10 (and a Half) Things I Wish I Knew Before Moving to Miami
I’m a Northern California boy, through and through. I grew up ten minutes north of Berkeley, went to college at Davis, about forty five minutes away, and then was fortunate enough to have the industry I went to school for bloom around me. I spent my post-university career living around the Bay Area, the last four years in the Mission in San Francisco. I am attuned to things that are uniquely San Francisco: burritos, surly Asian women serving me pho, co-workers into fringe politics, passive-aggressiveness.
And then a year ago - practically to this day! - I decided to move in with the guy I had been dating two years long-distance. He received a grant to open up a movie theater in Miami, and since I was between jobs at the time, I decided to test the theory that freelancers could work anywhere. Next thing you know, we’re renting an apartment in Miami Beach, a block from where they filmed Miami Ink and four blocks where that Filipino guy killed Gianni Versace. If a Project Manager from KISSmetrics can write a post about his experiences living in San Francisco, surely I can do the same with my time in Miami. Right?
So, taking the cue of what I’m basing this post off: consider this the guide I wish someone had given me when I moved to Miami.