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Posted: 10/30/2018 12:53:21 AM EDT
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Learn some spanish.
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Posted: 10/30/2018 6:25:52 AM EDT
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Why? Are you being punished for something?
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Posted: 10/30/2018 6:54:43 AM EDT
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Miami sucks. Lived here all my life and it's only getting more crowded.
I don't know really any Spanish and I get by fine. Cubans give me shit for not knowing their language but can't read a fucking dmv manual. 
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Posted: 10/30/2018 7:23:35 AM EDT
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Que làstima.
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Posted: 10/30/2018 7:36:38 AM EDT
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Miami sucks. Lived here all my life and it's only getting more crowded. I don't know really any Spanish and I get by fine. Cubans give me shit for not knowing their language but can't read a fucking dmv manual. 
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Posted: 10/30/2018 8:34:22 AM EDT
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It's true!
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Posted: 10/30/2018 10:54:44 AM EDT
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Why? Are you being punished for something? |
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Posted: 10/30/2018 11:57:37 AM EDT
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Homestead itself has a very large crime problem. Also, depending on where your job is, commute can be brutal -- might get better once they finish the highway improvements because of huge growth in Homestead area. Mostly new developments so don't plan on your house getting more valuable over time.
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Posted: 10/30/2018 12:04:08 PM EDT
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OP, where is the job itself?
That in of itself should help determine where you should move too. Miami-Dade County is huge. You have 2.5 Million people crammed into a sliver of housing going north from FL to the Broward line due to the Everglades. Homestead is far from just about anything in Dade due to distance and traffic. Housing is expensive period. To give you an idea, if you live in Homestead and work in Doral. Get used to leaving the house before 6am to get to the office by 8am. As for south bound after work. Prepare for two hours again. Also factor in tolls. You'll be spending a pretty penny on them. If you job is anywhere north of Kendall, Homestead ain't worth it. Overall, traffic is a nightmare, housing is ungodly expensive, and it is generally expensive to live there due to costs of living. What will your income be? If it is $60k, you'll be doing okay. Like you can afford a minimal life. |
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Posted: 10/30/2018 1:19:14 PM EDT
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OP, where is the job itself? That in of itself should help determine where you should move too. Miami-Dade County is huge. You have 2.5 Million people crammed into a sliver of housing going north from FL to the Broward line due to the Everglades. Homestead is far from just about anything in Dade due to distance and traffic. Housing is expensive period. To give you an idea, if you live in Homestead and work in Doral. Get used to leaving the house before 6am to get to the office by 8am. As for south bound after work. Prepare for two hours again. Also factor in tolls. You'll be spending a pretty penny on them. If you job is anywhere north of Kendall, Homestead ain't worth it. Overall, traffic is a nightmare, housing is ungodly expensive, and it is generally expensive to live there due to costs of living. What will your income be? If it is $60k, you'll be doing okay. Like you can afford a minimal life. |
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Posted: 10/30/2018 1:26:05 PM EDT
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I agree with everything except the typo on 60k. 100k will let you get by in a Cracker Jack box. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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OP, where is the job itself? That in of itself should help determine where you should move too. Miami-Dade County is huge. You have 2.5 Million people crammed into a sliver of housing going north from FL to the Broward line due to the Everglades. Homestead is far from just about anything in Dade due to distance and traffic. Housing is expensive period. To give you an idea, if you live in Homestead and work in Doral. Get used to leaving the house before 6am to get to the office by 8am. As for south bound after work. Prepare for two hours again. Also factor in tolls. You'll be spending a pretty penny on them. If you job is anywhere north of Kendall, Homestead ain't worth it. Overall, traffic is a nightmare, housing is ungodly expensive, and it is generally expensive to live there due to costs of living. What will your income be? If it is $60k, you'll be doing okay. Like you can afford a minimal life.
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Posted: 10/30/2018 4:25:50 PM EDT
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I'll be working near the airport, MIA, making about $50,000 for a few months then then bump up to around $65,000.
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Posted: 10/30/2018 4:38:27 PM EDT
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I'll be working near the airport, MIA, making about $50,000 for a few months then then bump up to around $65,000. Hope you enjoy traffic and high costs of living. |
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Posted: 10/30/2018 5:08:17 PM EDT
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I work right next to the air port and it takes me an hour to go 16 miles north in the morning. I leave work at 330 and make it back home in 30 mins.
