Visited South Beach in December-January. Could not go in the water because of a strong rip tide and jellyfish near shore. Found rusted bottle caps, cigarette butts, and other debris (!?) on and in the beach. The street scene along the beach is no different than other beach resorts--lots of young adults and curious tourists walking back and forth with nothing much to do. The big ""draw"" was the closed up Versace place where people tried to poke their heads between the wrought iron fence posts. People trying too hard to be noticed by others trying too hard to be notice. Restuarants and nightclubs were overpriced.
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