Miami

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County. Miami is a major center and a leader in finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, the arts, and international trade. In 2010, Miami was classified as an Alpha- World City in the World Cities Study Group’s inventory. In 2010, Miami ranked seventh in the United States in terms of finance, commerce, culture, entertainment, fashion, education, and other sectors. It ranked thirty-third among global cities. In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Miami "America's Cleanest City", for its year-round good air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean streets and city-wide recycling programs. According to a 2009 UBS study of 73 world cities, Miami was ranked as the richest city in the United States, and the world's fifth-richest city in terms of purchasing power.

Miami is home to many entertainment venues, theaters, museums, parks and performing arts centers. Miami is also a major fashion center, home to models and some of the top modeling agencies in the world. Miami's tropical weather allows for year-round outdoors activities. The city has numerous marinas, rivers, bays, canals, and the Atlantic Ocean, which make boating, sailing, and fishing popular outdoors activities.

Public schools in Miami are governed by Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which is the largest school district in Florida and the fourth-largest in the United States. Miami is also home to several well-known Roman Catholic, Jewish and non-denominational private schools.

In 2010, Miami was ranked as the 44th most bike-friendly city in the US according to Bicycling Magazine. A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked Miami the eighth most walkable of the fifty largest cities in the United States.

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