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Get to know Biscayne Park

A horticulturist named Arthur Mertlow Griffing developed Biscayne Park in the 1920s, uprooting his tomato crop to create the so-called “Gateway to Miami” — and offering a free strawberry shortcake to potential buyers. All of Biscayne Park seems like, well, a park with its wide median strips and green space everywhere you look. In a nod of sorts to America’s recent frontier past, the village constructed a log cabin in town during the 1930s. Despite the ongoing Great Depression, village residents covered costs for the building, a community-focused mindset that carries through to today, where the historic cabin houses the local municipal government. Because of the unique layout of Biscayne Park, it doesn’t suffer from the traffic woes often found in the rest of Miami. This residential area of mostly single-family homes is adjacent to Miami Shores and is an easy jet out to Bal Harbour and Surfside.

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Living in Miami-Dade

In Florida, “going south” is hardly a bad thing. Miami-Dade includes and surrounds the southernmost metropolis in the entire continental United States — and as the most populous county in the state, it’s home to a confluence of culture, cuisine, and recreation like no other. Its most dense stretch lies clustered in a strip roughly 20 miles wide, with a high rise-studded coastline balanced by more spread-out suburban neighborhoods that become increasingly prevalent heading inland. Miami-Dade also includes the upper Florida Keys and, lesser-known at large, a $2 billion agricultural industry operating predominantly in the lower half of the county, where farm fields operate in symbiosis with wildlife conservation and water recharge habitats. Residents commuting to the commercial districts of Miami benefit from the extensive Metrorail system, serving 23 stations along a 24-mile route between Palmetto and Kendall with a connection to Miami International Airport.