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Sara Hirschler's avatar

Great piece - really resonates! I go to Miami Beach a few times a year to visit my dad. While I'm there, I enjoy the palm trees and good weather *and* I always have to put forth additional effort to stay relaxed and not get too bogged down (and depressed) by just how much it embodies this exact description: "frivolous, regulation-free, climate-doomed tax haven dominated by hot microcelebrities." There are still some authentic people and things to enjoy on South Beach, like this longtime streak runner (https://www.ravenrun.net/), and places like the Bass and Wolfsonian Museums which are lovely. But then I'll be asleep on the beach and wake up to an airplane flying by advertising Lock & Load Miami, with a huge picture of a machine gun on it, encouraging people to go and shoot some guns(!!!) and my restful enjoyment of the beach seems to suddenly vanish!

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Christine Hmiel Schudde's avatar

"People’s physical location is decreasingly an indicator of where they do business or what they’re experiencing on a daily basis.‘’ This is such a wild reality and massive shift in how we navigate our days.

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