No traffic will take you about 20 mins. And yes, housing is rediculous. I think I remember reading something like people spend more of their income on rent in Miami than anywhere else. If not, it's pretty close. |
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Posted: 10/30/2018 5:27:13 PM EDT
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Oh boy.... Hope you enjoy traffic and high costs of living. Also I hope you have brushed up on your aggressive driving skills, and make sure to purchase uninsured motorist coverage. |
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Posted: 10/30/2018 5:58:09 PM EDT
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Sounds like the wife needs to find a job fast.
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Posted: 10/30/2018 6:19:04 PM EDT
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Sounds like the wife needs to find a job fast. |
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Posted: 10/30/2018 6:23:21 PM EDT
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I'll be working near the airport, MIA, making about $50,000 for a few months then then bump up to around $65,000. Rents are insane as well $1200+ but your not stuck. The airport area is horrible EVERYTHING. I'm sorry you have to relocate. |
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Posted: 10/30/2018 6:29:37 PM EDT
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Then you ain't going to be buying no house..... At least not anything you want to buy. Rents are insane as well $1200+ but your not stuck. The airport area is horrible EVERYTHING. I'm sorry you have to relocate. |
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Posted: 10/30/2018 7:11:58 PM EDT
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Folks that speak English can't read them either. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Miami sucks. Lived here all my life and it's only getting more crowded. I don't know really any Spanish and I get by fine. Cubans give me shit for not knowing their language but can't read a fucking dmv manual. 
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Posted: 10/30/2018 7:50:03 PM EDT
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Then you ain't going to be buying no house..... At least not anything you want to buy. Rents are insane as well $1200+ but your not stuck. The airport area is horrible EVERYTHING. I'm sorry you have to relocate. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'll be working near the airport, MIA, making about $50,000 for a few months then then bump up to around $65,000. Rents are insane as well $1200+ but your not stuck. The airport area is horrible EVERYTHING. I'm sorry you have to relocate. 
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Posted: 10/30/2018 10:30:31 PM EDT
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$1200/month is typical for a 1 or 2 bedroom apartment.
We have some apartments going up that they're asking over $3k/month with a scenic view of the hood. The next block over, you can rent a single family home for half of that. However.... There are some older rentals that just haven't been updated that are cheap. You just need to keep an eye out and be ready when they're available. |
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Posted: 10/31/2018 10:42:58 AM EDT
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This brings up a good topic...
So if the wife and I stay in Florida long term, we will likely be relocating down closer to Miami from northeast Florida where we currently live. Income is $200,000+ and we’d like to be near the beach if possible and within a 2 hour drive to the MIA airport. Good schools a plus. Any recommendations on cities / neighborhoods to look at? |
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Posted: 10/31/2018 10:58:57 AM EDT
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This brings up a good topic... So if the wife and I stay in Florida long term, we will likely be relocating down closer to Miami from northeast Florida where we currently live. Income is $200,000+ and we'd like to be near the beach if possible and within a 2 hour drive to the MIA airport. Good schools a plus. Any recommendations on cities / neighborhoods to look at? Two hours from MIA puts you closer to Ft Lauderdale and Palm Beach International. Two hours takes you up to Martin County and you're in the Middle between MIA and Orlando. |
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Posted: 10/31/2018 12:22:48 PM EDT
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food, clothing, car stuff, furniture............nothing expensive in Miami with those things. Housing though is a bitch.
I live there half the time, the rest up in North Florida. I absolutely hate Miami, and indeed all of South Florida. Sadly, that's where the income is right now. |
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Posted: 10/31/2018 12:25:23 PM EDT
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Yea we’ve lived in north Florida all our lives. Only been down to Miami a few times so we’re just not too familiar with the area. We know the traffic is bad but it’s become terrible where we live too. I currently commute to Washington DC for work 2x /week and I don’t want to do that forever. It would be great to be able to drive to work at some point.
We’d like to live near the coast but we’re flexible. Mainly just waiting to see how this election goes and how 2020 goes. |
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Posted: 10/31/2018 4:11:23 PM EDT
[#27]
Well look on the bright side....
You can be in the Keys in an hour! Red |
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Posted: 10/31/2018 7:11:40 PM EDT
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It all depends on where your job is located relative to MIA.
