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Are people really living in Downtown Miami? |
Travel Info Is what I hear true? Is downtow Miami really the next cool area there? I am moving to Miami this summer, and still considering where to live. I have been told that traditionally, no one lived in downtown Miami, but that this has changed over the past few years and it is now a good place to live (I would be working downtown, and my grilfirend would most likely be working in SoBe- would it be easy for her to get there from downtown?). Is downtown Miami indeed a good place to live? If so, are downtown residences primarily condos, or are small houses/duplexes availabe to rent as well? If it is (as I suspect) mostly cond buildings, what are good ones to live in? (I would really prefer testimonials from people currently living in downtown condos, or people with friends living in one on this point, if possible). What is the range of rent in the area? I will be working as a lawyer, but for the state, and with a massive student loan burden, so the less expensive the better! Travel Tips Downtown Miami looks like Dubai. It is a sea of construction cranes & new high rises. There are some 25,000 newly constructed condos coming on the market in the next two years; that's in addition to the 10,000 or so already on the market. About half of these are in the "downtown" market which is defined as from about NE 20th St south to Brickell Blvd & Coral Way. This should be the greatest buyers' or tenants' market of all time. I know of several condo buyers who can't flip their units & are renting for hundreds less than their carrying costs. What is even better is that Miami now has an excellent downtown mass transit system You can get from anywhere downtown to the Civic center (where most state lawyers work) by metro-mover (free) & metro-rail (1.25 or lower for a monthly pass). Downtown is also close to the causeway so girlfriend will have a short drive to SoBe -- preferably against the traffic. Miami's downtown used to be absolutely dead at night; but it now has considerable life & is rapidly moving forward. Still, it is presently a work early in progress & much of the infrastructure is of the "coming soon" variety. If you don't want to live in the construction zone, Brickell is pretty much built up or you can even live in SoBe. As long as you are renting you have the felxibility to change after a year. Others Yes, people are moving to downtown. But the real hot area in Miami right now is Midtown. Many new condos, high rises, restaurants, coffee houses. I recommend the are of Brickell Ave. cause there you have a lot of restaurants and places to go but the thing is that maybe is a little cheaper than south beach but at night you cannot walk around safely....so if your gf need to go to Sobe maybe is better to live in the middle (cause Sobe rent is so expensive!) a small place in sobe is 1500 and up (and is a pice of sh...heheheh) It's all high rises, and there are some really nice ones but they are expensive. Not saying that you cant find a deal, but you might want to check areas outside of downtown. Good Luck I live in the area |
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