ENVIROMENTAL DOWNFALL
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1/16/2007
I'm hispanic,moved here 20 years ago...back then I was a minority. It's great to be bilingual! However, I speak fluent spanish and even I AM frustrated and appalled at the arrogance here in miami. The locals EXPECT that you speak spanish!A lot of areas even have buisnesses where not one employee speaks English. Traffic is absolutely horrible because you have 20 million people from different countries bringing their bad driving habits to these roads that are forever under construction! For your safety I suggest that you just get out of the way!Good Customer service is non existant.It is very EXPENSIVE to live here! I make $93,000 per year. Pretty descent money right? WRONG! It's tight budgeting for anyone who makes less than $100,000 a year here. You can't find a descent home to buy for less than $400,000. Monthly rent for 2/2 apartment is about $1800/month. It's all about being beautiful and having expensive toys here! If you plan to "keep up with the jones", plan on sprinting! Raising Kids here?...Forget it! Unless you don't mind visiting your kid in the juvenille detention hall because your kids WILL find trouble here!A lot of youth crime, drugs, domestic & gang violence! Most families here consist of very young single moms with "abuela"(grandma) taking care of her 3 or 4 kids. There are tons of beautiful men and women here!Dating is easy here!Being permiscuous is an "IN" thing here.Community Riots are frequent, especially when there is any news reported(good or bad) out about Fidel castro! (For those of you in Wisconsin, Fidel Castro is Cuba's Political Leader). There are frequent racial issues with the police department...hence, street riots abruptly arises.Just pray and hope that your not stuck on the roads in your car when a riot breaks out.
YEAH, the WEATHER IS GREAT here year round, but the hurricanes are no fun! Get used to making frequent & major repairs to your home/property due to hurricane force winds!! What about insurance you say?? VERY expensive!
I'm itching to get out! Looking to move back in the USA! Miami is only good for vacationing on the beautiful beaches, drinking mojitos and eating damn good food!Other than that,....I'm OUT!
ayme | Palmetto Bay, FL