I went to Miami during the summer of 2012. I went there with my family, it was my second time in the US after NYC in 2008. 

When I first arrived I was surprised by 2 things: the contrast between poverty and wealth, and the fact that people there spoke Spanish as much as they spoke English. For example you would be in a store and the people working there would all just speak English and the store next door people would only know Spanish, that really surprised me but I got used to it fairly quickly. 

The contrast between poverty and wealth was that, as long as you were Downtown Miami you wouldn't see a lot of homeless people  but as soon as you got out of Downtown Miami you could see people (of all ages) laying on the sidewalk. I didn't get to take any pictures of that kind but even if I did I don't think I would post them in order to respect who they are: human beings, like all of us. I just felt like I needed to write about the fact that as beautiful as this place may be, not everything about it is beautiful. 

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