In the 1980s Miami became one of the United States' largest transshipment point for cocaine from Colombia Bolivia and Peru the drug industry brought billions of dollars into Miami which were quickly funneled through front organizations into the local economy Luxury car dealerships five-star hotels condominium developments swanky nightclubs major commercial developments and other signs of prosperity began rising all over the city As the money arrived so did a violent crime wave that lasted through the early 1990s the popular television program Miami Vice which dealt with counter-narcotics agents in an idyllic upper-class rendition of Miami spread the city's image as one of America's most glamorous subtropical paradises; ! . In 1891 a Cleveland woman named Julia Tuttle decided to move to South Florida to make a new start in her life after the death of her husband Frederick Tuttle She purchased 640 acres on the north bank of the Miami River in present-day downtown Miami, Income: the median income of households in the Miami area was $43,091 78% of the households received earnings and 13% received retirement income other than Social Security 30% of the households received Social Security the average income from Social Security was $13 These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is some households received income from more than one source, Greek life 42nd Mayor of Miami. R Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business M Toll Florida 878.svg State Road 878 (Snapper Creek Expressway) Rental car center.
1930 110,637 274.1% Museums and visual arts, Politics After the Second Seminole War ended in 1842 Fitzpatrick's nephew William English re-established the plantation in Miami He charted the "Village of Miami" on the south bank of the Miami River and sold several plots of land When English died in California in 1852 his plantation died with him, Miami Circle 19 Weston Broward 49,251 65,333 71,210 +9.00% Choice of entry mode in international business; In 2018 PortMiami became homeport for five more modern megaliners: Mariner of the Seas Allure of the Seas Symphony of the Seas Carnival Horizon and Norwegian Bliss.
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