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My husband had long since lost his job, we had gone from
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The 2010 South Beach Wine & Food Festival will take
place Thursday, February 25 - Sunday, February 28, 2010.
True to fashion, the ninth annual wine and culinary extravaganza
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and Local Businesses. I decided to only talk about the
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Learn Miami-Dade Facts & Figures
Population Miami Beach:
87,925 Miami: 409,719 Metro: 5,413,212 Florida: 18,251,243 (4th
highest in U.S.)
Area Miami Beach:
18.7 sq mi (48.5 km²) Miami: 55.27 sq mi (143.15 km²) Metro: 2,431 sq mi (6,296 km²) Elevation: 6 ft (2 m) Average temperature: 76º f (25º c) Annual rainfall: 58.6 in (149 cm) Wettest months: June & August Hurricane season: June to November Annual visitors: 8 million Miami Beach nicknames: South Beach, SoBe, The Beach,
The American Riviera, The Sun and Fun Capital of the World Miami nicknames: The Magic City, MIA, The 305,
The Sixth Borough, The Gateway to Latin America, Cocaine Capital,
Repo Riviera
10 facts about Miami:
Cleanest air and drinking water in U.S.
Only city bordered by two National Parks: Everglades & Biscayne
Bay.
Ranks first in unemployment.
Ranks fourth in population density behind New York, San Francisco,
and Chicago.
Ranks third in city skylines behind New York and Chicago.
No "single digit" or "triple digit" temperature
ever recorded. Coldest day was 27º f (-1º c). Warmest
day was 98º f (37º c).
Only one snowfall on Jan 19, 1977.
Only public beach with topless sunbathing in United States.
24-hour liquor licenses in downtown.
Fifteen feet below ground lies a natural source of water, the
Biscayne Aquifer. Reaching water at this depth prevents Miami
from having a subway train.