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What Buyers Seek in 2021
It comes as little surprise that buyers are seeking: New, spacious living with ‘staycation’ amenities, and a backyard oasis. Let’s face it, the PTSD that March 2020 served up is real, and every time we look at a property now we think; how does this space work for me during another 'lockdown’?! I could have a great kitchen to cook in, a yard to relax or hit a pool in, or a place to play with the dog. But for longevity, how do we think these concepts for living work into the near and long future?
We have definitely seen the rise of SF home living VS Condominium. I understand why people would want to live independently from their neighbors in times where we must isolate to our individual household. How does this effect the market? Low inventory of SF homes, and higher inventory of condos — even new ones.
I would say this… Many times during 2020 I have thought about what my life would be like if I was still living in a tiny 400sf apartment in Manhattan. Don’t get me wrong, I was very lucky to live in such an amazing neighborhood and building for many years. However, I had no view, little sunlight and what I would call an apartment filled with stagnant energy. 4 years ago I moved to Miami and purchased a Bayfront condo and have never looked back and it is not lost of me how lucky I am to live in such a comfortable place during these crazy times. If you need help with relocation or an intro to Miami, don’t hesitate to contact me today!
Tunnels in Miami?
What would you do in a city that’s rife with rising sea level problems? Build tunnels of course….
Seeing that South Florida, more specifically Miami, is built on what should likely be natural Everglades, how would this work? Elon Musk has proposed digging car tunnels under Miami to help mitigate the added pressure of an infrastructure shortage, rising pollution and unbearable traffic. But is this the answer?
https://www.curbed.com/2021/01/elon-musk-miami-tunnel-boring-company.html
It seems like the musings of an unregulated blowhard
https://www.businessinsider.com/miami-luxury-real-estate-market-home-sales-sea-levels-underwater-2019-3
Rather than trying to bait cities with false hopes of quickie solutions, and becoming the next Tech Utopia (I think we tried this failed idea in Austin too circa 1999. Remember the “nerd bird” flights from ATX - SJC?), we could concentrate on becoming a city of climate and alt energy solutions. We have fantastic natural resources here in South Florida, well worth saving. We have an abundance of wind, sun and rain — how is it that we also have a dying and decaying Biscayne Bay due to poor planning, sewage leaks and an unfiltered rainwater system? We also have rising sea levels that have rendered the Venetian Islands without anything except raw land value (to raze and rebuild multi-million $ homes 12+ ft above ground level to combat rising tides).
This to me, seems like an opportunity. But just because opportunities can be good for the environment does not make them mutually exclusive from being profitable or jobs driven. In a state where electric and hybrid vehicles are discouraged (and even regulated against), it seems we have an opportunity. By turning our future away from oil and gas and looking towards renewable resources, creating clever solutions for rising sea level, dying seagrass and diminished ecosystems, it seems the opportunities for Miami and South Florida would be endless. It would require brave leadership to embrace new thinking and science. It would require leaders who don’t want to continue enriching their old money friends. It would involve leadership that would be forward thinking, innovative and open to welcoming a new type of wealth. THAT seems like a better industry for South Florida to hedge its bets on.
And the alternative? I guess we can be proud of congested highways, fish kills, bird kills, bacteria filled waters that are rendered unswimmable due to sewage, beaches covered in red-tide and trash, a naked city, pollution, flooding and submerged multi million dollar homes. We don’t have to let just one corporate narcissist launch stupid solutions for complex problems, we can allow innovation, new leadership, science and clever civil engineering set the tone of the day.
Magic City?
Sitting on North Miami Beach we get to see advertising planes flying by every day of the week. All of a sudden I see on for “Magic City Casino”, and it occurs to me, why do we call this place Magic City?
On one hand, I like to think when I fly back to Miami that I’m coming back to Magical Miami! I get to live in this amazing place, with stunning weather and enjoy world class beaches that people come from all over the world to enjoy. Also, it has been a very fulfilling place for me spiritually, but of course it would be for me, if I were to show you magic places based on Astro-cartography, you would see that Miami hits high on the scale with my birth chart, but I digress…
And in some ways, it seems ironic. I mean, what’s magical about being ripped off by 3 contractors, or driving I-95 and nearly being killed just trying to merge on a daily basis? Could it be irony that’s named Miami the Magic City?
I’ve heard rumors that because of the Cuban and Hatian populations, is was coined Magic City because of their Santeria and Magic practices.
It appears that the term Magic City was really just a marketing term coined to lure Northerners to what was previously a malaria/mosquito ridden swamp in the early part of the last century. The nickname stuck.
It could be seen as ironic given the time, but it appears that this little Magic City seemed to rise to the occasion and elevated itself into one of the most dynamic, chic places to live in the world. Lambo’s and condos, yachts and art… Miami always seems to be rising to it’s own Magic status!
