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Ours in the USA: how much does life in Miami cost

Miami is often a city where a relaxed holiday under a palm tree gives way to glamorous parties with rivers of champagne. But it is also one of the major American financial centers: the headquarters and offices of many global corporations are located here, and almost 7,5 million tons of cargo passes through the seaport every year. Many recording companies are based in the main city of Florida, including Sony Music and Universal Music. They often make films, series and clips in the city, so the concentration of actors, musicians and other creative people is very high.

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Edition The Village She learned from the co-owner of the creative agency Share It Studio, a Russian woman, Anna Akumova, how much housing, food, transportation and entertainment will cost Miami.

Move

Moving to Miami is not the first in my life. My husband from Venezuela, we met while studying in the United States, a year lived in Australia. It was great there, but the climate did not suit me, so the question arose: where to go next? Her husband's family had already lived in Miami by that time, so they decided to move here. My relatives are not surprised by anything, and even compared to Australia, America seems to be a fairly close country.

In Miami, a lot of Russian. Mostly they all live in a prestigious area near the ocean in the north of Miami called Sunny Isles. The area on 90% is Russian-speaking, there are shops “Matryoshka” and “Kalinka”, where you can always find products from Russia. They say that Miami for many Russian celebrities has become something of a “distant dacha”, they bought houses here and regularly take a rest. It's true. A couple of weeks ago, when I was crossing the road to the beach, Leonid Agutin drove past to Maserati.

The Russians, who work here and not rest for half a year, mostly become realtors and help compatriots to buy, sell, rent and rent housing. Many Russian lawyers, who again work with ours: solve migration issues and help with visas. There are also Russian photographers and dancers in nightclubs, the rest are engaged in some kind of business, for example, opening a cafe or dance studios.

Income of citizens

More Russians in Miami are only Hispanics. All signs, signs, menus are here in two languages. Sometimes it even seems to me that Spanish needs more than English to live in Miami. Mostly migrants from South and Central America come here: Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico. Quite a lot of illegal immigrants, and this greatly affects the economy of the region. Without documents and a work permit, they are ready to do anything for a penny, so an employer from any field can find a fully qualified workforce, which by American standards will be practically free.

Miami is a city of services, most people work in the hotel and restaurant business, as well as in bars, strip and nightclubs. The creative and music industries are developed - there are many recording studios and music labels, photographers, videographers, and of course, models. The minimum rate per hour in the entire Florida is 8,25 dollar. So much get cashiers in supermarkets, waiters and other workers who perform unskilled labor. Low earnings - at the level of 1 400 dollars, medium - 4 500 dollars, high - from 9 500 dollars.

Accomodation

In Miami, there are different housing. In Downtown and the Brickell business district, where most of the offices of large companies are located, these are modern apartment complexes with a gym and a swimming pool. In the area of ​​South Beach are mostly private houses, in the rest of the areas - complexes of townhouses. The most expensive housing is private homes on islands of the type of artificially created Star Island. They bought the property Drake and P. Diddy. It is also prestigious to live in modern multi-apartment complexes overlooking the ocean in Brickell. The cost is very different and can reach the amount of tens of millions of dollars, depending on the size and location of the house.

We live in a small, modest and fairly old private three-bedroom house half an hour from central Miami. This house cost the husband’s family about 200 thousand dollars. Budget options too, if you search.

Renting a one-bedroom apartment (in our two-room apartment) costs about 1 200 dollars per month. But in modern apartment buildings with large windows, it is already possible to rent an apartment of the same size for 3 500 dollars per month. It is cheaper to rent a room in someone’s house, live in an apartment with neighbors, or rent a small house in a not very prestigious area.

Since housing prices are insane, and earnings are not so high, mortgages are the most common way to buy housing, not only in Miami, but throughout America. In general, in the US, a loan is rather a way of life, and not a forced measure, as in Russia. Everything is bought on credit: cars, telephones, clothes, building materials. Moreover, it is considered necessary to collect a bunch of credit cards in all possible stores and banks and make all purchases on credit in order to build a good credit history. The better it is, the less over time there will be a percentage of the following loans.

