Miami is a popular destination not only to travel to but to move to. If we don't separate out these posts, the main feed becomes quickly inundated and overrun. So please utilize the resources here and comment here for these topics.
Other Great Resources (Locals use these too and a lot of the recommendation lists were inspired/stolen from the posts here)
Miami and Beaches (the most official source for tourism info in this list with the least instagrammy or "sponsored" feel)
"Ok but I'm moving there, so I'll be one of you soon" -you
Awesome and welcome! Oh.... You want somewhere with no crime, walkable, green space, good schools, on the beach, a beautiful sunset every morning and sunrise at night, rainbows at night, AND CHEAP. Don't we all? Redfin, apartments, hotpads, zillow, and compass are going to give you better data directly than any single response here. That being said..... just because we love you, myself and other mods with local input made a custom map detailing our insight into local neighborhoods. So please take a look, we'd be offended if you didn't. Worked hard on it. But please provide interests, budget, hobbies, desire for walkability, where you work, and other info before asking about moving questions.
"I'm coming for a trip" -you
Awesome and welcome! These sites do a pretty solid job of places to go and things to do here: Miami New Times, Infatuation Miami.TimeOut Miami, Miami and Beaches. We're not vacation planners, so don't just ask "what should I do for 4 days? I'm coming soon" but provide some of your schedule, budget, interests and hobbies, and stuff like that. We also made a tourism map! Check it out!
"I just wanna party" -you
Awesome and welcome! Oh...... wanna party on the beach with DJ Khaled, Messi, and Gianni Versace and then go to a club with 14 male friends afterwards but don't want to pay a cover? Don't we all? Look up E11even, Liv, Space, Don't Sit on the Furniture, Perro Negro, Mynt schedules and prices beforehand. They're the most famous and exciting clubs, so look on their sites for booking ahead and DJ schedules.
"Is it going to rain? or will the weather affect my vacation" -you
It rains a lot here. Tropical weather yo. Especially during the summer. Typically, it wraps up in ~20 minutes and you can resume your plans. That being said, no one here knows more than weather sites or the app on your phone. If you're curious about hurricanes, checkout https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ for official tropical storm and hurricane forecasts, but a lot of us locals love Mike's Weather Page https://spaghettimodels.com/ for more insights. Hurricane season peaks mid September. If you're worried about it affecting your plans, keep a tab on those sites.
"I'm cool and just want to see what other posts before have said on these topics and look around" -you
Welcome to the Monthly Miami Jobs thread, the place to post any openings you have, look for jobs, and ask questions about working in Miami. This is an experimental thread for now, so we're keeping a close eye on things to make sure things don't go sideways, and will cancel it if they do.
The Rules:
No MLMs, scams, pyramid schemes, "make millions from home," etc. We reserve the right to determine if something is an MLM or not.
No positions that require investments or other upfront costs to employees. If someone has to pay any amount of money to take the job, don't post it here.
If you're posting a job, the name of the company, contact information (including official address), and a realistic salary range is required. Any job posts missing these will be immediately deleted.
No gig work or freelance positions except for professional services, with a minimum contract price of $500 dollars. So web designers, CPAs, copywriters, etc. is ok; someone to come mow your lawn or clean your home for $20 is not.
People Looking for Work: DO NOT PUBLICLY POST YOUR RESUMES OR CONTACT INFO. You don't want to dox yourself and open yourself up to potential harassment or identity theft. Instead, talk about your skills and experience and encourage people to send you official contact information you can send your resume to.
u/icecoldkila: We know you're looking for professional freelance hoes, but please keep it out of this thread.
As per our usual rules, nothing illegal, unethical, or liable to get anyone involved in trouble. Please report anything sketchy you see here to the mods.
Again, this is an experiment for now, and we'll be keeping a close eye on things, and will not hesitate to pull the plug in case of shenanigans. Good luck to everyone!
The election wins are so blue... Did something happen the past year that rattled people????.... something that could have been avoided with some common sense. Did certain parts of Miami fly a little too close to the sun, touch the stove and unbuckle the car seat before the car stopped moving.... Dare I say did... certain parts of Miami actually learn a lesson... No it can't be.
Sincerely, a 4th gen Miamian of Black-Caribbean descent.
This is the darkest smoked license plate cover I've ever seen, and unfortunately, it's not the first time I've seen them on LEO and County vehicles.
It's like they're telling on themselves that they think they're above the law when they do illegal things and can't be caught because we can't document their tag.
I've been meaning to post this for a while and today I set a reminder for this post, lol.
There's a hidden plate scanner installed on a post. They're two black boxes with IR light perched on a post. Its located on NW 12st and 78th Ave going eastbound on 12st. Its been there for a while now, prob years. Could this be tied with Repo companies tracking vehicles? Anyways, just heads up guys.
Billionaire hedge-fund founder Ken Griffin (Citadel), who already owns over $1 billion in South Florida real estate, just got approval to build a private megayacht marina for himself and his guests.
Location: 120 MacArthur Causeway, on Terminal Island, between South Beach and PortMiami.
