Assisted Living in Miami, FL

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Facts about Miami

Miami is also known as: MIA, 305 and Miami-Dade County / Miami city.

Miami has been featured in movies like: Public Enemies (2009), Midnight Cowboy (1969), The Anchor Hotel (1996), and Gangsters At Large (1996).

And some of the notable people born here have been: Winston E. Scott (pilot and astronaut), Perez Hilton (writer and actor), William H. Macy (actor and voice actor), Catherine Keener (actor), and Alexa Vega (actor and singer).

Miami is home to the following sports teams: Miami Heat, Calgary Cowboys, and Miami Marlins.

Popular neighborhoods in Miami include: Downtown Miami, Brickell, Midtown Miami, Overtown, Coconut Grove, Allapattah, Little Haiti, Liberty City, Upper Eastside, Wynwood Art District, Edgewater, Little Havana, Flagami, Model City, Bay Point Estates, Miami Design District, Government Center, Miami Jewelry District, Morningside, and Watson Island.

And featured attractions of Miami: Virginia Key, Miami Circle, American Airlines Arena, Freedom Tower, and Palm Cottage.

Miami is represented by City Manager Daniel J. Alfonsoand Mayor Tomás Pedro Regalado.

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County. The 44th most populated city proper in the United States, with a population of 417,650, it is the principal, central, and most populous city of the Miami metropolitan area, and the most populous metropolis in the Southeastern United States after Washington, D.C. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Miami's metro area is the eighth most populous and fourth-largest urban area in the United States, with a population of around 5.5 million.Miami is a major center and a leader in finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, the arts, and international trade. In 2012, Miami was classified as an Alpha- World City in the World Cities Study Group's inventory. In 2010, Miami ranked seventh in the United States in terms of finance, commerce, culture, entertainment, fashion, education, and other sectors. It ranked thirty-third among global cities. In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Miami "America's Cleanest City", for its year-round good air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean streets and city-wide recycling programs. According to a 2009 UBS study of 73 world cities, Miami was ranked as the richest city in the United States, and the world's fifth-richest city in terms of purchasing power. Miami is nicknamed the "Capital of Latin America", is the second largest U.S. city with a Spanish-speaking majority, and the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality.Downtown Miami is home to the largest concentration of international banks in the United States, and many large national and international companies. The Civic Center is a major center for hospitals, research institutes, medical centers, and biotechnology industries. For more than two decades, the Port of Miami, known as the "Cruise Capital of the World," has been the number one cruise passenger port in the world. It accommodates some of the world's largest cruise ships and operations, and is the busiest port in both passenger traffic and cruise lines.

Population shifts in Miami