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PrintableOttensen said: SCNDLS said: I was thinking about Key Biscayne. You know me so well.  Now, highrise condo, townhome, or house???  Which do you think is the better buy? After being in a house for the last 10 years, I shudder at the thought of being attached to anyone. But I'm kinda wanting a view.Oh shit...that's what I forgot to respond to from the last post you gave me 
okay....know that there are serious pros and cons on each side, all relating to the dreaded Hurricane Season. We are no stranger to fucked up rain seasons in Miami, and get ready to spend 3 months of your life each year anxious on the way to panic because we're always waiting to be blown off the fuckin' map. I was in Hurricane Andrew in '92 (?)...right in the middle of a move from a high rise to a street level apartment, and there was no way around it sucking ass, period (sigh)... HOUSE PROS: You'll have alot of space to store a generator, water, and survival supplies in case the shoit hits the fan and a huricane does land. CONS: For all the things you use in your outside space, you need to find somewhere to put them when you get a hurricane warning because it WILL fly down the street or through one of your windows. There's also the issue f storn surges and flooding. HI-RISE PROS: Less maintainace all around, with extraorinary views CONS: nowhere to keep your emergency supplies, and if you're too high up it's going to suck if they can't keep the elevevator functioning during a severe weather crisis. There's also the issue of how many windows will you have to cover when you have one of those (cute as hell) hi-rises that are essentially half glass for the view. Key biscayn would be really cute for you I think. It's age appropriate, I think prolly income appropriate, has a suburban feel with suburban amenitities, but is not too far South that you feel like you're in an alternate universe. You can get to back north and east to Miami Beach by freeway in 20-30 minutes, and 20 minutes in the other direction will take your ass to a shitload of mega malls and hi-end shopping centers  
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[Edited 2/19/09 9:42am] Thank you, Auntie Ottie! 
I've always wondered how they handle hurricanes in Miami considering the high concentration of highrise condos. You would think the hurricanes would be a deterrent to building so many glass buildings. I know that in Houston when Ike hit last year a big reason it took so long to reopen downtown was because of all the broken glass from the highrise buildings that had to be removed. | |
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