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[quote=Anonymous]We considered a move to Miami a decade ago (for a potential job) but did not for a variety of reasons.  First, we had no ties or roots to Miami or Florida at all - no friends, family, nothing.  We could have made friends but I got the feeling that it was a difficult town to break into if you weren't from there, or if you weren't from Latin America.  Parts of it felt very insular to me, and other parts felt very euro trash (young people with a lot of money wearing a bikini with heels, lots of jewelry, big sunglasses, and an expensive handbag - I was not used to seeing people fully decked out in a bathing suit).  I did not like the general style and architecture of most of Miami - it felt very eighties and neon to me - it is not my style at all.  The traffic was bad and I agree with others that there were a lot of fake breasts and a general air of materialism (although you get this in a lot of bigger cities).  There is no question that I would have put my kids in private school - no way in hell I would have sent them to Miami public schools.

As for positives, the people we met seemed generally nice, I love warm weather, and it is nice to have easy access to the beach.  We also LOVED the coral gables area - there is no other place in Miami that I would have considered living.  Coral Gables is not cheap (most houses are millions of dollars) but back then you could have gotten a small, but fully renovated, cottage-type house for 550k (prices have gone up since then).

The whole area just wasn't a good fit for me - I far prefer the Northeast/DC region, the West Coast, or even Texas over Miami.[/quote]

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