Miami [mi'ami] ) is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of southern Florida in the southeastern United States. As the center of Miami-Dade City, the municipality is the main, central, and densest city in the Miami metropolitan area and part of the densest second metropolis in the southeastern United States. According to the US Census Bureau, the Miami metro area is the seventh largest and most congested urban area in the US, with a population of around 5.5 million.
Miami is a major center, and a leader in finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, art, and international trade. In 2012, Miami is classified as an "Alpha" world-level city in the World Cities Study Group inventory. In 2010, Miami was ranked seventh in the United States and 33rd among global cities in terms of business activity, human capital, information exchange, cultural experience, and political engagement. In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Miami as "The Cleanest Town in America", for year-round air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean roads and city recycling programs. According to UBS research in 2009 against 73 world cities, Miami is ranked as the richest city in the United States, and the 7th richest city in the world in terms of purchasing power. Miami is nicknamed "The Capital of Latin America" ​​and is the largest city with Cuban-American plurality.
Miami has the third highest horizon in the US with more than 300 tall buildings. Downtown Miami is home to the largest concentration of international banks in the United States, and many large national and international companies. The Civic Center is a major center for hospitals, research institutes, medical centers, and biotechnology industries. For more than two decades, the Port of Miami, known as "The Capital of the World Cruise", has become the world's number one shipping passenger port. It accommodates some of the largest cruise ships and operations in the world, and is the busiest port in both passenger and cruise lines. Metropolitan Miami is also a major tourism hub in the southeastern US for international visitors, ranking second in the country after New York City.
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History
The Miami area is inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous Native American tribes. Tequestas occupied the area for a thousand years before meeting the Europeans. A village in India consisting of hundreds of people dating 500-600 BC. located at the mouth of the Miami River.
In 1566 admiral Pedro Menà © ndez de AvilÃÆ'  © s, Florida's first governor, claimed the area for Spain. A Spanish mission was built a year later in 1567. Spain and Great Britain consecutively controlled Florida, and Spain submitted it to the United States in 1821. In 1836, the US built Fort Dallas as part of the Florida Development region and sought to suppress and remove Seminole. The Miami area then became a battleground during the Second Seminole War.
Miami is noted as "the only major city in the United States conceived by a woman, Julia Tuttle", a local orange farmer and a wealthy native of Cleveland. The Miami region is better known as "Biscayne Bay Country" in the early years of its growth. At the end of the 19th century, the report described the area as a promising jungle. This area is also characterized as "one of the best building sites in Florida." The Great Freeze of 1894-95 accelerated the growth of Miami, as the plants in the Miami area were the only ones in Florida to survive. Julia Tuttle then convinced Henry Flagler, a railroad tycoon, to expand the Florida East Coast Railway into the area, which became known as "the mother of Miami." Miami was officially founded as a city on July 28, 1896 with a population of over 300. Named for the nearby Miami River, originally from Mayaimi, the historic name of Lake Okeechobee.
Black work plays an important role in Miami's early development. During the early 20th century, migrants from the Bahamas and African-Americans accounted for 40 percent of the city's population. Whatever their role in urban growth, their community growth is limited to a small space. When landlords began renting out homes to African-Americans in a neighborhood close to Avenue J (later NW Fifth Avenue), a group of white men with torches visited rented families and warned them to move or be bombed.
During the early 20th century, northerners were drawn to the city, and Miami prospered during the 1920s with an increase in population and infrastructure. Jim Crow's legacy is embedded in this development. Miami police chief, H. Leslie Quigg, does not hide the fact that she, like many other white Miami police officers, is a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Not surprisingly, these officials impose social codes far beyond the written law. Quigg, for example, "personally and publicly struck a colored bellboy to death for speaking directly to a white woman."
The collapse of the 1920s Florida boom, the Miami Storm of 1926, and the Great Depression of the 1930s slowed development. When World War II began, Miami, located on the southern coast of Florida, became the US base of defense against the German submarine. The war brought about an increase in Miami's population; in 1940, 172,172 people lived in the city.
After Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba in 1959, many wealthy Cubans sought refuge in Miami, which then increased the population. The city develops business and cultural facilities as part of New South. In the 1980s and 1990s, South Florida encountered social problems related to drug wars, immigration from Haiti and Latin America, and the widespread destruction of Hurricane Andrew. Racial and cultural tensions are sometimes triggered, but the city grew in the second half of the 20th century as a major international, financial and cultural center. It is the second largest US city (after El Paso, Texas) with the majority speaking in Spanish, and the largest city with Cuban-American plurality.
Miami and its metropolitan area grew from about 1,000 residents to nearly 5.5 million inhabitants in just 110 years (1896-2006). The city's nickname, The Magic City , comes from this rapid growth. Winter visitors commented that the city grew so much from year to year that it was like magic.
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Geography
Miami and its suburbs are located on a vast plain between the Florida Everglades in the west and Biscayne Bay to the east, which also extends from Florida Bay to the north to Lake Okeechobee. The altitude of the area never rises above 40 ft (12 m) and averages about 6 m (1.8 m) above average sea level in most environments, especially near the coast. The highest undulations are found along the Miami Rock Ridge coasts, whose substrates underlie most of the eastern metropolitan area of ​​Miami. The main part of the city is located on the edge of Biscayne Bay which contains several hundred natural and artificial barrier islands made, the largest of which contains Miami Beach and South Beach. The Gulf Stream, warm ocean currents, runs north just 15 miles (24 km) offshore, allowing the city's climate to stay warm and light throughout the year.
Geology
The base layer of the surface beneath the Miami area is called Miami Miami's
Below the plain is Biscayne Aquifer, a natural underground water source that stretches from Palm Beach County south to Florida Bay, with the highest point peaking around the cities of Miami Springs and Hialeah. Most of the Miami metropolitan area gets its drinking water from this aquifer. As a result of the aquifers, it is impossible to dig more than 15 to 20 feet (5 to 6 m) under the city without hitting the water, which hampers underground construction, although some underground parking garages exist. For this reason, mass transit systems in and around Miami are increasing or in-class.
