Miami is home to several well-known Roman Catholic Jewish and non-denominational private schools the Archdiocese of Miami operates the city's Catholic private schools which include St Hugh Catholic School St Agatha Catholic School St Theresa School Immaculata-Lasalle High School Monsignor Edward Pace High School Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School St Brendan High School among numerous other Catholic elementary and high schools, Legend In 1810 parts of West Florida were annexed by proclamation of President James Madison who claimed the region as part of the Louisiana Purchase These parts were incorporated into the newly formed Territory of Orleans the U.S annexed the Mobile District of West Florida to the Mississippi Territory in 1812 Spain continued to dispute the area though the United States gradually increased the area it occupied in 1812 a group of settlers from Georgia with de facto support from the U.S federal government attempted to overthrow the Floridan government in the province of East Florida the settlers hoped to convince Floridans to join their cause and proclaim independence from Spain but the settlers lost their tenuous support from the federal government and abandoned their cause by 1813; The urban bypass expressway in greater Fort Lauderdale is the Sawgrass Expressway (SR 869) connecting the northern Broward County coast at I-95 and Deerfield Beach to I-595 and I-75 at Alligator Alley in Sunrise, 7 Legacy Miami has six major causeways that span over Biscayne Bay connecting the western mainland with the eastern barrier islands along the Atlantic Ocean the Rickenbacker Causeway is the southernmost causeway and connects Brickell to Virginia Key and Key Biscayne the Venetian Causeway and MacArthur Causeway connect Downtown with South Beach the Julia Tuttle Causeway connects Midtown and Miami Beach the 79th Street Causeway connects the Upper East Side with North Beach the northernmost causeway the Broad Causeway is the smallest of Miami's six causeways and connects North Miami with Bal Harbour; 2 Popular music The music of Miami is a diverse and important field in the world of music the Greater Miami area has long been a hub for diverse musical genres for example South Florida has been a hub for Southern Rap Miami in particular is a "hub" for Latin Music in the United States Miami bass (also known as booty music) a prominent hip-hop genre in the late 1980s and early 1990s got its start in Miami; Luther "Luke Skyywalker" Campbell and his 2 Live Crew were among the more prominent Miami Bass acts largely because of an obscenity scandal fomented by Broward County Florida Sheriff Nick Navarro Moreover although not a South Florida native Jimmy Buffett rose to prominence after moving to Key West Florida and has long been associated with the "South Florida lifestyle" Other notable South Florida-based musical performers include Gloria Estefan Marilyn Manson Mental Crutch Vanilla Ice DJ Laz and Pitbull. . Academics Sunrise (188) 7.01 Hurricane season officially runs from June 1 through November 30 although hurricanes can develop beyond those dates the most likely time for Miami to be hit is during the peak of the Cape Verde season which is mid-August through the end of September Although tornadoes are uncommon in the area one struck in 1925 and another in 1997 Around 40% of homes in Miami are built upon floodplains and are considered as flood-risk zones. The city government under former mayor Manny Diaz took an ambitious stance in support of bicycling in Miami for both recreation and commuting Every month the city hosts "Bike Miami" where major streets in Downtown and Brickell are closed to automobiles but left open for pedestrians and bicyclists the event began in November 2008 and has doubled in popularity from 1,500 participants to about 3,000 in the October 2009 Bike Miami This is the longest-running such event in the US in October 2009 the city also approved an extensive 20-year plan for bike routes and paths around the city the city has begun construction of bike routes as of late 2009 and ordinances requiring bike parking in all future construction in the city became mandatory as of October 2009, PortMiami Miami Florida Business directory.
Miami International Airport MIA Miami-Dade Large Hub 7.3 Invasive species The housing market crash of 2007 caused a foreclosure crisis in the area in 2012 Forbes magazine named Miami the most miserable city in the United States because of the crippling housing crisis that cost multitudes of residents their homes and jobs in addition the metro area has one of the highest violent crime rates in the country and workers face lengthy daily commutes Like other metro areas in the United States crime in Miami is localized to specific neighborhoods In a 2016 study by the website 24/7 Wall Street Miami was rated as the worst U.S city in which to live based on crime poverty income inequality and housing costs that far exceed the national median. Miami City Ballet FIU Tianjin Center in Tianjin China 3 Fort Lauderdale Broward 152,397 165,521 182,595 +10.32% Jewish 11.1 Highways 6 Mount Sinai Medical Center 3,321. 1920 66,542 280.0% The Miami-Dade Police Department operates out of nine districts throughout the county and has two special bureaus the director of the department is Juan Perez who succeeded J.D Patterson Jr the Department's headquarters are in Doral Florida! . Indie/folk acts Cat Power and Iron & Wine are based in the city while alternative hip hop artist Sage Francis electro artist Uffie and the electroclash duo Avenue D were born in Miami but musically based elsewhere. .
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