*** someone emailed me asking about life in south beach. here’s truly how I feel. it’s basic, to the point, and honest..it’s me ****
Hi — Sorry about the late response..been working crazy hours.
You sounds EXACTLY like I was when considering my move down here. I’m Brazilian, grew up in Rio, but lived in CT/NY for 17 years. It wasn’t until I was 30 that I realized that it wasn’t the life I wanted for myself. I thought, why only “live” for 3 months out of the year? Why not “live” 12 months out of the year?. I had an amazing life in NYC. I made some amazing friends and we will forever be close, I had a kick ass career on Wall St making a ton of money even by NYC standards, but I wasn’t entirely happy. “Life” was missing. Being outdoors, heck living outdoors, is amazing. I can’t quite put into words. I hope I can only make [it] read the way I feel about this place. Yeah a lot of ppl bitch and complain but if it’s not their deal, why not leave? It’s a lot of complaining without realizing what they have [in comparison to other cities].
You’re in your prime age. It’s a great age where you’ve lived enough to know that you need something different, and we’re young enough to be able to take risks without it affecting significant others such as husbands or children. This is your time to live your life. You’ll have a great time down here. Make no mistake, it IS like living in a foreign country, but how cool is that?! You’ll learn Spanish, you’ll date a variety of men who are so different and interesting. I think it’ll give you some perspective [of what's like living in other Latin countries and experiencing a new culture] and at the very least, at the end of your stay (if you plan to leave that is. me? I’m buying an apt asap. I’ll never really leave), you’d have at least the experience of something new tried, a risk taken, and that you’re a ballsy woman and no one can get in our way of doing what you want, you’re adventurous ad confident.
As far as being far away from friends..my friends fly down here from NYC ALL THE TIME. They all love SoBe and the first chance they get, they’re down here. You might be a roommate for the first few months you live here 
Don’t worry so much. Worry about, years from now, when you think, “damn I should have done that!”.
Luv,
B+D