Most of the western suburbs of the city extend to the Everglades, a subtropical swampland located in the southern US state of Florida. Alligator has ventured into the Miami community and on the main highway.
In terms of land area, Miami is one of the smallest small towns in the United States. According to the US Census Bureau, the city covers an area of ​​56.06 sq km (145.2 km 2 ). From that area, 35.99 sqmen (93.2 km 2 ) is ground and 20.08 m² (52.0 km 2 ) is water. That means Miami consists of over 400,000 people on 36 square miles (93 km 2 ), making it one of the most populous cities in the United States, along with New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia.
Cityscape
Nearby Areas
Miami is partitioned into many different parts, roughly to the North, South, West and City Center. The heart of the city is Downtown Miami and technically on the east side of town. These areas include Brickell, Virginia Key, Watson Island, and PortMiami. The city center is the central business district of South Florida, and the largest and most influential district business district in Florida. The city center has the concentration of the largest international banks in the US along Brickell Avenue. The city center is home to many large banks, courthouses, financial center offices, tourist attractions and culture, schools, parks and large populations. East of Downtown, across from Biscayne Bay is South Beach. Just northwest of Downtown, is the Civic Center, which is the center of Miami for hospitals, research institutes and biotechnology with hospitals like Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami VA Hospital, and University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.
The south side of Miami includes Coral Way, The Roads and Coconut Grove. Coral Way is a historic residential neighborhood built in 1922 that connects Downtown to Coral Gables, and is home to many old houses and tree-lined streets. Coconut Grove was founded in 1825 and is the location of Miami City Hall at Dinner Key, Coconut Grove Playhouse, CocoWalk, many nightclubs, bars, restaurants and bohemian shops, and thus, is very popular with local students. It is a historic neighborhood with narrow, winding roads and heavy tree canopies. Coconut Grove has many parks and gardens such as Villa Vizcaya, The Kampong, The Barnacle Historic State Park, and is home to the Coconut Grove Convention Center and a number of historic homes and estates.
The western side of Miami includes Little Havana, West Flagler, and Flagami, and is home to many of the city's traditional immigrant neighborhoods. Although at one time most of the Jewish area, western Miami is now home to immigrants from most of Central America and Cuba, while the western center environment of the Allapattah is a multicultural community of many ethnicities.
The north side of Miami includes Midtown, a district with a mixture of great diversity with many West Indians, Hispanics, European Americans, bohemians, and artists. Edgewater, and Wynwood are the neighborhoods of Midtown and comprise mostly high-rise residential towers and are home to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. The richer inhabitants typically live in the northeast, in Midtown, the Design District, and the Upper East Side, with much sought after 1920s homes and homes of the MiMo Historic District, architectural styles originated in Miami in the 1950s. The north side of Miami also has African American and Caribbean immigrant communities such as Little Haiti, Overtown (Lyric House Theater), and Liberty City.
Climate
Miami has a tropical monsoon climate (climatic classification KÃÆ'¶ppen Am ) with dry season marked in winter. Sea level elevations, coastal location, position just above the Tropic of Cancer, and close to the Gulf Stream form the climate. With an average January of 68.2 Â ° F (20.1 Â ° C), the highest feature winter generally ranges from 73-80 Â ° F (23-27 Â ° C). Cool air usually settles after the passage of the cold front, which produces a lot of rainfall a little during the season. Lows fall below 50Ã, Â ° F (10Ã, Â ° C), averaging 10-15 nights during winter following the passage of the cold front.
The rainy season begins some time in May, ending in mid-October. During this period, temperatures were in the mid-80s to 90s (29-35 Â ° C), accompanied by high humidity, though heat was often liberated by afternoon thunderstorms or sea breezes that flourished from the Atlantic Ocean, which then allowed the temperature lower, but the conditions are still very moist. Most of the year 55.9 inches (1,420 mm) of precipitation occurred during this period. Dew point in the warmer months ranged from 71.9 ° F (22.2 ° C) in June to 73.7 ° F (23.2 ° C) in August.
Extremes ranged from 27 ° F (-2.8 ° C) on Feb. 3, 1917, to 100 ° F (38 ° C) on July 21, 1940. While Miami never officially recorded snowfall at any official weather station Since records have been kept, snow flurries fell in parts of Miami on January 19, 1977.
The hurricane season officially runs from June 1 to November 30, although hurricanes can expand beyond these dates. The most likely time for Miami to be hit is during the peak of the Cape Verde season, which is mid-August to late September. Although tornadoes were rare in the area, one was beaten in 1925 and again in 1997. About 40% of Miami's homes are built on floodplains and are considered flood risk zones.
Miami is under USDA 10b/11a Plant Hardiness zone.
Demographics
The right city is home to less than one-third of the population of South Florida. Miami is the 42nd most populous city in the United States. However, the Miami metropolitan area, which includes the Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach regions, has a combined population of more than 5.5 million people, ranked seventh largest in the United States, and is the largest metropolitan area in the southeastern United States. country. In 2008, the UN estimated that Miami Urban Agglomeration is the 44th largest in the world.
The US Census 2010 reports that Latin Americans in Miami account for 70% of the total population, with 34.4% coming from Cuba, 15.8% having Central American background (7.2% Nicaragua, 5.8% Honduras, 1.2 Salvador, and Guatemala), 8.7% are of South American descent (3.2% Colombia, 1.4% Venezuelan, 1.2% Peru, 1.2% Argentina, and 0.7% of Ecuador ), 4.0% have Hispanic or other Latin origins (0.5% Spanish), 3.2% downgraded from Puerto Rico, 2.4% are Dominican, and 1.5% have Mexican descent.
In 2010, people of African descent accounted for 19.2% of the Miami population. From 19.2%, 5.6% came from Western India or Afro-Caribbean (4.4% Haiti, 0.4% Jamaica, 0.4% Bahamian, 0.1% Western Indian, and 0.1% Trinidadian and Tobagonian, 0.1% Other or West Indian Not Determined), 3.0% are Hispanic Black, and 0.4% are of Subsidiary African.
