Orlando) and all 3 have that 'Flashy Rich Gang Lifestyle' vibe to them. You going to see young beautiful people, Flashy nice houses, And of course exotic cars. Compared to other states is nothing for us to see a Bentley, or a rolls Royce, or a Ferrari driving down the road, in some places people are in awe just to see a Maserati driving down the road. For us that's like watching a Toyota Camry drive down the road lol
Climate?
People?
Things to do?
Culture?
Where would you live?
Hmm, I think objectively since the criteria doesn't include jobs or COL, this by default goes to Miami. Being about the same size as the other two combined, Miami simply has way more things to do, much more culture and diversity of culture, and clearly there are way more people "choosing" to live there.
Only category up for debate is "people," where you might be turned off by some of the superficiality, perhaps some sketchiness and hustling, and if it's not your thing, the heavy Latam influence. But again, being such a large metro, any one of those population segments is still just a segment and there are plenty of folks you can find who are different.
Of these three, I'd rather live in Orlando, easily.
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Originally Posted by Buckeye614
I'd like to try out Tampa. Miami is too frenetic and feels too much like a foreign country overall. Orlando is inland.
Which, I think, is good; you'll have a little more protection in the case of a hurricane, plus the beach is never far away in "inland" Florida. You can be at the beach in an hour or less from many parts of Orlando, plus there are a ton of lakes in the area.
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