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Originally Posted by louielouie2000
Indeed. Miami is nasty and frightening. On one side of an avenue you can have a $20M mansion, and on the other, a monstrous third world crack slum. I think the discontinuity of the whole city is just so strange! I just don't really care for the contiguous sprawl that starts with the Palm Beaches and stretches all the way to Homestead/Florida City, either. I've been the the Florida panhandle a couple of times too and am as equally "meh" about it.
I love the middle/lower Keys myself. I used to drive to Key West every year, and the drive through the Keys never got old (except the painfully slow traffic). Bahia Honda is one of the most beautiful beaches I've ever been on. No development, perfectly crystal clear water, tropical fish swimming around your feet, coral reefs = no waves... it's just paradise.
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I have yet to find time to make it down to the Keys, I'd even settle for the middle Keys and be happy but when I do go, I want to drive down. Whether it's Rt 41 or I75 to Miami and the Keys, either way it's supposed to be so scenic. I have heard good things about Bahia Honda State Park and the middle keys and wanna go. The Travel Channel is always showing stuff about Florida and theres so much yet to do in this big state. I believe they keep the speed limit at 35 all along the Seven Mile Bridge through the Keys and have heard it takes about 3 hours just to reach Key West from Miami, but the slow drive would seem half the fun! I must go while I'm here already. It's a definite must although I wouldn't trade my SW FL life for one in the Keys. I love the mainland, more to do! lol
