Where is the Miami Pilot Ghetto, Regional style?

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rickt86

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I tried this on APC but was not really much help, where do the MIA guys live? There must be a cheap safe quite place, so far my search is pushing me north near Plantation/Davies/Sunrise/Coconut grove, is that the place to be?


Where is the MIA regional pilot ghetto?
 
You get picked up by American Eagle? I'm not sure where the crashpads are but I can give you some advice since I've been a resident here for a few years now...

I recommend, staying west of Miami International airport in Dade County. There are some nice areas east of the airport, but there pretty expensive especially downtown, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, South Beach or pretty much anything near the water. If you stay west of the airport its mostly suburbs, the crime is relatively light, but there is a lot of traffic and you won't have a backyard. Plenty of chongas to chase around though, I'll let you figure out what chongas are when you get here!

Some places I recommend from closest to farthest from MIA international:

Fountainbleu: mostly packed with residential apartments and somewhat pricy but really close to the airport, you fly over it on final to 9 and 8.
Kendall: further southwest, I lived there for 2 years and flight instructed at KTMB, is an blast and is really nice there, average price, lot of traffic.
Homestead/Perrine: about a 30 minute drive depending upon traffic, a mix of country redneck Florida and latino culture, pretty nice area, reasonably priced but a bit of a drive. Friend of mine lives there. Less traffic.
Miami Lakes: NW of MIA international and west of KOPF, pretty nice area also little pricy and traffic
Hialeah: North of MIA international, known for being 95% Cuban, parts of it will look rundown if your from Jersey but relatively safe neighborhood and you can find a cheap efficiency there also, 15 minutes from the MIA

High-crime areas to avoid, you can look them up on the map to see where they are:

Little Haiti
Brownsville
Overtown
Opa Locka (east of the airport)
Miami Gardens
 
rickt86 said:
I tried this on APC but was not really much help, where do the MIA guys live? There must be a cheap safe quite place, so far my search is pushing me north near Plantation/Davies/Sunrise/Coconut grove, is that the place to be?


Where is the MIA regional pilot ghetto?
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To more specifically answer your question, Plantation, Davy, and Sunrise are nice but can but up to an hour drive from MIA depending upon traffic since they are in Broward County. The Grove is nice if you can afford it, its right by the University of Miami, and the coco-walk is a great party spot, bout 20 minutes from the airport.
 
HVYMETALDRVR said:
You get picked up by American Eagle? I'm not sure where the crashpads are but I can give you some advice since I've been a resident here for a few years now...

I recommend, staying west of Miami International airport in Dade County. There are some nice areas east of the airport, but there pretty expensive especially downtown, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, South Beach or pretty much anything near the water. If you stay west of the airport its mostly suburbs, the crime is relatively light, but there is a lot of traffic and you won't have a backyard. Plenty of chongas to chase around though, I'll let you figure out what chongas are when you get here!

Some places I recommend from closest to farthest from MIA international:

Fountainbleu: mostly packed with residential apartments and somewhat pricy but really close to the airport, you fly over it on final to 9 and 8.
Kendall: further southwest, I lived there for 2 years and flight instructed at KTMB, is an blast and is really nice there, average price, lot of traffic.
Homestead/Perrine: about a 30 minute drive depending upon traffic, a mix of country redneck Florida and latino culture, pretty nice area, reasonably priced but a bit of a drive. Friend of mine lives there. Less traffic.
Miami Lakes: NW of MIA international and west of KOPF, pretty nice area also little pricy and traffic
Hialeah: North of MIA international, known for being 95% Cuban, parts of it will look rundown if your from Jersey but relatively safe neighborhood and you can find a cheap efficiency there also, 15 minutes from the MIA

High-crime areas to avoid, you can look them up on the map to see where they are:

Little Haiti
Brownsville
Overtown
Opa Locka (east of the airport)
Miami Gardens
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I like me some chongas (the 18/19 year old ones anyway..).
 
Guys,

Thanks for the reply's. Let me tell you about myself, this will help. I work for Eagle, out of JFK. I live in NW NJ, in a RURAL area, I leave my car running at the bank/deli/etc with the keys in them (obviously since the car would not run without the keys). I live w my GF who is extremely likely to someday be the wife, and lets just assume I should be planning for a child sometime in the future.

My best drive time to JFK is 1 hour 13min, door to lot, at the crack of dawn, no traffic, hauling, it is 74 miles. Normal is 1 hour 30min outside rush hour, and 2 hours and 20min is typical in rush hour, I have never had it take me over 3 hours ever. I do not hate this drive all too much, but I really would like to cut it down a bit, for example if we had a Newark base, which we dont, but if we did it would be 40 miles to Newark, and be 50min no traffic, 1 hour 15min in moderate flow, and about 2 hours in tops of rush hour, which these drive times would be something I would like.

In NJ we have a 3br/2ba, its a cookie cutter looking Bilevel house, with a yard and all. Again I live in a rural area. We rent out the 3rd bedroom and he gets the 2nd bathroom, so we basically pay $500 each before utilities (the gf and I each).

The flow plans put me 50ish of about 75 in MIA so holding a line is most likely(looks like I will move Oct 1st), but I realize everything is most likely going to change 10 times before it even gets here, so I am planning with both situations in mind. I have a line in July at JFK.

Basically I would like to find something in Miami that is under 1hour outside rush hour, and 2 hours if I am on reserve during rush hour. The big thing about MIA is it is more day trips/2 day trips, unlike JFK which is mostly 4 day trips. So the drive time is a bit more important I guess, but I drive in and out of NYC so how much worst can it get....