In 2010, people (non-Hispanic white) of European descent accounted for 11.9% of Miami's population. From 11.9%, 1.7% are Germany, 1.6% Italy, 1.4% Ireland, 1.0% UK, 0.8% France, 0.6% Russia, and 0.5% are Poland.
In 2010, people from Asian ancestors accounted for 1.0% of Miami's population. From 1.0%, 0.3% are Indian/Indo-Caribbean Americans (1,206 people), 0.3% Chinese (1,804 people), 0.2% Philippines (647 people), 0.1% are other Asian (433 people), 0.1% Japan (245 people), 0.1% Korean (213 people), and 0.0% were Vietnamese (125 people).
In 2010, 1.9% of the population considered themselves only Americans (regardless of race or ethnicity.) And 0.5% were of Arab descent, in 2010.
In 2010, there were 158,317 households that were 14.0% empty. 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.3% were married couples living together, 18.1% had female head of household without husband, and 43.1% were not family. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had individuals living alone aged 65 years or older (4.0% male and 7.3% female.) The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size is 3.15.
In 2010, the urban population spread by 18.8% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% aged 65 years or older. The median age was 38.8 years. For every 100 women, there are 99.2 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 98.1 men.
In 2010, the average income for households in the city was $ 29,621, and the average income for families was $ 33,379. Men have an average income of $ 27,849 compared to $ 24,518 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 19,745.
In 2010, 58.1% of the district population was born abroad, with 41.1% of American citizens naturalized. Of the foreign-born population, 95.4% were born in Latin America, 2.4% were born in Europe, 1.4% were born in Asia, 0.5% were born in Africa, 0.2% in North America, and 0.1% % born in Oceania.
In 2004, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) reported that Miami had the highest proportion of foreign residents in major cities around the world (59%), followed by Toronto (50%).
In 1960, non-Hispanic whites represented 80% of the Miami-Dade population. In 1970, the Census Bureau reported the population of Miami as 45.3% Hispanic, 32.9% non-Hispanic White, and 22.7% Black. Miami's explosive population growth has been driven by internal migration from other parts of the country, especially until the 1980s, as well as by immigration, particularly from the 1960s through the 1990s. Today, immigration to Miami has slowed significantly and Miami's growth is currently closely linked to rapid urbanization and high-rise construction, which has increased the density of inner-city populations, such as Downtown, Brickell, and Edgewater, where one area in Downtown alone saw a 2.069% increase in population in the 2010 Census. Miami is considered more of a multicultural mosaic, than a melting pot, with many residents still retaining, or some of their cultural traits. The whole culture of Miami is heavily influenced by large Hispanic and black populations especially from the Caribbean islands.
Poverty
Approximately 22.2% of families and 27.3% of the population are below the poverty line in the census, including 37.1% of those under the age of 18 and 32.8% of those aged 65 years or older.
Language
In 2010, 70.2% of Miami's population aged five and up only spoke Spanish at home while 22.7% of the population spoke English at home. About 6.3% speak another Indo-European language at home. About 0.4% speak Asian or Pacific Island/Oceanic languages ​​at home. The remaining 0.3% of the population speaks other languages ​​at home. In total, 77.3% speak a language other than English.
In 2000, 66.75% of the population spoke Spanish at home, while those who speak English only 25.45%. Speaker from Haiti Creole (French based) is 5.20%, French speakers comprise 0.76% of the population, and the Portuguese at 0.41%. Among US cities, Miami has one of the highest proportions of residents who speak a language other than English at home (74.55% in 2000).
Since English speakers moved from the area, the percentage of the population who spoke only English is expected to continue to decline.
Religion
Christianity is the most practiced religion in Miami (68%), according to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center, with 39% claiming attendance at various churches that can be considered Protestant, and 27% confessing Roman Catholic beliefs. followed by Judaism (8%); Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and other religions have fewer followers; atheism or no self-identifying religious affiliation practiced by 24%.
There has been a Norwegian Seamen church in Miami since the early 1980s. In November 2011, Crown Princess Mette-Marit opened a new building for the church. The Church was built as the center for the 10,000 Scandinavian people living in Florida. About 4,000 of them are Norwegians. The church is also an important place for 150 Norwegians working at Disney World.
Civic engagement
Organizations like the Miami-Dade Rescue Army and its iconic Kettle Red Campaign, Hand In Miami, Miami City Year, South Florida Human Services Coalition, and Citizens for Better South Florida, among many other organizations have worked to involve the people of Miami in volunteerism.
Economy
Miami is a major center of commerce, finance, and has a strong international business community. According to the ranking of world cities conducted by Global Globalization and World Cities Study Group & amp; Network (GaWC) in 2010 and based on the attendance rate of global corporate service organizations, Miami is considered the "world city of Alpha minus". Miami has a Gross Metropolitan Product of $ 257 billion and is ranked 20th worldwide in GMP, and 11 in the United States.
Some major companies are headquartered in or around Miami, including but not limited to: Akerman Senterfitt, Alienware, Arquitectonica, Arrow Air, Bacardi, Benihana, Brightstar Corporation, Burger King, Celebrity Cruises, Carnival Corporation, Carnival Cruise Lines, Crispin Porter Bogusky, Duany Plater-Zyberk & amp; Company, EspÃÆ'rito Santo Financial Group, Fizber.com, Greenberg Traurig, Netherlands & amp; Knight, Inktel Direct, Interval International, Lennar, Navarro Discount Pharmacy, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Oceania Cruises, Perry Ellis International, RCTV International, Royal Caribbean Shipping Lines, Ryder Systems, Cruise Lines, Sedano, TelefÃÆ'³nica USA, UniMÃÆ' S, Telemundo, Univision, US Century Bank, Vector Group, and World Fuel Service. Due to its proximity to Latin America, Miami serves as a Latin American operations base for over 1400 multinationals, including AIG, American Airlines, Cisco, Disney, Exxon, FedEx, Kraft Foods, LEO Pharma Americas, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle, SBC Communications, Sony, Symantec, Visa International, and Wal-Mart.
