Miami is a cultural wasteland and trashy dump with nothing to recommend about it

Why should we? Prove it for yourself whichever way you want.

r1

I would say that about Atlanta, OP. But Miami?

Miami is pretty ugly outside of Miami Beach

Didn't Castro empty his insane asylums and prisons there back in the day?

Miami is trash. Proving you wrong is impossible, OP.

Lol!

Port-au-Prince North.

Such a shock to see the transformation from the hip, chic South Beach of the 90s to the trashy, ghetto Ocean Drive of today. Wynwood is somewhat cool - but it seems so manufactured. Miami seems to have so much potential - but have yet to find a place or environment that I like. And it’s just sad that the gay nightlife is more vibrant in Wilton Manors than Miami.

Miami is way more interesting than Atlanta--granted that's a low bar.

I'm moving to San Francisco where I can steal up to $950 worth of items at a CVS and NOT get arrested.

I grew up there, so unfortunately, I can't. Although, I will say it provided me with an incredibly diverse environment. As a white girl with European parents, I learned everything I needed to about the world in SOFL. I was exposed to so many different cultures that I am a lifelong ironclad liberal because of it. I used to say that growing up in Miami meant that all of my closest friends were Cuban, black, or gay, and sometimes all three. I also lived through a couple of riots. I went back to live in Ft Lauderdale several years back, after being away from Florida for over 20 years, but it really hadn't gotten any better and I left after Trump was elected. That place had become unbearable.

[quote] Wynwood is somewhat cool - but it seems so manufactured.

That's actually dead on. I felt that, too. I used to take photos of all the street art but it does come across as calculated.