What are my options based on this, I want safe and within those ranges, the big thing to us is we are looking to areas we can feel at home at, North Miami did not feel like something we would ever want, but Plantation did. We really would like a 2bedroom, and $1000 would be great, but $1250 is the cap, but around $1000 would make life a ton easier. Someone who knows the greater Miami area I really really really thank you for taking the time, as well as everyone else who has answer, hopefully being more specific helps! Thank you all so so so so much!
 
rickt86 said:
Guys,

Thanks for the reply's. Let me tell you about myself, this will help. I work for Eagle, out of JFK. I live in NW NJ, in a RURAL area, I leave my car running at the bank/deli/etc with the keys in them (obviously since the car would not run without the keys). I live w my GF who is extremely likely to someday be the wife, and lets just assume I should be planning for a child sometime in the future.

My best drive time to JFK is 1 hour 13min, door to lot, at the crack of dawn, no traffic, hauling, it is 74 miles. Normal is 1 hour 30min outside rush hour, and 2 hours and 20min is typical in rush hour, I have never had it take me over 3 hours ever. I do not hate this drive all too much, but I really would like to cut it down a bit, for example if we had a Newark base, which we dont, but if we did it would be 40 miles to Newark, and be 50min no traffic, 1 hour 15min in moderate flow, and about 2 hours in tops of rush hour, which these drive times would be something I would like.

In NJ we have a 3br/2ba, its a cookie cutter looking Bilevel house, with a yard and all. Again I live in a rural area. We rent out the 3rd bedroom and he gets the 2nd bathroom, so we basically pay $500 each before utilities (the gf and I each).

The flow plans put me 50ish of about 75 in MIA so holding a line is most likely(looks like I will move Oct 1st), but I realize everything is most likely going to change 10 times before it even gets here, so I am planning with both situations in mind. I have a line in July at JFK.

Basically I would like to find something in Miami that is under 1hour outside rush hour, and 2 hours if I am on reserve during rush hour. The big thing about MIA is it is more day trips/2 day trips, unlike JFK which is mostly 4 day trips. So the drive time is a bit more important I guess, but I drive in and out of NYC so how much worst can it get....

What are my options based on this, I want safe and within those ranges, the big thing to us is we are looking to areas we can feel at home at, North Miami did not feel like something we would ever want, but Plantation did. We really would like a 2bedroom, and $1000 would be great, but $1250 is the cap, but around $1000 would make life a ton easier. Someone who knows the greater Miami area I really really really thank you for taking the time, as well as everyone else who has answer, hopefully being more specific helps! Thank you all so so so so much!
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Welp, what your asking for in Miami is pretty tough in that situation. Sounds like your best bet is probably Homestead, its relatively safe and much more country down that way with a lot of orange groves on a quick day at 5AM before the traffic starts or on Sunday you can do it in about 25 to 40 minutes... in traffic about an hour.

I came here from North Dakota and I can tell you if you like the country... Miami is the exact opposite in almost every way. Its jam-packed with people, you don't have a lot of space or a yard even if you rent out a house. Its expensive here too in terms of housing, if you dig on craigslist you might be able to find a small one bedroom for 600-800, anything less is probably infested with roaches and ants or has bars on the windows. The nice neighborhoods like the Grove, the Gables, or the Beach expect to pay 1000 plus for a one bedroom. Get used to hearing a lot of Spanish and you'll become really familiar with the Latin culture, don't get me wrong you can get around with English fine but Spanish is the first language for 3/4 down here. Definitely help yourself to a cafe con leche and a pan con bistec for lunch, it will perk you right up!(thats a cuban coffee with milk and a steak sandwich). You'll also have to get used to being careful where you drive, get off the wrong exit and you can find yourself in bad spot, no joke. In my neighborhood I'm cautious driving at night, especially stop lights always watching for jackers and crackheads, I make sure I always lock my doors even when I'm in my car. This is on the main four lane roads, I don't drive down the side streets day or night.

On second thought another nice place to checkout is Hollywood in Broward County, its south of downtown Fort Lauderdale and KFLL. Theres a nice village over there close to the water off of Young Circle thats nice and its reasonably priced. Theres a bunch of nice bars and restaurants on the strip right there. the drive down 95 is hit or miss, about 45 minutes to MIA depending upon traffic. About 15 minutes from KFLL.

I could go on and on but I hope this at least gives you a start. Good Luck.
 
Thanks, ya the good part is I do live in NJ and outside NYC, so this wont be complete mars to me. I have gotten myself lost in Newark and Paterson at night. Last trip down to MIA we only went north, we did not make it down south to homestead so I will have to check it out. Also NJ is really expensive due to property tax, so the pricing is not a huge change. Thanks again!
 
oh you guys and you crime... You should check out parts of North and South Memphis... They won't take your car there, at all, they will just kill you and leave you in it.
 
This reminds me of the "my regional is better than your regional" threads back in '07.

Do what everyone else does. Move to Austin. :)
 
Unfortunately some neighborhoods down here are right on par with both those cities. The funny thing in Miami though is that you can go from a nasty slum to a million dollar neighborhood by literally crossing the street.
 
Ah, Detroit, where not a single window remains intact and where you don't have to stop at a red light!
 
doral by the golf course, coral gables, miami lakes, fountainbleau are all good neighborhoods within 30 mins of the airport (including traffic).
 
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