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It is a tropical trip! As someone said Miami is so nice because it is close to America... Lots of different languages and on the bike a very relaxed cool group at least the fixed crowd. Racer types (I can blend in on the weekend), not so much as the Latin macho thing sometimes gets in the way. But all in all bikies are good here.
Traffic for the most part is made to go 30 - 35 mph and so as a hard core city rider I find it friendlier than other faster cities in the US. Having said that the combination of Latino/Carribean/oldalmostdeadnortherners makes for some wildly creative/insane driving and you can't let your guard down.
I commute 3-4 days 20 miles round trip and sometimes I stretch it out because the climate and dead flat terrain make it fun to just keep going. Rain only makes for a nice warm change in the routine of sun! The only odd thing is that aside from a small fixie crowd there are very few who do commute but lots of weekend warriors, I mean lots and on the weekend the only bike friendly routes are filled with many groups.