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LOL! It's funny because I was just in Miami and Atlanta recently. In Miami, we were walking in the shopping district and got disoriented as to where our car was parked. (Well, I wasn't, my husband was, but he insisted we were headed in the right direction) With each block it got worse and worse. Til i finally grabbed my daughters hand and started to run in the opposite direction.

In Atlanta, while driving back to our room at the Embassy Suites we took the wrong street and crossed a bridge and Whoa! Just across the bridge from the Embassy Suites and we were in a baaaaad neighborhood. Like night and day.

I lived in Miami for three years. It truly is a town of contrasts. You have nabes that are very wealthy and very safe (I used to take walks along in my nabe at 2AM) and they you have some of the worst ghettos in America.

I always tell my friends who visit to stay on the Beach, in Coral Gables/South Miami, or in the western portion of the county. The area from downtown up to the Broward line (east of Lejeune) has got to be the worst ghetto in the US (Liberty City and North Miami).