My dear adventurers!
How you doing?
Welcome to a new video!
I am Oscar Alejandro.
And this is the ranking of the most important things that you have to know
before coming to move to Miami.
I am going to tell you the things that seem very good to me about this city
and things which are not so much.
And definitely when we think of emigrating...
Whether you live in another country or here in the United States.
Moving from one city to another is very complex.
And we must make a decision in which at least
we are certain that we can do well.
I have decided to make a ranking of 7 categories
in which we will start with position number 7...
Which is something you more or less imagine.
And the number 1 spot will be
what seems to me to be the most important
that you should know
if you are interested in coming to Miami to start from scratch.
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So without further ado...
We start with position number 7.
And in this category we will talk about the language.
And if you come from Latin America and only speak Spanish...
Coming to Miami can be incredible
because the command of the Spanish language is in almost the entire city.
This is an incredibly Latino city in which,
for example, areas like Hialeah that is predominantly dominated by Cubans.
Doral where Colombians and Venezuelans mostly live.
Not to mention North Miami where Argentines live.
The majority of Latinos live in that area
where in 90% of cases you will only speak Spanish.
And if you obviously want to look for jobs
it will be extremely easy for you
to meet people who are from our same culture...
And you can feel at home!
Now...
What is wrong with the language?
If you do not speak English
you will not be able to choose the best jobs,
for the best-paying jobs in this city.
Which, of course, you can get
in large corporations that are going to require 100% English proficiency...
In most cases!
So, obviously, if you don't speak English,
you will be limited to finding jobs that will not pay very well.
And, obviously, they're not going to be able to allow you to grow in the workplace.
And so...
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We arrived at position number 6.
And in this category I want to talk to you about the weather.
And what's the good thing about it?
Well, it is always warm in Miami.
And is that compared to the rest of the US and Canada,
where the four seasons really feel very strong.
Lots of people who live mostly in the northern states
and want to escape the freezing winter temperatures...
They decide to come to Miami to spend the winter.
And this generates, that not only people from those regions,
but also from Europe come to the city,
and in this season
fill up with people from all over the world.
And this generates that there is a lot of money in the city.
That means there is economic prosperity
and get a lot of work.
That we as immigrants and people who want to start from scratch...
This suits us!
Now, what's the bad thing about Miami's weather?
It is unpredictable!
It is not a lie that saying that suddenly you can look out a window
and you see a radiant sun.
You get distracted.
And five minutes later you feel that torrential downpour
and you can never be sure of the climate of the city.
And this is because Miami is surrounded by water.
To the east of the city is the Atlantic Ocean
and to the west is the Everglades swamp...
Which generates that there is a lot of humidity always.
And this is definitely a problem.
In summer where,
for example, high temperatures generate an evaporation
that can exceed 80% humidity.
And you can even be on the street
at 1:00 a.m. sweating...
And you can imagine that this is unbearable.
We arrived at position number 5.
And here I want to tell you about the multiculturalism of the city.
And to me this seems wonderful
because one here meets people from all over the world.
Not only from Latin America,
from Cuba,
from Colombia,
from Venezuela,
from Peru,
from Central America,
from Mexico,
from Argentina...
But you can also meet many Europeans,
people who come to visit.
People from all over the USA,
from Canada...
It is amazing that you can find many types of accents.
Here you learn new words,
new modes from another language...
New foods!
The gastronomy of the city is impregnated
by the culture of all Latin America.
And, for example, I am a Venezuelan...
I learned to eat Cuban food,
to eat Peruvian food,
Argentine food...
And it is incredible because this fills you with a lot of knowledge of the world.
Now, what may be a disadvantage of multiculturalism?
Well, I couldn't say this is a bad thing...
But in practice the cultures in the city do not mix.
It seems that nationalities create their own ghettos
and they don't mix with each other.
So there can be a lot of different realities
in Miami itself, for example...
