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[s]Probably[/s] moving to Miami - Please advise
vader:
I feel for you moving to the Miami area. I live about 10 miles north or North Miami area and if your going to be farther south, have fun. English is the second language the farther south you go if spoken at all.
I only browsed through the thread and since your looking to live in Coral Gables I'm guessing you were accepted at UM.
Housing is not cheap near the campus, so you may want to look elsewhere.
Good luck..
vader:
--- Quote from: shmokes on March 22, 2007, 05:22:32 pm ---I'm thinking I'll likely get a monthly MetroRail pass ($56) either way. My wife and I only own one car and keeping it that way will help us avoid acquiring and insuring another one. With a MetroRail station on campus it seems like a no-brainer. But living in Ft. Lauderdale would add $80 per month PLUS the commute time, which would include however much time it takes at the transfer station to change trains from the TriRail system to the MetroRail (I have no idea how long this takes or how frequently MetroRail trains come, etc.). So while living in a nicer, safer area is appealing, it sounds like this is unrealistic. Plus, I think Ft. Lauderdale might be more expensive than Miami. Tommy might be able to comment on that.
BTW Tommy, what is the commute like by rail? Google tells me it's about 40 minutes by car.
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your looking at around 1:10 by rail. As far as cities near Ft Lauderdale... look at Sunrise .. Plantation ... Tamarac ... stay away from anything East of I-95
shmokes:
Thanks. Specifics like that are awesome. I do not want to end up getting my family into an apartment where it turns out that we fear for our safety on a regular basis. Frankly I'd really like to live much closer to campus than Ft. Lauderdale. If I can keep it to 15 miles or less I'll be pretty happy. And, yeah, I'm going to U of M, so if I can live right near a MetroRail stop on the line that stops right on campus that would make it much easier to live further from campus without too much trouble.
If we could live in Coral Gables that would be awesome, but if I could afford to live in Coral Gables I probably wouldn't be enrolling in law school right now :) I'm sure we will be living further away from campus.
vader:
--- Quote from: shmokes on March 22, 2007, 05:32:28 pm ---Thanks. Specifics like that are awesome. I do not want to end up getting my family into an apartment where it turns out that we fear for our safety on a regular basis. Frankly I'd really like to live much closer to campus than Ft. Lauderdale. If I can keep it to 15 miles or less I'll be pretty happy. And, yeah, I'm going to U of M, so if I can live right near a MetroRail stop on the line that stops right on campus that would make it much easier to live further from campus without too much trouble.
If we could live in Coral Gables that would be awesome, but if I could afford to live in Coral Gables I probably wouldn't be enrolling in law school right now :) I'm sure we will be living further away from campus.
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You might want to consider Hollywood or Miramar then ... possibly Hallandale. Hollywood has the nearest Tri-Rail station that connects to the Metrorail. DO NOT MOVE TO HALLANDALE NEAR I-95.
Those 3 cites are between 15-20 miles south of Ft Lauderdale
There's alot of apartment complexes near Hollywood Blvd and 35 avenue and they have pretty reasonable prices .... should be at or around 950-1000 a month for a 2 bedroom apartment.
MikeQ:
Shmokes, I live in the Orlando area now but grew up in South Florida. Been to Miami a lot then and now. It is a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- hole now. The best advice, don't move there.
Crime is horrible, traffic is horrible, housing is horrible. Boca Raton is about the only place that is nice in that area but still has horrible traffic problems.
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