Miami is a major television production center, and the most important city in the US for Spanish-language media. UnivisiÃÆ'³n, Telemundo and UniMÃÆ' S have their headquarters in Miami, along with their production studios. Telemundo Television Studios produces many original programs for Telemundo, such as telenovela and their talk show. In 2011, 85% of Telemundo's original program was filmed in Miami. Miami is also a major music recording center, with Sony Music Latin and Universal Music Latin Headquarters headquarters in the city, along with many other small record labels. The city also attracts many artists for music videos and movie shootings.
During the mid-2000s, the city witnessed the largest real estate boom since the Florida boom in the 1920s. During this period, the city has over one hundred high construction approved projects in which 50 were built. Fast, high-rise construction leads to rapid population growth in the inner city environment, especially in Downtown, Brickell and Edgewater, with the environment becoming the fastest growing area in the city. The Miami horizon is ranked third most impressive in the US, behind New York City and Chicago, and 19 in the world according to Almanac of Architecture and Design. The city currently has the eight highest skyscrapers (as well as thirteen of the top fourteen) in the state of Florida, with the highest being Four Seasons Hotel & as high as 789 feet (240 m). Tower.
A housing market crash in 2007 caused a foreclosure crisis in the area. In 2012, Forbes magazine called Miami the most miserable city in the United States because of a crippling housing crisis that has spent a lot of people in their homes and jobs. The metro area has one of the highest levels of violent crime in the country and workers have to make long daily trips. Like other metro areas in the United States, crime in Miami is localized to certain neighborhoods. In a 2016 study by Miami's Wall Street website, Miami was rated as the worst US city of residence, based on crime, poverty, income inequality and housing costs that far exceeded the national median..
Miami International Airport and PortMiami are one of the busiest inbound ports in the country, especially for cargo from South America and the Caribbean. Port of Miami is the world's busiest yacht harbor, and MIA is the busiest airport in Florida, and the largest gateway between the United States and Latin America. In addition, the city has the largest concentration of international banks in the country, especially along Brickell Avenue in Brickell, Miami's financial district. Due to its strength in international business, finance and trade, many international banks have offices in the City Center such as EspÃÆ'rito Santo Financial Group, which has US headquarters in Miami. Miami is also the host city of the United States Free Trade Area negotiations in 2003.
Tourism is also an important industry in Miami. Along with finance and business, beaches, conventions, festivals and events attract more than 38 million visitors annually to the city, from all over the country and around the world, spend $ 17.1 billion. Art Deco District in South Beach, considered one of the most glamorous in the world for nightclubs, beaches, historic buildings, and shopping. Annual events such as Sony Ericsson Open, Art Basel, Winter Music Conference, South Beach Wine & amp; Food Festival, and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami attract millions to the metropolis every year.
Miami is home to the National Hurricane Center and the headquarters of the Southern Command of the United States, which is responsible for military operations in Central and South America. In addition to this role, Miami is also an industrial hub, especially for quarrying stone and warehousing. These industries are mostly centered on the western outskirts of the city near Doral and Hialeah.
According to the US Census Bureau, in 2004, Miami had the third highest income incidence of families under the federal poverty line in the United States, making it the third poorest city in the US, behind Detroit, Michigan (ranked # 1) and El Paso, Texas # 2). Miami is also one of the few cities where its local government went bankrupt, in 2001. On the other hand, Miami has won an award for its environmental policy: in 2008 it was classified as "America's Cleanest City" by Forbes > for good air quality throughout the year, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean roads and city recycling programs.
Culture
Entertainment and performing arts
In addition to annual festivals such as Calle Ocho Festival and Carnaval Miami, Miami is home to many entertainment venues, theaters, museums, parks and performing arts centers. The latest addition in the world of art Miami is Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, the second-largest performing arts center in the United States after the Lincoln Center in New York City, and is the home of the Florida Grand Opera. Inside there's Ziff Ballet Opera House, the biggest place in the center, Knight Concert Hall, the Carnival Studio Theater and the Peacock Rehearsal Studio. The center attracts many large scale operas, ballets, concerts and musicals from around the world and is the grandest performing arts center in Florida. Performing arts venues in Miami include Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Colony Theater, Theater Lincoln, Actor's Playhouse Theater Miracle Manuel Artime Theater, Playground Theater, Performing Arts Center Wertheim, Fair Expo Center and the Bayfront Park Amphitheater for music event outdoor.
The city attracts a large number of musicians, singers, actors, dancers, and orchestra players. Miami has many orchestras, symphonies and conservatory art performances. Some of them are Florida Grand Opera, FIU Music School, Frost School of Music, Miami Wind Symphony, New World Art School, as well as music, theater and arts schools in many universities and schools in the city.
Miami is also a major fashion hub, home to models and some of the top model agencies in the world. Miami also hosts many fashion events and events, including the annual Miami Fashion Week and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami held at Wynwood Art District.
Museums and arts
Several museums in Miami include the Frost Art Museum, the Frost Science Museum, the Contemporary Art Institute, the Miami Children's Museum, the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, as well as the Museum of HistoryMiami and PÃÆ' Ã… © rez, both located in Miami-Dade Cultural. The center also houses Miami's main library.
Music
Miami music varies. Cuba brings conga and rumba, while Haitians and all the West Indies bring compos and zouk to Miami from their homeland to popularize them in American culture. Dominicans carry bachata, and merengue, while Colombians carry vallenato and cumbia, and the Brazilians carry samba. The Indians and the Western Caribbean have brought, reggae, soca, calypso, and steel pans to the area as well.
In the early 1970s, Miami disco sounds come to life together with Kindergarten Records, featuring KC and Sunshine Band music, with hits like "Get Down Tonight", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" and "That's the Way That) "; and the Latin-American disco group, Foxy (band), with their hit singles "Get Off" and "Hot Number". The natives of Miami George McCrae and Teri DeSario were also popular music artists during the 1970s disco era. The Bee Gees moved to Miami in 1975 and have lived here ever since. Miami-influenced, Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, hit the popular music world with a Cuban-oriented voice and had hits in 1980 with "Conga" and "Bad Boys".
