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I’ve heard it over and over. For sale signs are harbingers of a move. New Smyrna Beach, Jupiter, and Port St. Lucie are sanctuary cities for dissatisfied refugees seeking relief from Miami’s madness. Florida is big, so choices still remain. Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties are expensive, so depending on what one may have fetched for the property, if one has indeed been able to sell and get top dollar, plenty of options remain.
Inland offers the most affordable opportunities, while sea and surf cost more. The Gulf Coasts – both of America and of Mexico – have plenty of options both upscale and moderate. The Atlantic Ocean is like the rest of the USA in reverse: the further north you go, the less expensive it gets. The panhandle too has a variety of places to please both moneyed and less blessed. If you want to consider the cheapest places, think about Bartow, Live Oak, Ocala, Perry and Lake City, or any small rural place where you can park a mobile home in a Walmart lot.
They say it over and over and I see what they mean. The traffic is maddening. People are rude. There is too much crime. It’s dirty. Nobody speaks English. Homes are out of reach. Rent is too high. Food is too expensive. People are plastic. It’s way too humid. The Dolphins, Marlins, Heat, and Canes can’t get over the hump. The big one is coming. Bicycle riders in spandex uniforms are blocking traffic and clogging every road.
People, from here or my previous life, ask me over and over how I can stay in Miami, so shut up and let me pontificate. Everybody loves the sunshine, especially in winter. Though it takes a bit of time and planning, our beaches continue to bedazzle. My language is spoken here along with virtually everyone else’s. I’m free to learn other languages. I can see the best athletes in the world here, our own extraordinary Lionel Messi, or Jokic, Ovechkin, Ohtani, Saquon and even King James when he returns. You can see Eric Spoelstra at Lifetime and show your class by leaving him alone.
If I want to eat sushi, or roti, or bagels, or asado, or arepas, or pastelitos, or griot, or conch, or gallo pinto, or fritas, or pavlovas, or escabeche, or ceviche, or croquetas, or sourdough, or cinnamon rolls or empanadas, it is easy. (Granted, I left out pizza and cannot afford stone crabs, but message me to complain.) Our coffee culture is top notch without getting into the stupid weeds created by a grande frappuccino in a venti cup with vanilla, hazelnut, oat milk, extra caramel drizzle, a splash of soy shaken not stirred.
Let me remind you over and over again. When it comes to film, we have two great ones in the Miami Film Festival and Jewish Film Festival. We have great concert venues that welcome the finest acts in the world. We have the Arsht Center, the wonderful Moss Center, the Light Project, the Ziff, the Fillmore, New World Center, the Bandshell, Bayfront, the place that keeps changing names downtown, the U, FIU, and the community treasured Miami-Dade College. Our salsa scene is wonderful. Coconut Grove and Coral Gables are superb. Fairchild, Vizcaya, and the Deering Mansion are special. Miami has world class culture, so let me say it one last time: why would I want to leave?
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