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Top 10 Reasons NOT to Move to Miami, Florida



The Top 10 reasons You Should NOT move to Miami, Florida and the worst things you NEED to know about moving to Tampa, Orlando, or Jacksonville instead.

What’s it like living in Miami? Well first off, there’s perfect weather for half the year but the other half is hot and humid with hurricane season and lots of rain during the Summer. It’s actually one of the largest cities in the USA and one of the best cities for young professionals, which is probably why it’s growing incredibly fast! It’s also, along with Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Jacksonville and Miami Beach Suburbs, one of the 10 best places to live in Florida AND all of America. If Florida has a high quality of life with the most beautiful beaches and sunsets on earth, why shouldn’t you live in Miami, Florida?

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  1. Who doesn't love warm weather and beautiful beaches? Hope you all enjoy Miami, Florida and Can we SMASH 3000 LIKES for a video on Tampa or Jacksonville?!
    Also, which city do you want me to cover next?

  2. I love it better than Northern Virginia where I grew up and much of the country. North Florida is just like rural Virginia or Alabama.

    I love it cuz nice grass, birds still alive so far (90 percent of our birds killed cuz of the food allergy causing Monsanto glyophosates), real food, good sun, no red hat or blue hair.

    I don't speak Spanish and I'm not Hispanic but in the north cops mistake me for being Hispanic and pull me over left and right. And I got a ticket that had me down as Hispanic in VA once. I love it here man just smiles and the cops wave you in and actually look for actual criminals and my wife and I can drive around and get food.

    I don't know where you are in Miami but down here in Kendal is nice

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  4. I lived in Miami in 2005 at 21. Had a lot of fun hitting the clubs, strip bars, etc. But no way in hell I'd live there again. Why? Cause its a drug-made city. Wonder why everyone is so materialistic, bad drivers and rude people? Because it's filled with Latins specially Colombians and Cubans. Plus, it's just way too expensive to live there nowadays. If you have a lot of money, no problem. But having to make ends meet through multiple jobs doing what not, nah, pass.

  5. Don't move here unless you are comfortable with turning a blind eye to the suffering of malnourished and sick feral cats which you'll find all over your neighborhood.

  6. Let me say this to make it all clear. If you are an American and English is your only language …

    If you don't know Spanish, and you want to live in Miami, there is one undeniable fact …

    If you do not know Spanish, you are a "sucker." There is no other way to describe it. I am not using foul language here. Ever since the Cubans arrived in Miami 60 years ago, English has seen a tremendous and irreversible decline. They build up the city to be the "capital" of Latin America. It worked; the city became very prosperous. What was the expense? a new social order that works against English speakers, many of them monolingual.

    To get the basic information out of away go read this. In Miami, Spanish is the dominant language. From business, to conventions, or even the most benign meeting engagements, Spanish is the language. It is not English or Creole; just Spanish. The culture is distinctively Latin; not surprisingly the main language is Spanish. American culture is almost non-existent. It is just simply a colossal of twenty-Spanish speaking countries all found in Calle Ocho. The Miamians don't take kind to anything or anyone American. Their egos will not allow it.

    In Miami, English is irrelevant even if it is an American city. I know English is taught in school, but do not think for a second that it will dampen or hurt Spanish, or act as a bulwark to Spanish's influence. These so-called bilingual programs are just cultural maintenance programs turned on its head to serve Spanish speakers. The Hispanics have consistently found ways to appease the education bosses from Tallahassee and not let ESL be too much of a cultural and personal hinderance in a child's personal life. If I told how the programs "benefitted" these students, it would be too long and tedious to explain. So, I will give you the short and manageable answer here. The programs work only if the child thinks how useful of beneficial English is. In other words, it is the child's choice to go along in his or her pace. There would be no great encouragement or well-rounded reason to be proficient since English is seen as a "gringo's language" in Latinos eyes. So, what does this lead to? Some students are going to be very proficient because they believed it has special significance later in life. While the rest (or a majority) will go with these programs at a leisurely rate, have; teachers that give too many exceptions to the rule thus "kicking the can" for years and years to come until they are just told to "leave." Does that mean the students made progress in English? Yes, they can be conversational and can now write. Nonetheless, it is quite cringing and unnatural. To them, English is a language they became familiar but can never reach a level on par with their native language. The students who become proficient would become members of the city's civil service or elected officials. The others just join the Spanish-language workers and environment just like recently arrived immigrants when mandatory schooling is over. Does this sound like a dice game to you? So, there is no surprise there are grandchildren who are in these programs. I also (hopefully people from Miami reading this) do not believe it is a language they speak "often." That is a preposterous statement meant to injure. I do not know any young Miami student who finishes the school day and suddenly wants to communicate in English. I want to know is for what. Yes, there are students who learned the language proficiently, but the teachers are just there so one can learn. There is nothing in their profession that says they have to be a language chaperon. I believe any student can speak their own language that he or she wants in his or her free time, but in practice that language is still Spanish. This idea of "Spanish at home, English everywhere else" myth needs to be buried. The other idea of "three-generations fate" needs to share the same grave. This is a correct theory from another era. The Cubans who moved to Miami to escape Castro's communism, set in motion to establish the first American city in which Spanish was the prestige language and English sidelined; (or as close to it as humanely possible). They have succeeded and pushed the Anglos out. Does the phrase "Will the last American to leave Miami, please bring the flag" resonate with anyone ?

