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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m from Miami, born and raised. Lived in California for 6 years, came back to FL and was there for a grand total of 5 months. I’m now in DC. It’s gotten so incredibly expensive to rent in south Florida (equal to LA prices) and the wages do not match the cost of living. Mostly because a lot of the population is not educated and the main industry in Florida is tourism, which is not high paying but increases the demand for housing, leaving locals unable to afford housing.

Florida is basically a huge, overblown suburb. If you’re from California, the entire state of Florida is exactly like the Inland Empire. Think Riverside, San Bernardino, Fontana, Marietta, Rancho etc. It is hugely suburban and overpopulated. Traffic jams in the suburbs, crowds everywhere, big box stores everywhere, without the benefit of actually living close to a big city. It’s overpopulated and does not have the infrastructure to support it.[/quote]

Sounds just like MoCo and Fairfax to me.[/quote]

I used to live in LA, and DC metro sometimes reminds me of LA with its interconnected "villages" and dispersed town centers, busy highways and general car dependency outside of the core of DC or more developed towns like Arlington/Rosslyn/Alexandria.  There are also similarities in culture..  It's typical affluent suburbia.

South FL has Miami and we have DC.. both are cities and provide good enough urban amenities and culture, interesting architecture, and nature (although Miami has great beaches, which is hard to beat).  I still think DC had more big city amenities than Miami and is a lot less car dependent.  While I love Miami, I cannot help but perceive it as a vacation destination more so, than a place where I would live permanently.  We visited more residential parts like Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, etc, and found it not that much more enticing or interesting as any other nice suburb of any other major city, except warmer weather and proximity to beaches.  There are cute strips of shopping/dining, but nothing you cannot find anywhere else.  I don't see Coconut Grove being anything better than Bethesda, if housing price is the same, there is little advantage to move there, unless you love hot weather and driving to the beach on the weekend.

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