Posted by ayuda on April 18, 2003, at 16:47:18
In reply to Re: America's loony bin » ayuda, posted by Eddie Sylvano on April 18, 2003, at 16:31:00
> > 2) At least you can get into another state within a short period of time. I'm closer to foreign countries than I am to the next state. I feel isolated from the rest of the civilized world.
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> Miami truly is the dead-end of America (or the Keys, more so I guess). Nice beaces down there, though.
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> >I have no idea what they teach these people down here about the rest of the country.
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> What perplexes me is that despite laws requiring a minimum of insurance for car registration, nobody who's accident prone seems to have any.
> I also find it odd how developers here make such large storefront facades. The Eckard where I get my rx is like 50 feet tall from the lot, with 10 foot ceilings inside. For that matter, all the buildings here look weird, and there is no normal vegetation. And too many bugs. that are too big.
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>And those of us who aren't accident prone have very high premiums! I just got my renewal from Allstate, $1003 for 6 months! I haven't had an accident since 1981, only one speeding ticket in my life, in 1992. Not exactly high risk. I am switching to another insurance company when this policy expires next month.
Most of the people who are in accidents in Dade, at least from what I understand, are not in registered cars and they don't have driver's licenses, because they are recent immigrants (around here, that means coming to the US within the last 40 years) and duck the system. So their "system" is to screw those of us who are law abiding citizens by driving up our insurance costs.
I think they have beautiful buildings here, though too many of them. We don't have the big bugs in this part of Dade, thank goodness! I've seen them -- something out of sci fi!
I prefer the beaches on the west coast (took me some time to realize that means Tampa, not California). I really love Siesta Key just south of Sarasota. The beaches here are too commercialized and noisy for me.
Do you work for the insurance administration? Wondering from your comment. I used to work for the Maryland Insurance Administration, in health insurance, though.
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