Cubans are only in Haielíah and in little Havana.
Argentines practically only live in North Miami.
Venezuelans have turned Doral into Doralzuela.
And most Colombians can be found in Weston or Kendall.
So there is not really an essence of all cultures
and so that the groups mix with each other...
It is really difficult to understand!
But it is a reality.
You can find many accents on the street
but when it comes to joining them it seems to be a little difficult.
We arrived at position number 4.
And in this category I want to tell you about work.
And the good thing about this is...
You who always ask me: "Oscar, do you get a job in Miami?".
And the answer is yes.
Especially in the hospitality area
and in restaurants where there is really a lot of employment.
And if you, for example, want to do Uber...
or UberIT,
or Postmates...
Or any of these application jobs
where you just apply and start working.
Well, really the large influx of tourists
and of people who always come to Miami for one reason or another,
as I already told you, it is a very economically prosperous city.
And here there are always job offers everywhere.
Now, what can be wrong with this point?
Well, it's as you know,
the high demand for jobs due to the large number of new immigrants
who decide to choose Miami as the city to start from scratch.
Well then, employers take advantage of this situation
and lower the minimum wage.
Let's talk about this point...
The minimum wage in all of Florida is $ 8.56 an hour.
This means, if you work 8 hours a day,
multiplied by 40 hours a week, which is what the law establishes.
Monthly you should earn $ 1,369 per month...
If you work at minimum wage.
$ 1,369 per month is really very little money.
Taking into account the high cost of living in this city...
By the way, I will tell you about this later.
And since I mentioned the issue of employers who decide to lower the minimum wage...
I want to send a greeting
to the restaurant owners and some valet parking who say:
"Well, as here, in these jobs you earn very well by tips.
"I am going to pay the employees $ 5 an hour".
Less than the minimum wage!
That is to say, you can imagine...
For people to earn good money... It depends on tips!
And this really seems very complicated to me
because without a doubt, there are people who decide to have two jobs
to earn a little money that allows them to live fairly well in this city.
We arrived at position number 3.
And I don't know whether to call this category attractions or temptations.
But the good thing about this is that in Miami you never get bored.
There is always something amazing to do here.
The concerts of your favorite artists always come.
The most fabulous festivals.
Theater plays are coming.
And especially if you also want to come for a walk...
There is the beach,
there's Wynwood,
there is the zoo,
the aquarium...
Here there is always a reason to go out to party.
The discos are fabulous!
Go to eat!
The gastronomy!
Miami is definitely a lot of fun!
Now, what can be wrong with this?
As I already told you,
there are too many temptations at the same time.
And you have to have a lot of self-control...
And learn to say no!
Because if you go crazy about so many things that happen in Miami,
your wallet may end with numbers in red or below zero.
And I have not mentioned the number of friends and of visits
that always come to Miami for one reason or another.
And perhaps it is not the concert or the festival,
but it is that friendship that you have not seen for so long
and says to you: "Oscar, let's go out to eat".
And you logically want to go see her.
So for one reason or another
there is always a motivation to go out.
And sometimes, if you don't want to end up
with a pretty poor economy at the end of the month.
You have to learn to say no!
And this not all the time is easy.
We arrived at position number 2.
And surely it will make you laugh a lot.
And I want to talk to you about love in Miami.
And I want here to be like in my Podcast.
"Demasiado transparente" (Too Transparent).
If you don't know that I have a Podcast...
Well, you have to go to Spotify right now,
to Apple Podcast,
to Google Podcast...
And to all platforms where you can tune into a Podcast.
Look for me there as "Demasiado transparente" (Too Transparent).
And the good thing about love in Miami
is that here you can really fall in love very quickly.
And especially if we are new,
newcomers as immigrants,
here the number of beautiful people living in Miami is not normal.
This looks like a fashion catwalk.
And you can be amazed,
especially if you live on the beach,
where people hang out in bathing suits...
