Moving to Florida - Boca Raton Or Miami/South Beach or ???

Discussion in 'Hook Up' started by CPTrader, Sep 11, 2003.

  1. zxcv1fu

    zxcv1fu

    #11     Sep 12, 2003
  2. What kinda place is Kendal (greater Miami)?? Apartment Guide online shows some attractive apartments for Kendal. I beleive Carol Gables has one listing - is it that exclusive there?
     
    #12     Sep 12, 2003
  3. #13     Sep 12, 2003
  4. Who gave you that picture of my home in Vegas? That was just before I painted the ground green to look like lawn! :mad:

    BTW, that was the bad picture too. you missed the good picture with my above ground 6' pool...How Dare You!!!
     
    #14     Sep 13, 2003
  5. Hamlet

    Hamlet

    #15     Sep 13, 2003
  6. OCA RATON, Fla. — It is lunchtime, and the door to Boca Urology's office is locked. But outside, patients are milling about, calling the office on their cellphones, hoping the receptionist will let them in. To say they are eager hardly does them justice.

    "We never used to lock the door at lunch, but they came in an hour early," said Ellie Fertel, the office manager. "It's like they're waiting for a concert. Sometimes we forget to lock the door and they come in and sit in the dark."

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    Yet few have serious medical problems, let alone emergencies. "It's the culture," said Dr. Jeffrey I. Miller, one of four urologists in the practice.

    Doctor visits have become a social activity in this place of palm trees and gated retirement communities. Many patients have 8, 10 or 12 specialists and visit one or more of them most days of the week. They bring their spouses and plan their days around their appointments, going out to eat or shopping while they are in the area. They know what they want; they choose specialists for every body part. And every visit, every procedure is covered by Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly.

    Boca Raton, researchers agree, is a case study of what happens when people are given free rein to have all the medical care they could imagine. It is also a cautionary tale, they say — timely as Medicare's fate is debated in Congress — for it demonstrates that what the program covers and does not cover, and how much or how little it pays, determines what goes on in a doctor's office and why it is so hard to control costs.

    :eek:
     
    #16     Sep 13, 2003
  7. Kendall is south part of dade county....newer....far from the beach, congested...LOTS OF APARTMENTS! Not my favorite. Coral gables is very nice, U of M there....not many apartments. You have to visit....from palm beach south.....Delray, Boca, Ft. Laluderdale, Hollywood, Aventura, Bal Harbor, Surfside, Miami Beach, Brickell, Key Biscayne, COral Gables....those are the areas I like. Aventura has lots of apartments....lots of younger crowd.
     
    #17     Sep 13, 2003
  8. zxcv1fu

    zxcv1fu

    You are funny to compare Star Island w/ some rundown place which I have not known.

    Lanscape is much pretty here w/ mountains & lakes. Grass is greener. Flowers & trees are better too. Tons of gold courses:
    http://www.rhodesranch.com/golf.html


    South Florida is FLAT.



     
    #18     Sep 13, 2003
  9. bobcathy1

    bobcathy1 Guest

    Odd things to consider.

    Miami has the second most expensive health insurance in the nation.

    If you buy a house or boat, insuring it is incredibly expensive
    because this is the hurricane and lightning capital of the world.

    It has the third highest crime rate in the US.

    A lot of young people like Tampa, St. Petersburg area. A lot of fun and a cheaper place to live. And it is in South Florida.

    I have lived in the Keys for 8 years and go to Miami all the time. I am moving because it got too expensive and too crowded. The tourists are a real pain in the butt. All nasty people from NJ and NYC. Ugh.
     
    #19     Sep 13, 2003
  10. Hawker

    Hawker


    I agree.

    Tampa is one of my favorite places in south Florida, really nice areas, still affordable and Ybor city is just ten minutes way from Tampa where you can party til fall down.
    NFL ? Super Bowl ? Raymond James Stadium... Go Buccaneers , Go !! :D
     
    #20     Sep 13, 2003