Miami and Fort Lauderdale - Non-Strip Club Recommendations?
Nixur68
Texas
Hey all,
Quick questions for y'all since there seems to be some locals from the Miami area. What are some cool spots to hang out that aren't terribly expensive but still nice and NOT terrible tourist traps? I don't trust online reviews - too much fake shit advertising.
I'm looking for things from restaurants, clubs, bars, etc. And that includes eating food to chasing single girls around. I've also thought about moving down since I am getting older and HATE the cold but I wonder how much I'd like it and how hard is it to find a place. So many options!
Quick questions for y'all since there seems to be some locals from the Miami area. What are some cool spots to hang out that aren't terribly expensive but still nice and NOT terrible tourist traps? I don't trust online reviews - too much fake shit advertising.
I'm looking for things from restaurants, clubs, bars, etc. And that includes eating food to chasing single girls around. I've also thought about moving down since I am getting older and HATE the cold but I wonder how much I'd like it and how hard is it to find a place. So many options!
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And yes, this is according to much younger, urban hipsters that I work with - not coming from a middle aged white guy who hasn’t been cool since the Reagan administration.
Only club I remember is booby trap. Didn't really like it. The beaches in fl remind me of san Diego
You can be stupid and act trolling at times but also offer a lot of valid insights
If you lived here and were on the road you would notice that there are probably more German automobiles and other high end vehicles here than is the norm in most other parts of the country except maybe Southern California.
So yes there is a large contingent of us locals that are millionaires and richer.
Very few parts of this country are as wealthy overall like this area and yes there is a larger population of millionaires in this region than generally expected throughout this country.
Your tagline says Texas – South FL is more expensive than TX particularly w.r.t. housing/renting; and it’s getting worse with the post-pandemic influx of folks often from up north like NY – a good # of those New Yorkers are well-to-do and it drives up housing prices (not saying they are all well-off but a fair # are) – but I assume TX is having a similar uptick effect w.r.t. housing-costs since TX may be #1 w.r.t. influx of out-of-staters many from Cali and w/ similar good-mean$.
Broward and Palm Beach counties are IMO the better alternatives (IMO better quality of life) – Miami-Dade county has a very-large population of immigrants and thus a large working-class population – of course there are pockets of nice-areas in Miami but they are kinda the minority and being the minority it is often costly – plus in Miami it can often be like being in a foreign-country where it can be hard to communicate if you don’t know Spanish; not as bad in Broward or Palm Beach counties although you can still run into this and of course Broward & Palm Beach also have not-so-nice areas.
You’re probably better-off looking at other parts of FL where you won’t feel like you’re in a foreign-country and can also have better COL and quality-of-life – only downside is South FL may have the best strip-club scene and the hotter women - if you are already retired then you can live "near South FL" (hour to 90-minutes or so away) where you can have a better quality-of-life but still be able to hit South FL and experience what it has to offer if you have the free-time to make the longer-drive.
As @warrior15 mentioned, the Las-Olas/Ft-Lauderdale-beach area is pretty-vibey – on Ft Lauderdale beach you have the beach on one side and restaurants and bars on the other side of the street across from the beach; w/ plenty of people walking-about and a good-amount of eye-candy.
South Beach (southern Miami Beach) also has a similar scene but it’s a bit more raunchy/low-class than Ft Lauderdale – similar to Ft Lauderdale Beach in South Beach you have the beach then bars and restaurants w/ sidewalk seating across the street from the beach and lots of people walking around and lots of girls walking up and down in g-strings showing ass – to see the “South Beach cction” just use the Clevelander Hotel as a landmark and you’ll be in the thick of it – a few blocks from the beach is Lincoln Mall which is a popular outdoor shopping area that is about 4 or 5 blocks long and also a good-amount of eye-candy but less raunchy than the beach-area (parking can be hard to come-by in South Beach and can be expensive; so best to do some recon/websearch upfront to know where the several parking-garages are that are more economical than street-parking near the beach).
Other than this there are some popular casinos if that is your thing (not my thing) – the Hard Rock in Hollywood just north of Miami is pretty-popular and supposedly has pool-parties although I’ve never been.
The Brikell area of downtime Miami is upscale and has some trendy restaurants and bars as well as popular happy-hours although IDK about specific spots - there is also a new upscale mall there called Brickell City Center (haven't been but I imagine it has a good # of hotties walking around; etc).