Do people like living in Miami? Let me hear from you!!! (St. Petersburg: apartment, insurance)

[miami_winter_breeze]

Originally Posted by Astral_Weeks

I am the one nitpicking ? I told you 2 hours 57 minutes in air to Medellin. So you just shaved 2 minutes off...

And I showed you it can be done 2 hours flat, 600mph is not an uncommon speed either for jetliners to cruise at. With a good tail wind, some can do 700 or 750mph like the 777. Are you disagreeing that it's possible to fly from Bogota to Miami in 2 hours?

I never said FLL was not an option but it still a good 20 miles north of MIA and therefore less convenient. But whatever you say SDPMiami...

Oh now you're being catty because you're wrong. If someone wanted a 100$ RT ticket, they'd fly out of FLL, depending on where you live in Miami, FLL could be even more convenient than MIA.

So what are you saying, we can't include flights out of FLL?

[ruski]

Originally Posted by miami_winter_breeze

What I also love about Miami are the destinations

-You can take a weekend cruise to the Bahamas. Think of it a Las Vegas casino on the sea dropping you off a tropical island, and getting you back by Monday. Leave Friday come back Monday morning.
-You can take a high speed boat to Havana, Cuba in about 4-5 hours (you can fly to, in about 30 minutes).
-You can fly to Colombia and back (Bogota, Medellin and Cali are bit more expensive) for under 100 USD, the flight takes about 2 hours.
-You can drive to Key West in about 3 hours.
-You can drive to Orlando in about 3.5 hours, America's finest amusement park city.
-You can fly to Mexico City (DF) and back for under 200 USD, flight takes about 3 hours. Flights from LAX (considered to be closer and better connected to Mexico) are about the same in cost and duration.
-You can fly to Sao Paulo for about 550USD, the flight takes about 7-8 hours which isn't that convenient, it's still a lot better than other US locals.
-You can fly to Moscow for under 550USD, flight takes 10-11 hours.
-You can fly to NYC for under 200USD, in about 2 hours.
-You can fly to Barbados for under 300USD (one of my favorite islands, invented rum), flight takes about 3 hours.

And many more.

What's with Moscow, why do you want to go there ?

[miami_winter_breeze]

Originally Posted by ruski

What's with Moscow, why do you want to go there ?

I love Moscow, great party city in the summer. Winter too, just tell locals you're from Miami, and you're pretty much an instant celebrity at the bars

Aeroflot is also quite a comfortable airline.

[ruski]

Originally Posted by Astral_Weeks

Yes, the "biking trails" on Virginia Key are quite nice but I would never refer to anything as "mountain" in the same sentence as Miami or Florida for that matter. To each their own....

So if you take a *mountain* bike to be able to ride these trails, what are you going to call your bike?

[ruski]

Originally Posted by miami_winter_breeze

I love Moscow, great party city in the summer. Winter too, just tell locals you're from Miami, and you're pretty much an instant celebrity at the bars

Aeroflot is also quite a comfortable airline.

Ha, I should use that line, "I'm from Miami" next time I go back there.

I actually grew up in Moscow, left for USA in 1990 when I was 19.

[BNBR]

Originally Posted by Astral_Weeks

I never said FLL was not an option but it still a good 20 miles north of MIA and therefore less convenient. But whatever you say SDPMiami...

Depends where you live in Miami. FLL could be a near identical drive. It's also trivial, the airports are so close.

[ruski]

Originally Posted by hurricaneMan1992

Don't most of these activities serve to reinforce the difference between the "haves and have nots?" That's why I say, Miami is a great place to live IF you can handle the cost of living in order to be able to enjoy these kinds of amenities. You DO NOT want to be one of the "have nots" in Miami.

don't these same activities cost a fair amount anywhere anyway? IMO you have to pay if you want to play anywhere.

[miami_winter_breeze]

Originally Posted by ruski

Ha, I should use that line, "I'm from Miami" next time I go back there.

I actually grew up in Moscow, left for USA in 1990 when I was 19.

Have you been back?

Probably back in 1990 Moscow was a tough place to be, now it's quite nice. Sheremetyevo is one of the nicest airports I have flown in. And overall it seems living standards are fairly high these days in Russia, Moscow at least. I notice a steep drop in standards just going over to the second biggest city, St. Petersburg (the airport looks very outdated for example).

[BNBR]

Originally Posted by hurricaneMan1992

Don't most of these activities serve to reinforce the difference between the "haves and have nots?" That's why I say, Miami is a great place to live IF you can handle the cost of living in order to be able to enjoy these kinds of amenities. You DO NOT want to be one of the "have nots" in Miami.

Most of the items I mentioned, and that was a VERY short list of awesome things in Miami, were cheap or free. I made a point of mentioning items that an average person can afford to do, many of which you can do if you are flat broke.

[ruski]

Originally Posted by Astral_Weeks

I am the one nitpicking ? I told you 2 hours 57 minutes in air to Medellin. So you just shaved 2 minutes off...





I never said FLL was not an option but it still a good 20 miles north of MIA and therefore less convenient. But whatever you say SDPMiami...

But it is a more relaxed airport, so it is probably more convenient in the end.