I'm moving to Miami not sure where to live & when to move. Should I move b4 or after hurricane season?
I’m moving to miami soon and I wanted to know when is the best time to move. I was thinking end of August or sometime in September. My concern is moving during hurricane season. I’ll be working at a restaurant in North Miami Beach. Should I live close to my job or close to where all the action is, like south beach?
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I wouldn’t let hurricane season be a determining factor in when you move. That said, however, late August/all of September is the time when the hardest of hurricanes hit, if there are any at all. But, hurricane seasons come and go, and Miami has been there for well over a century.
Living on South Beach, in Miami Beach, and commuting back and forth to work in North Miami Beach could be a hassle. The names may lead you to believe that they are part of the same stretch, but they are not. South Beach is on Miami Beach, a barrier island that runs parallel to Miami.
North Miami Beach is on the mainland (and, the name notwithstanding, has no beach). So, you’d be traveling to work both far north and far west (and, of course, returning far south and far east). If your hours at the restaurant are odd, then it won’t matter so much, although it would still be, conservatively, about a 15-mile trip each way.
Here’s a compromise: Live on Miami Beach somewhere north of, say, 79th Street, and then you’ll just have to travel to work mostly westerly only, but, during your time off, you could drop down to South Beach from home in 20 minutes or so. And, rents likely will be cheaper around 79th Street to 95th Street (I choose those streets because they are close to causeways that can zip you across Biscayne Boulevard from Miami Beach to Miami) than on South Beach, which is Government Cut/Commerce Street to the canal, a few block north of Lincoln Road.
Good luck. Enjoy!! Miami and Miami Beach are great, great towns!!!
ummm move after hurricane season. dont want you to die. jk move close to ur job…… traffic
You have a job,get an apartment close to work ,meanwhile You get to know the city.
the hurricane season does not necesary means, there will be a hurricane.
well if you want to die before if not then after the choice is up to you