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I don't care about nightlife. Miami seems too extreme in that regard.
Hurricanes v. potential earthquakes... maybe San Diego.
The appeal of Florida is understandable on some level, but it's really flat and next to the ocean which seems like an iffy place to live, not that Cal is much better as chunks of it crumble into the sea.
San Diego doesn't seem to suffer with that though, at least not for the time being.
Florida is more politically palatable.
I guess I like being comfortably landlocked in reality, with a relatively harmless Great Lake a few blocks away. Well, harmless in the sense you don't take your jon boat out there in November...
For this, I'll take San Diego.
Actually, chunks of California will not crumble into the sea. 86% of the California coastline is rising.
And the San Andreas Fault moves horizontally, not downward.
Do people really think Palm Beach is an area of Miami -- they're 70+ miles apart. There is an entire county between them (Broward)
If we stretch the definition that far, then parts of Orange County would be in play for San Diego. But playing along...
South Florida has some beautiful places, but it cannot match the topography of California. Many well-to-do Floridians keep another house somewhere else in the world, often in the western half of the US, so they might enjoy mountains, ranchland, expansive vistas -- many of these people have places in both California and Florida.
San Diego for me, and frankly not close. San Diego has always been the place I'd love to move to, but probably never will. And Miami is the place that I've never really loved, which probably just says more about me than Miami since I know a lot of people that whose favorite city is Miami.
Love San Diego's weather, love the landscape, and I especially love the north county area for the nice beach towns.
Do people really think Palm Beach is an area of Miami -- they're 70+ miles apart. There is an entire county between them (Broward)
Yeah the amount of wealth that just keeps going and going up the coast forever is frankly incredible. I think the main reason why people group Palm Beach in with Miami a lot of the time is because the entire metro area is super dense with no development topography gaps or even any room for infill at all and is completely built out and flat sandwiched in between the Atlantic and the Everglades. The entire metro area also has a strong unique South Florida lifestyle and mindset while most other metros don't even have a unique lifestyle or mindset to speak of at all.
Add that to the fact that the entire metro area lies only in Florida and is super uniform and organized on a phenomenal grid and it's not hard to see why many people consider the entire metro area kind of like one huge city in a way. Since there's such a large variety spectrum of different areas and culture enclaves down there for people to enjoy that stretches from Miami to Palm Beach they really do all come together in a beautiful chaotic harmony of sand and sun for many people that live and visit there.
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Palm Beach (and even up to Jupiter) IS part of the Miami MSA. Based on its geographic limitations of the Everglades to the West it is a long but narrow geographic area.
Including Palm Beach or Broward does not diminish the wealth, wealthy neighborhoods, and amenities that attract wealthy people (full time residents or not) to Miami Dade County within the MSA. If we back out Palm Beach and Broward counties should we back out North County from the rest of San Diego?
Brightline higher speed rail provides an alternative to driving and has increased connectivity between Miami and Palm Beach in recent years (soon to be expanded to Orlando and beyond).
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Do people really think Palm Beach is an area of Miami -- they're 70+ miles apart. There is an entire county between them (Broward)
If we stretch the definition that far, then parts of Orange County would be in play for San Diego. But playing along...
South Florida has some beautiful places, but it cannot match the topography of California. Many well-to-do Floridians keep another house somewhere else in the world, often in the western half of the US, so they might enjoy mountains, ranchland, expansive vistas -- many of these people have places in both California and Florida.
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Do people really think Palm Beach is an area of Miami -- they're 70+ miles apart. There is an entire county between them (Broward)
If we stretch the definition that far, then parts of Orange County would be in play for San Diego. But playing along...
South Florida has some beautiful places, but it cannot match the topography of California. Many well-to-do Floridians keep another house somewhere else in the world, often in the western half of the US, so they might enjoy mountains, ranchland, expansive vistas -- many of these people have places in both California and Florida.
Uh, absolutely. Miami metro includes Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Places like Boca have a huge Miami influence and quite a bit commute well south. It’s also the general definition of “South Florida”, which is more consistently used as a cultural reference over a geographical area.
Uh, absolutely. Miami metro includes Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Places like Boca have a huge Miami influence and quite a bit commute well south. It’s also the general definition of “South Florida”, which is more consistently used as a cultural reference over a geographical area.
Also, many well to do Californians also have homes elsewhere. Mostly in New York or Miami. I’m seeing a trend here.
Let's not forget all the people who drive down to Miami and Miami Beach for the crazy amount of wild nightlife there. I mean we're talking world renowned stuff here. I know some people from Northern Palm Beach County who make a monthly trip to Miami just to go on a week-long nightlife adventure. The drive from Palm Beach to Miami seems really short when you think about just how extremely far ahead the Miami area is for nightlife compared to the entire U.S. outside of NYC. Especially these days. It really is almost laughable.
Do people really think Palm Beach is an area of Miami -- they're 70+ miles apart. There is an entire county between them (Broward)
If we stretch the definition that far, then parts of Orange County would be in play for San Diego. But playing along...
South Florida has some beautiful places, but it cannot match the topography of California. Many well-to-do Floridians keep another house somewhere else in the world, often in the western half of the US, so they might enjoy mountains, ranchland, expansive vistas -- many of these people have places in both California and Florida.
People don't think it is - they know it is, because it is. Miami metro is massive, roughly 120 miles north to south; from Homestead to Jupiter.
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