Well, without a doubt you will fall in love at first sight...
Several times!
And no less realistic is that when you are new,
you are just arrived,
starting from scratch...
When you start meeting people and you get into groups...
If you are the new one, the whole world is going to turn to see you
and they going to say: "Hello, I haven't seen you".
So surely you are going to get attention very quickly
and you can fall in love at first sight.
Now, what can be bad or difficult to get love in Miami?
Well, as I already mentioned, this is a city of passage.
And especially if you got someone you really like...
It may be that they says to you: "I have come to visit".
"I'm here for a few days".
Or say: "Well, I'm passing through, I don't know when I'm leaving".
Or say: "I'm trying my luck to see how it is".
Or do you get someone who says to you:
"Well, they sent me from another city in the US,
for a season, and I'm leaving in six months".
Or it can also be very common for them to say:
"Well, I like you... But I just got here and I don't have a job...
And, of course, I have no money to go out".
Or for example: "I work too hard because I just arrived
and I dismissed very late, the hours do not coincide".
Or also: "I don't have papers and I don't have money to go out".
And although it may seem incredible, but it is a reality...
Get someone who is stable in the city,
that have a good job,
And to tell you: "Look, I do live here...
and I imagine my future all my life living in South Florida".
Now, I'm not saying that it is impossible to get love.
But it is difficult to find a person who is in your same synchronicity,
at your same level,
that are looking for the same...
Who say to you: "Look, yes! I see myself living here in Miami for my whole life.
I already bought a house.
I already have my apartment.
I have a stable job.
And yes! I want to take root here".
So well folks, don't be discouraged...
But so that you don't say later that I didn't warn you.
And we arrived at position number 1
of the good and not so good things in Miami.
And, of course, we have to talk about the cost of living.
What is good about this?
Well, the lifestyle of this city is fabulous.
Not only the apartments and properties are beautiful
but, for example, if you want to invest in a business
I'm sure it will go very well for you,
because as I have already told you throughout this video,
here the money on the street is constant and ringing.
It is always a very prosperous city.
All dreams can come true.
Opportunities are plenty!
And anything you want in Miami can be possible.
And above all, imagine if you had a university degree from the USA.
Exercise architecture,
lawye,
medicine
or engineering...
In this city,
in a qualified professional job.
You can literally live the American dream
and you are going to have a great life.
Now, what can be the not so good about this point?
Well, to live the Miami lifestyle, which really is quite high.
You have to have a very good income.
And we have to be very honest to say
that this is not the reality of all immigrants
who choose Miami to start from scratch.
Because the professional titles
that we obtained in our countries
Are not valid in the USA!
The license has to be taken out again.
You have to revalidate your title.
And so if we are arriving in Miami with the need to work
we are not going to have the time to revalidate our title here,
and we will be condemned, at least initially,
to live on a minimum wage...
Or to have two jobs at the same time.
And this can eat all our time.
In fact, I did a video, not long ago,
that if you have not seen it, I am leaving it here at the top,
about the cost of living in Miami.
And I just want to remind you of some figures.
For example, renting an apartment can cost you an average
of approximately $ 1,500 per month.
For example, if you decide to have a car,
the credit installments, plus tolls, plus gasoline...
It can cost you approximately $ 450 a month.
If miscellaneous expenses, food, some things, include there $ 500.
In other words, I took out average expenses of $ 2,352 per month at that time.
This is much more than the Florida minimum wage.
So to live well in Miami you have to earn at least this amount.
So we have to put our batteries to see how we can emerge in this city.
Is not difficult!
It is not impossible!
But what is true is that in other cities in the US
the cost of living is much lower.
And the saving capacity for you will be much higher.
Well, so you can emerge
and all your goals,
all your projects can come true.
I just made this video to give you a good impression
of all those things you should know about Miami
before you come to live in this city.
I am Oscar Alejandro.
@oscaralejandro on Instagram.
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