Miami is also regarded as a "hot spot" for dance music, Freestyle, a popular dance music style in the 1980s and 90s strongly influenced by Electro, hip-hop, and disco. Many popular Freestyle actions like Pretty Tony, Debbie Deb, Stevie B, and Exposà © Å ©, are from Miami. Indie/people acting Cat Power and Iron & amp; Wine is based in the city, while alternative hip hop artist Sage Francis, electro artist Uffie, and the electroclash duo Avenue D was born in Miami, but made music elsewhere. Also, the punk ska band Against All Authority came from Miami, and nonpoint rock/metal bands and Marilyn Manson each formed in neighboring Fort Lauderdale. Recording artist Cuban American woman, Ana Cristina, born in Miami in 1985.
The 1980s and 90s also brought Miami Bass's high-energy genre to dance floors and car subwoofers across the country. Miami Bass spawned artists like 2 Live Crew (featuring Uncle Luke), 95 South, Tag Team, Boyz 69, Quad City DJ, and Freak Nasty. Examples of these songs are "Whoomp! (There It Is)" by Tag Team in 1993, "Tootsee Roll" by 69 Boyz in 1994, and "C'mon N 'Ride It (The Train)" by DJ Quad City in 1996.
It was also an alternate period for night clubs, warehouse parties, acid houses, raves and outdoor festivals in the late 1980s and early 1990s is the place for the latest trends in electronic dance music, especially synthetic homes and hypnotics. techno and trance, at clubs like the famous Warsaw Ballroom better known as Warsaw and The Mix where DJs like David Padilla (who is a resident DJ for both) and radio. New voices are re-entered into major clubs across the country. The scene in SoBe, along with a bustling former market for electronic instruments and turntables, has a powerful democratizing effect, offers amateurs, DJs "bedroom" the chance to become proficient and popular both as a musician and producer, regardless of the desire of professional music and club industry. Some of these famous DJs are John Benetiz (better known as JellyBean Benetiz), Danny Tenaglia, and David Padilla.
Miami is also home to a vibrant world of music and dance and hosts the Winter Music Conference, the world's largest dance show, the Ultra Music Festival and many electronics-themed festivals and festivals.
There are also some rap and hip hop artists from Miami. They include Trick Daddy, Rick Ross, Trina, Pitbull, Pretty Ricky, and the Miami Bass 2 Live Crew group.
Cuisine
Miami cuisine is a reflection of a diverse population, with heavy influences mainly from Caribbean cuisine and from Latin American cuisine. By combining both with American cuisine, it has spawned a unique style of South Florida cuisine known as Floribbean cuisine. Floribea cuisine is widely available throughout Miami and South Florida, and can be found in restaurant chains like Pollo Tropical.
Cuban immigrants in the 1960s brought Cuban sandwiches, medianoche, Cuban espresso, and croquetas, all of which became more and more popular for all Miam people, and have become a symbol of the city's diverse cuisine. Today, it is part of the local culture, and can be found all over the city in window cafes, especially outside supermarkets and restaurants. Restaurants like the Versailles restaurant in Little Havana are Miami's famous restaurants. Located in the Atlantic Ocean, and with a long history as a sea port, Miami is also known for its seafood, with many seafood restaurants located along the Miami River, and in and around Biscayne Bay. Miami also houses chain restaurants such as Burger King, Tony Roma and Benihana.
Dialect
The Miami area has a unique dialect, (commonly called "Miami accent") that is widely used. Dialects developed among second- or third-generation Hispanics, including Cuban-Americans, whose first language is English (although some other white, black, and non-Hispanic races born and raised in the Miami area are likely to adopt it as well). It is based on a fairly standard American accent but with some changes that are very similar to dialects in the Mid-Atlantic (mainly the New York area dialect, Northern New Jersey English, and New York Latino English.) Unlike Virginia Piedmont, Coastal Southern American, and the Northeastern American dialect and the Florida Cracker dialect (see below), "Miami accent" is rhotic; it also combines the rhythm and pronunciation that is strongly influenced by the Spanish language (where the syllabic rhythm of the time). However, this is a native dialect of English, not English or a foreign language; it is possible to distinguish these variations of a language spoken by the speakers of the second language in the "accent Miami" is not in general features the following: no additional /?/ before the initial consonant with /s/, the speakers do not confuse /d?/ with /j/, (for example, Yale with jail ) , and/r/and/rr/are pronounced as alveolar approximant [? ] instead of alveolar tap [?] or alveolar trill [r] in Spanish.
In popular culture
Miami is featured in various movies and television shows, and video games. Scarface: The World Is Yours video game takes place in Miami. The game is based on and is a quasi-sequel of the 1984 film Scarface starring Al Pacino who repeated his role as Tony Montana, with AndrÃÆ' Â © Sogliuzzo casting a Montana vote. The game starts in the final scene of the movie, with Tony Montana's house being raided by assassin Alejandro Sosa (Robert Davi). Burning Notice , a television series aired from 2007 to 2013 takes place in Miami. The fictional version of Miami - Vice City - is the setting for the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City video game.
Sports
Four of Miami's major sports teams are the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League, the Miami Heat from the National Basketball Association, Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball, and the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. As well as owning all four major professional teams, Miami is also home to the Major League Soccer expansion team led by David Beckham, Simon Fuller, and Marcelo Claure. The Miami Open, an annual tennis tournament, is held at Key Biscayne, an island town off the coast of Miami. The city is home to many greyhound racing tracks, marinas, jai alai spots, and golf courses. City streets have hosted professional car racing, Miami Indy Challenge and later Grand Prix Americas. The Homestead-Miami Speedway oval hosts NASCAR national races.
Heat and Marlins play within Miami city limits. The Heat plays at the American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami. Miami Marlins baseball stadium is Marlins Park, located in Little Havana on the site of the old Orange Bowl stadium.
The Miami Dolphins play at Hard Rock Stadium on the outskirts of Miami Gardens. Florida Panthers play at the nearest Sunrise at BB & amp; T Center. Miami FC from the North American Football League, the second level of the American football pyramid, playing at the FIU Stadium. Miami is also home to Paso Fino horses, where the competition is held at Tropical Park Equestrian Center.
