I lived in Miami for 9 months and absolutely loved it. Actually, I was in Homestead, which is a complete shathole, but it was ten minutes from biscayne Bay, ten minutes from the everglades and Robert's fruit stand. 30 minutes from key largo (Pennekamp is fun). Island smoke shop in key largo had a great selection of cigars. Islamorada had a great dog beach that my dog was absolutely insane about. I was 40 minutes from Miami Beach. 30 minutes from Coconut Grove, which is a really cool place. Brickell was a fun place too. And my number one favorite thing about Miami... Cuban Food! Viva Masitas de puerco!