Question for the Transplants

I’ve been here since 2012 before it was cool to be a transplant. Miami is completely unrecognizable now.

I don’t really have to drive anywhere. I don’t work anymore. But anytime I have to get in my car to go literally anywhere, it’s complete gridlock.

I live downtown. I had to go to South Beach. Took me a half hour to drive 3 miles. Then I had to come back.

Another half hour.

Then I had to swing up to Trader Joe’s in Midtown. Complete gridlock in that entire area. Another half hour.

Then I swung down and stopped at Publix. At least another 20 minutes. 👉🏼 2-3 hours to get around a 5 mile radius. On a Monday. At 2:30pm.

Are any of you starting to feel like this is completely untenable? Genuine question.

There’s got to be a significant % of you that are about done with the traffic and are seriously considering leaving. It’s really THAT bad.

I just don’t understand how any of you can tolerate this anymore. How does your brain even handle the reality that you can’t go 5 miles in less than an hour sometimes?