The Orange Bowl, a member of the Bowl Championship Series, hosts their collegiate soccer championship game at Hard Rock Stadium. The stadium also hosts the Super Bowl; Miami metro area has hosted a total game ten times (five Super Bowls at the current Hard Rock Stadium, including the Super Bowl XLI and five at the Miami Orange Bowl).
Miami is also home to many college sports teams. The two largest are the University of Miami Hurricanes, whose soccer team plays at Hard Rock Stadium, and the Florida International University Panthers whose soccer team plays at the FIU Stadium.
The following table shows Miami's major professional teams and Division I teams with an average attendance of over 10,000:
Recreation
Tropical weather in Miami allows outdoor activities throughout the year. The city has many marinas, rivers, bays, canals, and Atlantic Ocean, making popular sailing, sailing and fishing activities outdoors. Biscayne Bay has many coral reefs that make snorkeling and scuba diving popular. There are over 80 parks and gardens in town. The largest and most popular parks are Bayfront Park and Bicentennial Park (located in the heart of Downtown and the location of American Airlines Arena and Bayside Marketplace), Tropical Gardens, Peacock Park, Morningside Park, Virginia Key and Watson Island.
Other popular cultural destinations in or near Miami include Miami Zoo, Forest Island, Miami Seaquarium, Monkey Jungle, Coral Castle, St. John's Church. Bernard de Clairvaux, Charles Deering Estate, Fairchild Botanical Gardens, and Key Biscayne.
Government
The Miami Municipal Government (appropriately) uses a type of mayor-commissioner system. The city commission consists of five commissioners elected from single member districts. The city commission established a governing body with the power to pass the ordinance, adopt the rules, and exercise all the powers granted to the city in the city charter. The mayor was elected widely and appointed a city manager. The city of Miami is governed by Mayor TomÃÆ'¡s Regalado and 5 City commissioners who oversee five districts in the city. Regular commission meetings are held in Miami City Hall, located at 3500 Pan American Drive on Dinner Key in the neighborhood of Coconut Grove.
City Commission
- Francis X. Suarez Mayor of Miami City
- Wifredo "Willy" GortÃ, - Miami Commissioner, District 1
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- Allanttah and Grapeland Heights
- Ken RussellÃ, - Miami Commissioner, District 2 (Vice Chair)
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- Brickell, Coconut Grove, Coral Way, Downtown Miami, Edgewater, Midtown Miami, Omni, Park West, and Upper Eastside
- Joe CarolloÃ, - Miami Commissioner, District 3
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- Coral Way, Little Havana, and The Roads
- Manolo ReyesÃ, - Miami Commissioner, District 4
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- Coral Way, Flagami, and West Flagler
- Keon HardemonÃ, - Miami Commissioner, District 5 (Chair)
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- Buena Vista, Design District, Liberty City, Little Haiti, Little River, Lummus Park, Overtown, Spring Garden, and Wynwood
- Emilio T. Gonzalez, PhD - City Manager
- Victoria MÃÆ'Â ndez - City Attorney
- Todd B. Hannon - City Officer
- Barry University (private)
- Carlos Albizu University (private)
- Florida International University (FIU) (public)
- Florida Memorial University (private)
- Johnson and Wales University (private)
- Keizer University (private)
- Manchester Business School (satellite location, UK public)
- Miami Culinary Institute (public)
- Miami Dade College (public)
- Miami International Art University & amp; Design (personal)
- Nova Southeastern University (private)
- St. Thomas University (private)
- Talmud University (private)
- The University of Miami (private)
- SR 112 (Airport Expressway): Interstate 95 to MIA
- Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (SR 821): Florida's Turnpike mainline (SR 91)/Miami Gardens to the U.S. Route 1/Florida City
- SR 826 (Palmetto Express Line): Golden Glades Interchange to U.S. Route 1/Pinecrest
- SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway): City Center to SW 137th Ave via MIA
- SR 874 (Don Shula Expressway): 826/Bird Road to Homestead Florida Turnpike Extension/Kendall
- SR 878 (Snapper Creek Fast Way): SR 874/Kendall to the U.S. Route 1/Pinecrest & amp; Miami South
- SR 924 (Gratigny Parkway) Miami Lakes to Opa-locka
Education
Public schools
Public schools in Miami are organized by Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which is the largest school district in Florida and the fourth largest in the United States. In September 2008, he had 385,655 student enrollments and over 392 schools and centers. This district is also the country's largest minority public school system, with 60% of its students coming from Hispanic, 28% Black or West Indian, 10% White (non-Hispanic) and 2% non-white from other minorities..
Miami is home to some of the country's best high schools, such as the College of Design and Architecture, the country's best-ranked magnetic school, MAST Academy, Coral Reef School, 20th best public high schools in the USA, Miami Palmetto High School and School New World Art. M-DCPS is also one of several public school districts in the United States to offer optional bilingual education in Spanish, French, German, Haitian Creole, and Mandarin Chinese.
Private school
Miami is home to some of the famous private Catholic, Jewish and non-denominational schools. The archdiocese of Miami operates the city's Catholic private schools, which include: St. Catholic Schools. Hugh, St. Catholic School Agatha, St. Theresa, Immaculata-Lasalle High School, Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Curley-Notre Dame Archbishop, St. Brendan High School, among many other Catholic elementary and secondary schools.
Catholic preparation schools operated by religious orders are Christopher Columbus High School and Belen Jesuit Preparatory School for boys and Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Lourdes Academy for girls.
Non-denominational private schools in Miami are Ransom Everglades, Gulliver Preparatory School, and Miami Country Day School. Other schools in the area include Samuel Scheck Hillel Community School, Dade Christian School, Palmer Trinity School, Westminster Christian School and the Riviera School
Colleges and universities
Miami has more than 200,000 students enrolled in local colleges and universities, placing it the country's seventh in university enrollment per capita. In 2010, four of the city's largest colleges and universities (MDC, FIU, UM, and Barry) produced 28,000 students.
Colleges and Universities in and around Miami:
Overall, among the Mii population 25 years and over, 67% have a high school diploma, and 22% have a bachelor's degree or higher.