    Now it is time to ask why not learning Spanish makes one a sucker. Folks, the Spanish language is on solid ground. There are absolutely no Hispanics (I chose that word) in Miami Metropolitan Area whose native language is English. It does not matter if they are immigrants or the grandchildren of them who have now come of age. Needless to say, the same applies to those people of whatever ordinal generation who spoke no other language at home other than Spanish. English for now is perched on shaky foundation. Moreover, it is best to say, there is no possible situation that would alter the outcome the status of Spanish than what has happened sixty years prior. If one does not know Spanish and learn it soon, then there is absolutely no good reason to be there. A good job offer says you have to speak Spanish as a requirement for employment. If one wants to establish friendships with Hispanics, you have to learn the language. They are quite reserve when speaking English, whether they are proficient or not. If one has to eat or buy anything, Spanish is the appropriate language available, if one does not like hand gesturing.

    One must understand, living in Miami is not like visiting a hotel or entering a retirement village. I am talking about meeting with Hispanic people 24/7. For those English speakers who want to live in prosperous Miami, please do not be deceive of thinking it as a "bilingual city" just because you looked and heard signs and announcements in Spanish and English. It is just a ploy to change your opinion. Miami Metropolitan Area is a top-down "Spanish-speaking destination" at odds with monolingual English speakers. If you don't believe me, visit Liberty City. To put it bluntly, a person who does not know Spanish is a sucker because he would only know despair, destitution, misery, and rejection. That is what he deserves because that is what he earned.

    So, what is the point of this commentary? Miami is not a bastion where an "English-speaking environment" can thrive. It is always being marginalized by Spanish and places a strong de-emphasization on American culture. The Miami ruling class, which is mostly Cuban, has played the game well and has nothing to fear. For writing this commentary, I have nothing to fear because I stand by every word. Thus, the fear of criticism does not phase me the least. So here it is in living color. I look forward to anyone's response.

  7. Only time I’ve ever been to Miami was for a Heat game with my cousins while visiting them as I would every year for a week off school from spring break.

    But while I’m not sure I was mentally prepared at the time, especially because I was just a kid, I do know now that I should’ve expected things in Miami to be tougher even at the time I went compared to today. Especially when I had to use the restroom really bad even when my aunt convinced us to all go before we left the Heat game upon conclusion of the event.

    But the problem I’m talking about is my uncle criticized me for acting the way I did while waiting for the person in the stall to finish first, even though I was trying to keep calm and I tried my best to have all the fun I could with family that evening. 😂

  8. My experience in Miami was everyone was always really nice and ready to party hard. The Uber drivers pretend that they do it for fun. All girls are always drunk and acting trashy.

  9. Miami is a great place to visit for vacation and even a better place if You wealthy, but if you middle class or lower, Miami will just fuck you over…..I could explain to y’all in a 3 page essay why Miami isn’t it, so I’ll keep it simple, Miami locals are getting tired of Miami, it’s the tourists and rich ppl that overhype miami but it’s actually ass in general, I lived here my entire life….I’m college now, when I make enough dough…I’m getting hell out of here

  10. London is more expensive, but one thing no amount of money can buy you in London, is good weather! It's dark and cold 8 months of the year, and the so-called summers, are cold and wet.
    Miami, be grateful.

  11. Yea. The city is full of entitled narcissism, so true. A guy I met lives with his roommate, they are struggling to pay rent month by month but they still try hard to get miles to travel in business class. 😕

  12. I look Hispanic but don't speak spanish. When jury duty called I said I did not speak English well, ironic the only [place English was required was the justice system. I sold my condo in 44 days, left for small town central Florida, did not look, Miami is the USA's third world

  13. Florida native here. Non Immigrant, Native American Indigenous (Seminole). Most of the poor driving and crazy traffic…is due to Cuban immigrants, who bring their 3rd world driving mentality to the U.S. , I don't know why America made my home state of FL a sanctuary city for the unwanted trash from other countries….but it is what it is. The rising sea level will hopefully fix that problem and Mother nature will kill off all the parasites. There would be a lot more housing, if the US would stop allowing immigrants to flood into the country, and the send them back to cuba, mexico, central and south america…and everywhere else they fled from. I cannot understand why people just won't fix their own homelands. If they work so hard….then why the hell are they coming over here??? Stay in your country and build it up!

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