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Originally Posted by jd3189
Aside from being the southernmost cities of their respective coasts, how similar are Miami and San Diego in other ways? I've been to both and they have a coastal skyline, famous beach spots, and are not too far from a major Latin American country. Both skylines are also limited in height due to a close by airport.
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The immediate downtown of San Diego and Miami is similar, but that’s it
Miami grew as vacation and retirement community with a very master planned character. It has far fewer historic nodes with walkable businesses than places like San Diego or Los Angeles. Retail is all about strip malls and power centers, with gridded suburbs and not much else
Miami lacks real beach towns. The drive from Carlsbad through La Jolla and mission beach is down to downtown San Diego is nothing like the drive south from say lake worth to dt Miami Beach . Many more walkable pedestrian areas in the case of San Diego