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shmokes:
Unfortunately no.  I don't think I ever have. 

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shmokes on March 19, 2007, 11:03:40 pm ---Chances of my needing to have a concealed weapon are just really really low.  It's practically like taking special measures to be sure that you will have everything in place that you might need in case you win the lottery.

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Apparently a lot more people win the lottery in Miami than in Utah.  Consider the difference in location.  I'm not saying you should get one, of course, but don't use Utah as your frame of reference when considering the chances of being mugged or worse in Miami.

tommy:
If you plan on living in Miami you NEED to learn Spanish. Living there would be very close to living in Cuba from what i can tell. ( i try to stay out of there, both places)

I can't go to Miami and expect to be able to talk to others or even order food and have a chance of anyone understanding me. If i remember correctly they even got the city to take out all the MC Donald's stores and fast food of that nature and replaced them with Cuban food stores over there. (joking)  ;D

But really, it's almost how i described.

BobA:

--- Quote from: tommy on March 20, 2007, 02:33:19 pm ---If you plan on living in Miami you NEED to learn Spanish.
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This seems very true in some areas of Miami.   I was staying at a hotel near the airport and could not order fast food easily in english once outside the hotel.   I was a one of the touristy malls and everyting was easy to do in english.  If living there for any period of time speaking Spanish would be a good idea.

The armed guards in the parking garage were an eyeopener but being from Canada you only see guns on police and armmored truck personel.

Dartful Dodger:
I went to Florida 7 years ago.  At that time European tourist were being mugged or killed daily.  My friend told me the crooks know tourists especially foreign ones, wont stay around to attend the trial, so they were easy marks.  He told me to never look at a map or ask for directions, if the wrong people see you doing either, you'll be followed then car jacked at the next red light.

Another thing that I thought was a lie until I saw it was that the expressway had smiley faces on the exit signs that went to tourist friendly locations.

Miami was growing so all the building were new and everything was clean, so it was hard to tell where the bad neighborhoods were unless you lived there.

I think 7 years is enough time for the natives to make their neighborhood look as nasty as they are, so this might not be an issue.

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