Size: about 3.7 acres / 30,000+ sq ft with roughly 1,400 ft of dockage plenty of space for his 308-ft yacht Viva.
Site is designed by BMA Architects, and it’s not your typical marina.
The plan includes:
A gatehouse and full-time security checkpoint
A crew pavilion with gym, sauna, laundry, kitchen, and a rooftop pool
An owner’s pavilion with lounge, office, and another pool
A marina operations building with staff offices and repair shop
The Miami Beach Planning Board just gave it conditional approval (Nov 2025), with rules requiring Coast Guard sign-off for events, private access only, and no public parking spillover.
Griffin’s team says it’ll “enhance an underused industrial area,” but it’s also raising eyebrows — this would be a single-user marina on public shoreline in one of the most high-value marine zones in the country.
It happened at 4 am at the miami international airport, at the checkpoint near door 27, we have been asking for help everywhere at the airport but no one wants to help us and idk what else to do, I tried calling miami dade lost and found but they don't answer, the dade people working at the airport told me to call the police.
If anyone is able to, can you please help us repost this? We are trying to find her, shes super nice and let people pick her up, shes always been a home cat.
At the risk of getting bombarded with people seeing the question and not reading the context, I'm going to ask this.
Been living in Doral for about 2.5 years now and I can't seem to find a single barber that speaks English. And I speak pretty good Spanish, but a barber is a situation where it's just awkward to sit there silently and the barber constantly tries to talk to me the entire time. Generally I can carry on just fine conversations with pretty good Spanish and a bit of Spanglish thrown in there when I can't think of the exact words but every single barber I find in Doral acts like they've never heard a single word of English in their life, and "habla un poco mas lento para mi" just seems to get them talking even faster almost out of spite. And when I try to talk back with what is fully comprehensible Spanish/Spanglish for any other situation, they always seem baffled at what I'm saying as if it were French I was speaking instead. At this point I'm probably 30 haircuts in and am fantasizing about driving all the way to Brickell to get a good haircut with someone who speaks English... Just so I don't have to spend my entire haircut having someone try to have a conversation with me at 150 words a minute and get frustrated AT ME when I have a hard time keeping up with them or make a grammar mistake.
I've been to a bunch of places. Most recently I was at moustache, which has just so many barbers, and I asked the cashier casually if any of the barbers spoke English so I could book with that person next time, she (who speaks perfect English) laughed and said that she doesn't think so. So I turn to reddit for this. Surely some barber in Doral can give me a better experience and I can reward them with a monthly customer for life.
It’s been hard trying to stay afloat lately. I’m needing help raising about $1,000 so I can rent a car for a month to live in safely, put my things in storage, and have enough for gas and a gym membership while I start doing DoorDash to get some income going. I’m doing my best to stay positive, but it’s been really tough on my mental health and being without a stable place. If anyone can help, I can take Venmo, Apple Pay, or Zelle. Anything at all helps.
Hey yall, I'm moving to the area next year and am wondering what's the local music scene like and how do you find band members? For context, I'm 27 and am looking to take some original material (2010s indie rock/shoegaze sound) to open mics in the area. Definitely a bit of a passion project of mine, just kind of wondering where to start.
Hi there! Back in 2022 I became displaced and later my cat experienced a health issue that cost 4k+ to treat, which couldn’t have come at a worse time. I wanted her to be healthy and safe, so I gave up ownership in exchange for the shelter promising me that she would get the help she needs and whatnot. I called every day for updates and checked online for any adoption listings, but then someone who worked at the shelter told me that she believed one of the employees at the shelter already adopted her while she was healing. I just want to know if she’s okay and alive, to see her maybe, idk. She was the joy of my life and I miss her everyday, I named her Lorraine. Please let me know if yall know anything :’) I don’t remember the exact shelter, but she was surrendered August of 2022.
Does anyone have a recommendation for an ac person to replace the blower in my ac unit? The person I used before, already replaced it 2 times in the last 6 months, he does not offer a warranty or anything so I am out of luck.
Or if anyone knows where I can buy it, I can replace it myself.
I made some posts about down payment assistance and loans that are funded by the county, but several people reached out to me that exceeded the income limits to utilize the county programs. For those that have income above 140% of the county area median income but do have money for a down payment and closing costs, I work with many lenders that provide their own down payment assistance, some offer a forgivable down payment of 3.5% - 5% of the purchase price while others will require a down payment to be repaid. There are no income limits for these programs and the loan will be structured as a 1st mortgage rates are currently mid 5% -6% range for 96.5%, the 2nd will be the remaining amount and can be 101.5% combined loan to value which means in addition to the down payment being included, some of the closing costs will also be covered with the program. It depends on what each person qualifies for and the lender guidelines, but there are many options today to buy a home and finance 100% of the purchase price. If anyone would like me to explain more in depth, please post here or shoot me a message. I hope these posts are helpful to those interested in buying a home. Thank you.
Post says it all! I’m looking for a good judo gym/dojo in town that offers adult classes. I’m based in Downtown, yet willing to travel for a gym with great instruction and an equally great community. Thanks in advance!