North of MIA you can take 36 street, west is SR826 Palmetto, south is SR 836 Dolphin, east is 42 avenue. They are ALL a nightmare for traffic. As far as the housing, I would say the nicest, but most expensive area just south of MIA would be Coral Gables. West of MIA is West Miami/Sweetwater in the 107 ave area which is not bad, but nothing to speak of. North is Miami Springs/Hialeah/Medley area and that is its own universe. Stay away unless you don't mind dealing with the bizarre every day. East is central Miami and that is another meh. By the way, welcome to Miami! I hope you can stand the heat, humidity, cost of living, traffic, and lots and lots of derp. There definitely are some nice things about it, but the general mindset is to make as much money as you can, then split. Oh, and the South Beach women are amazing, and you can carry concealed. |
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Posted: 10/31/2018 8:29:57 PM EDT
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I live in Westchester. They know me as El Gringo.
Seriously though, I live there and have to drive to the border of Hialeah and Opa-Locka for work. Takes me about 20 min in the early AM and hour to and hour and half coming home if I leave the yard during rush hour. I operate cranes and drive them all over Dade and Broward counties. Traffic sucks EVERYWHERE. No way around that. I make 80-100K a year and still struggle to get by (2 kids and wife who is wrapping up her PhD in Psychology so she's not working). Watch Mad Max to learn how to drive here, especially on the Palmetto. Shoot me a PM if you need a shooting buddy or have any questions. Oh, and everyone is an asshole down here.
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Posted: 10/31/2018 10:22:20 PM EDT
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Watch Mad Max to learn how to drive here, 
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Posted: 10/31/2018 10:30:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/1/2018 3:13:39 PM EDT
[#32]
Wow, I just left Miami and moved up to Chicago. Yeah, I know Chicago isn't much better. Cost of living is the same, if anything slightly less, but the salary is SOOO much better! few years is all I need here, then we are moving back to the panhandle. Will never live in Miami again. (Born and raised there, so I know Miami)
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Posted: 11/4/2018 4:29:52 PM EDT
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Oh man, I'm so sorry.
I was there last year, I will try not to go back. |
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Posted: 11/11/2018 5:13:48 PM EDT
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So we're all moved in the house and storage unit we're renting in Kendale Lakes area.
Holy shit the traffic is horrible, there was even traffic in Target. The wife is getting better at driving like a asshole. Now can anyone recommend a place to shoot? And a couple places to stare at guns to buy until I get my DL switched over. Edit: Damn they nickel and dime you on the tolls. I did get a SunPass. |
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Posted: 11/11/2018 6:10:43 PM EDT
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So we're all moved in the house and storage unit we're renting in Kendale Lakes area. Holy shit the traffic is horrible, there was even traffic in Target. The wife is getting better at driving like a asshole. Now can anyone recommend a place to shoot? And a couple places to stare at guns to buy until I get my DL switched over. Edit: Damn they nickel and dime you on the tolls. I did get a SunPass. Trailglades Range off Krome and 8th or Henry's Range in Homestead. |
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Posted: 11/22/2018 7:33:10 PM EDT
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So we're all moved in the house and storage unit we're renting in Kendale Lakes area. Holy shit the traffic is horrible, there was even traffic in Target. The wife is getting better at driving like a asshole. Now can anyone recommend a place to shoot? And a couple places to stare at guns to buy until I get my DL switched over. Edit: Damn they nickel and dime you on the tolls. I did get a SunPass. |
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Posted: 11/22/2018 7:40:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/23/2018 10:18:31 AM EDT
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So we're all moved in the house and storage unit we're renting in Kendale Lakes area. Holy shit the traffic is horrible, there was even traffic in Target. The wife is getting better at driving like a asshole. Now can anyone recommend a place to shoot? And a couple places to stare at guns to buy until I get my DL switched over. Edit: Damn they nickel and dime you on the tolls. I did get a SunPass. |
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Posted: 11/23/2018 11:15:05 AM EDT
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I live in Miami. Born and raised. Once my kids leave to college, I’m getting the fuck out of here. Have you checked out Davie? About a 40 min drive from Miami. It’s like the last bastion in Sfla.
ETA: nvrmnd. I see you moved to Kendall Lakes. God be with you. You’re pretty close to Stone Hearts Gun Range. I’m a member there. Let me know if you want to meet up to shoot! Stoneharts Gun Club |
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Posted: 11/23/2018 11:23:14 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/25/2018 12:43:15 PM EDT
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I live in Miami. Born and raised. Once my kids leave to college, I'm getting the fuck out of here. Have you checked out Davie? About a 40 min drive from Miami. It's like the last bastion in Sfla. ETA: nvrmnd. I see you moved to Kendall Lakes. God be with you. You're pretty close to Stone Hearts Gun Range. I'm a member there. Let me know if you want to meet up to shoot! Stoneharts Gun Club |
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