In 2011, Miami was ranked the sixth most readable city in the US with high book sales.
Professional training program
Miami is also home to nonprofit and nonprofit organizations that offer a variety of professional training and other educational programs. Per Scholas, for example, is a non-profit organization that offers free professional certification training aimed at passing the CompTIA A and Networking exams successfully as a route to getting a job and building a career.
Media
Miami has one of the largest television markets in the country and the second largest in the state of Florida. Miami has several major newspapers, the major and largest newspapers are The Miami Herald . El Nuevo Herald is the main and largest Spanish-language newspaper. The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald are the main, major and largest newspapers in Miami and South Florida. The papers leave their old home in downtown Miami in 2013. The newspaper is now headquartered in the former home of the Southern US Command in Doral.
Other major newspapers include Miami Today, headquartered in Brickell, Miami New Times, headquartered in Midtown, Miami Sun Post , < i> Business of South Florida Journal , Miami Times , and Biscayne Boulevard Times . An additional Spanish-language newspaper, Diario Las Americas also serves Miami. The Miami Herald is Miami's premier newspaper with over one million readers and is headquartered in Downtown at Herald Plaza. Several other student newspapers from local universities, such as the oldest, Miami University The Miami Hurricane , Miami International University The Beacon , Miami Metropolitan University The Metropolis , Barry University The Buccaneer , among others. Many neighborhoods and neighborhoods also have their own local newspapers such as Aventura News , Coral Gables Tribune , Biscayne Bay Tribune , and > Palmetto Bay News .
A number of magazines circulate throughout the greater Miami area, including Miami Monthly, the only city/region in Southeast Florida; Ocean Drive , glossy hot-spot social scenes, and South Florida Business Leaders.
Miami is also the headquarters and major production city of many of the world's largest television networks, record companies, broadcasters and production facilities, such as Telemundo, TeleFutura, Galavisi, TV Mega, Univisi, Univision Communications, Inc., Universal Music Latin Entertainment, RCTV International, and Sunbeam Television. In 2009, UnivisiÃÆ'³n announced plans to build a new production studio in Miami, dubbed 'UnivisiÃÆ'³n Studios'. UnivisiÃÆ'³n Studios is currently headquartered in Miami, and will produce programming for all UnivisiÃÆ'³n Communications television networks.
Miami is the twelfth largest radio market and the seventeenth largest television market in the United States. Television stations serving the Miami region include: WAMI (Telefutura), WBFS (My Network TV), WSFL (The CW), WFOR (CBS), WHFT (TBN), WLTV (Univision), WPLG (ABC), WPXM (Ion) , WSCV (Telemundo), WSVN (Fox), WTVJ (NBC), WPBT (PBS), and WLRN (also PBS).
Transportation
According to the 2016 American Community Survey, 72.3% of the city's working population in Miami is alleviated by driving alone, 8.7% carpooled, 9% using public transport, and 3.7% walking. About 1.8% uses all other forms of transportation, including taxis, motorcycles, and bicycles. Approximately 4.5% of city dwellers work in Miami working at home. By 2015, 19.9% ​​of Miami city households are without cars, which drop to 18.6% by 2016. The national average is 8.7 percent by 2016. Miami averages 1.24 cars per household in 2016, compared with the national average of 1.8 per household.
Airport
Miami International Airport serves as the premier international airport in the Greater Miami Region. One of the world's busiest international airports, Miami International Airport serves more than 35 million passengers per year. The airport is the main hub and largest single international gateway for American Airlines. Miami International is Florida's busiest airport, and is the second largest international entrance port in the United States for foreign air passengers behind New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, and is the seventh largest gateway in the world. The airport's extensive international route network includes non-stop flights to over seventy international cities in North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
In addition, the nearby Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport also serves commercial traffic in the Miami area. Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport at Opa-locka and Miami Executive Airport in Miami's unincorporated area serve general aviation traffic in the Miami area.
PortMiami
Miami is home to one of the largest ports in the United States, PortMiami. It is the largest yacht harbor in the world. This port is often called "The Capital of the World Cruise" and "Cargo Gateway of the Americas". It has maintained its status as the world's number one shipping/passenger port for more than a decade that accommodates the largest cruise ships and major shipping lines. In 2007, the ports served 3,787,410 passengers. In addition, the port is one of the busiest cargo ports in the country, importing 7.8 million tons of cargo in 2007. Among North American ports, it ranks second to Port of South Louisiana in New Orleans in terms of imported/exported cargo tonnage from Latin American. The harbor is at 518 hectares (2 km 2 ) and has 7 passenger terminals. China is the number one importer country in the world, and Honduras is the number one export country. Miami has the largest number of cruise line outfits in the world, homes: Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Royal Caribbean International. By 2014, the Port of Miami Tunnel is completed and will serve PortMiami.
Public transport
Public transport in Miami is operated by Miami-Dade Transit and SFRTA, and includes commuter trains (Tri-Rail), heavy freight (Metrorail), high-mobility (Metromover), and bus (Metrobus). Miami has the highest transit passenger in Florida because about 17% of Miam people use transit every day.
Miami's fast train fast transit system, Metrorail, is a high system consisting of two lines and 23 stations on a 24.4-mile (39.3 km) long line. Metrorail connects western suburbs of Hialeah, Medley, and the city of Miami with the suburbs of The Roads, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, South Miami and Kendall City through the main business districts of Miami International Airport, Civic Center and Downtown. The free and elevated mobster, Metromover, operates 21 stations on three different lanes in the larger Downtown Miami, with stations in almost every block of Downtown and Brickell. Some expansion projects are funded by an additional tax incremental sales tax throughout the Miami-Dade Territory.
Tri-Rail, a commuter train system operated by the South Florida Transportation Authority (SFRTA), runs from Miami International Airport north to West Palm Beach, making eighteen stops across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County.
