But I'll discuss them with you as I enjoy this perfect sunny day at 80F ...
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Affordable Homes. Buy a Home in
Miami as the market offers record affordability, amenities, and seller
incentives; Miami-Dade homes are 50% more affordable in the last five years and
a weak U.S. dollar gives greater discounts for foreign buyers.
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Beautiful Beaches. Greater Miami
has 84 miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, 67 square miles of inland waterways
and more than 15 miles of world-famous beaches.
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Miami is the only city in the country to
be bordered by two national parks, Everglades National Park and Biscayne
National Park.
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Commercial and Investment Real
Estate. Vacancy rates for all commercial sectors in Miami are below the
national average; retail and multifamily are outperforming most major markets
in the U.S.
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Gateway to the
Americas. Miami's is a strategic location between Latin America and
Europe; “Capital of the Americas”- it is perfect for business and video
businesses.
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Port of Miami. Cruise capital of
the World with more than 4 million passengers a year. Also serves 240 seaports;
9 million tons of sea cargo. Top markets China, Italy, Hong Kong, Honduras and
Brazil.
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Beach used to be a mangrove swampland
before its heavy development back in the 1920’s.
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Julia Tuttle, one of Miami’s main
founders, is the only women to have founded a major city in the USA.
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The first sunblock was invented by a
pharmacist on Miami Beach named Benjamin Green in 1944 (not so long ago!)
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Miami is named after the Mayaimis, a
Native American tribe who were living in the area until the 18th
century. The Mayaimis took their name from Lake Okeechobee, which was called
Mayaimis or “big water”.
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In Miami proper alone there are about
700 hotels and motels with more than 50,000 rooms available
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The world’s largest collection of Art
Deco buildings is found on Miami Beach with over 800 separate structures.
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Forbes Magazine ranked Miami the
“Cleanest City in America in 2008”. Mostly because there is no heavy industry
in the area which keeps the air quality pristine.
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Miami houses the largest cruise ship port anywhere
in the world (and they are even in the process of expanding it!)
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There is no recorded temperature in
Miami of over 100 degrees Fahrenheit!
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Miami is home to the world's only
Everglades eco-system, made famous in Marjorie Stoneman Douglas' book The River
of Grass.
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Miami is home to 150+ ethnicities and
60+ languages
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