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Food

In Miami, the most popular supermarket chains are Publix, Winn-Dixie, Whole Foods, and, of course, Walmart hypermarkets. They are all quite expensive, and the products there are not of very high quality, so we prefer the network of European supermarkets Aldi. They are small, more reminiscent of Russian stores. In addition, there is a large selection of good products from Italy, Germany, France.

We now live quite sparingly, for products for two, we spend 70 – 100 dollars a week, it’s also with a couple of bottles of wine. Almond milk, bread cost from two to four dollars, depending on the supermarket, two servings of salmon steak - eight dollars, a kilogram of chicken - about five dollars.

Not far from our house every weekend there is a farmer’s market where you can buy pastries, sweets, vegetables and fruits, but the prices, of course, are immediately twice as high as in supermarkets. But in the markets you can try food from different parts of the Caribbean, South and Central America, buy some hand-made things such as soaps, creams and jewelry.

Hispanics prefer their products: beans, plane trees, cornmeal. Americans for the most part take frozen foods and all that is pre-packaged. The more prestigious the area, the more popular the healthy food in it, and it is naturally more expensive. The community in South Beach is wealthy, tanned, smart, and running from morning to evening - for every corner there are Whole Foods, vegan cafes and smoothie bars, but this is only there. As soon as you leave the expensive area, it is very difficult to find, for example, good coffee and desserts.

Medicine

I have not yet received resident status and so far I live without insurance, so taking a specialist costs me 200 – 300 dollars. But there are discounts on medicines even for those who are not insured - through a special mobile application, you can find a coupon for the right medicine at a discount up to 95%.

Transport

With public transport in Miami is very bad, it almost does not exist. Without a car here in any way. It seems like there are buses in some parts of the city, but I personally saw them only a couple of times a year. The fare on it is inexpensive, it costs 2,25 dollar. In the downtown area, there is a small Metroover light metro line with tiny carriages. Its length is only four miles, about six and a half kilometers. Travel by light metro is free.

A gallon of gas (about four liters) costs about three dollars. We have a small car, but for a full tank we give 28 dollars. Since the distances are huge, it is necessary to refuel constantly, at least once a week. So a month runs up about 100 dollars for sure. There are many toll roads and there are express lines if you don't want to stand in a traffic jam. Usually the two left lanes are fenced, the fare on them paid. At peak hours, the price can go up to 20 dollars for one way fare.

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communication

Mobile communication and unlimited internet on the phone cost about 30 – 40 dollars per month. Wi-Fi at home comes with pay-TV, and together they cost 100 dollars per month.

Entertainment

Miami is perhaps one of the best cities in the world in terms of entertainment, but also one of the most expensive. There are a huge number of luxury restaurants, bars and nightclubs. One of the newest and most popular local and celebrity clubs is E11even, it operates 24 / 7. The entrance costs 20 – 40 dollars, and the table and the so-called Bottle Service (this is something like ordering a table with alcohol) will have to be paid around 2 thousands of dollars per person, each bottle of champagne costs about 350 – 500 dollars. Every weekend, famous musicians perform in the clubs - mostly DJs, American rappers and Latin American artists. Many artists after full concerts do aftepati in clubs and perform there again with a couple of songs. Russian artists also perform regularly.

There is a casino, golf clubs. Of course, beach clubs like Nikki Beach and pool parties in expensive hotels with a DJ and champagne showers are popular. The entrance fee, if you want to remove Cabana (this is a large lounger for several people, such as a sofa under a canopy), you will have to pay dollars per person from 800.

A movie ticket costs about 15 dollars. The cinema halls are chic, with folding chairs, super sound, everything is organized very well and worth the money.

Surfing is not developed here, there are no waves and no wind, this is more about California. But the entire coast is strewn with yachts. Free in Miami, you can run, do yoga (on weekends in the parks are free group classes), swim and sunbathe.

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