Construction is currently underway at Miami Intermodal Center and Miami Central Station, a major transportation hub serving Metrorail, Amtrak, Tri-Rail, Metrobus, Greyhound Lines, taxis, rental cars, MIA Mover, private cars, bicycles and pedestrians adjacent to Miami International Airport. The Miami Intermodal Center is expected to be completed in winter 2011, and will serve more than 150,000 commuters and travelers in the Miami area. Phase I of Miami Central Station is scheduled to begin operations in spring 2012, and Phase II by 2013.
Two new light rail systems, Baylink and Miami Streetcar, have been proposed and are currently in the planning stages. BayLink will connect Downtown with South Beach, and Miami Streetcar will connect Downtown with Midtown.
Miami public transport statistics
The average Miami public transport day on weekdays is 90 minutes, while 39% of public transport passengers commute for more than 2 hours a day. The average waiting time at a public transport stop or station is 18 minutes, while 37% of drivers wait more than 20 minutes on average each day. Average travel distance on average by public transport is 7.46 mi (12 km), while 38% travel over 8.08 mi (13 km) in each direction.
Rel
Miami is the southern terminal of Atlantic Coast Amtrak service, running two lanes, Silver Meteor and Silver Star, both ending in New York City. Miami Amtrak Station is located on the outskirts of Hialeah near Tri-Rail/Metrorail Station on NW 79 St and NW 38 Ave. The construction of Miami Central Station will now move all Amtrak operations from its location off the beaten track to a centralized location with Metrorail, MIA Mover, Tri-Rail, Miami International Airport, and Miami Intermodal Center all within the same one station closer to Downtown. The station is expected to be completed in 2012, but is experiencing some delays and is then expected to be completed by the end of 2014, again pushed back to early 2015.
Florida High Speed ​​Rail is the government's proposed high-speed rail system that will connect Miami, Orlando, and Tampa. The first phase is planned to connect Orlando and Tampa and offered federal funding, but was rejected by Governor Rick Scott in 2011. The second stage of the line was planned to connect Miami. In 2014, a private project known as All Aboard Florida by a company from the historic Florida East Coast Railway begins construction of a high-speed rail line in South Florida that is due to end at Orlando International Airport.
Road
The Miami road system is based along the numerical "Grid Miami" where Flagler Street forms the east-west base line and Miami Avenue forms a north-south line. The corner of Flagler Street and Miami Avenue are in the middle of Downtown in front of Downtown Macy's (formerly Burdine headquarters). The Miami Grid is primarily numerical so, for example, all street addresses to the north of Flagler Street and west of Miami Avenue have "NW" at their address. Since the point of origin is at Downtown, which is close to the coast, the "NW" and "SW" quadrants are much larger than the "SE" and "NE" quadrants. Many roads, especially the main ones, are also named (eg, Tamiami Trail/SW 8th St), although, with the exception, the numbers are more commonly used among the locals.
With some exceptions, in this network the north/south roads are designated as Courts, Roads, Roads or Places (often remembered by their acronyms), while the east/west road is Road, Terrace, Drives or sometimes Ways. The main street in each direction lies at a distance of one mile. There are 16 blocks for every mile on the north/south road, and 10 blocks to every mile east/west streets. The main north/south road generally ends at "7" - for example, 17th, 27th, 37th/Douglas Aves., 57th/Red Rd., 67th/Ludlam, 87th/Galloway, etc., All the way west past 177th/Krome Avenue. (One major exception is 42nd Avenue, LeJeune Road, located at a half-mile point instead.) The large east/west path to the south of the city center is a multiple of 16, although the starting point of this system is at SW 8th St, one and a half miles south of Flagler ("zeroth") Street. Thus, the main streets are on 8th St. 16 = 24th St./Coral Way, 16 = 40th St./Bird, 16 = 56th/Miller, 16 = 72nd/Sunset, 16 = 88th/N. Kendall, 16 = 104 (originally S. Kendall), 16 = 120/Montgomery, 16 = 136/Howard, 16 = 152/Coral, 16 = 168/Richmond, 16 = 184/Eureka, 16 = 200th/Quail Roost, 16 = 216th/Hainlin Mill, 16 = 232/Silver Palm, 16 = 248/Oil Palm, etc., Enter the 300's. In Grid, odd-numbered addresses are generally on the north or east side, and even-numbered addresses are on the south or west side. It even creates an unusual address and easy distance - If one has to travel from, say 1709 SW 8th St. to 24832 SW 157th Avenue, people know it will be 140 blocks (157Ã.-17)/20 miles west and 240 blocks (248 - 8)/15 miles to the south, and that the destination will be on the south side of 248 St. Amazingly, even native Miami people are often unaware of this pattern.
All roads and streets in Miami-Dade County follow Miami Grid, with some exceptions, especially Coral Gables, Hialeah, Coconut Grove, and Miami Beach. One neighborhood, The Roads, is so named because the streets run Miami Grid at a 45-degree angle, and therefore all are called paths.
Miami-Dade County is served by four Interstate Highways (I-75, I-95, I-195, I-395) and several U.S. Highways. including US Route 1, US Route 27, Route 41 US, and US Route 441.
Some Florida State Roads (and their common names) serving Miami are:
Miami has six main roads stretching over Biscayne Bay that connects western lands, with the eastern islands along the Atlantic Ocean. The Rickenbacker Causeway is the southernmost highway and connects Brickell to Virginia Key and Key Biscayne. The Venetian Causeway and MacArthur Causeway connect Downtown with South Beach. The Julia Tuttle Causeway connects Midtown and Miami Beach. The 79th Street Causeway connects Upper East Side to North Beach. The northernmost highway, Broad Causeway, is the smallest of the six Miami trails, and connects North Miami with Bal Harbor.
In 2007, Miami was identified as the rudest racer in the United States, the second year in a row has been quoted, in a poll commissioned by AutoVantage car club. Miami is also consistently classed as one of the most dangerous cities in the United States for pedestrians.
Bicycling
In recent years the city government, under Mayor Manny Diaz, has taken an ambitious stance in favor of cycling in Miami for leisure and travel. Each month, the city hosts the "Bike Miami", where the main streets of Downtown and Brickell are closed for cars, but left open for pedestrians and cyclists. The event started in November 2008, and has doubled from 1,500 participants to about 3,000 in October 2009 Miami Bike
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