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Article: ESCAPE TO MIAMI; Versace's house ... J-Lo's top shops ... golf with iguanas ... it's all in our at-a-glance city guide.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- November 20, 2004
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MIAMI'S fabulous retro-architecture, groomed tropical beaches, throbbing nightlife and all-American high-revving consumer lifestyle make this multiethnic 'gateway to Latin America' one of the leading playgrounds in the United States.
Having cleaned up its act since its drugfuelled reputation of the Eighties - which helped spawn TV series Miami Vice - the city is now the place to be seen in Florida. Over half of Miami's two million-plus citizens speak Spanish as their first language and live in a meandering collection of 37 'cities' - selfadministering municipalities with their own police forces and local services. The best known of these are Downtown Miami, ...