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I like the beaches in LI also. What are some of your reasons to choose it over Miami?
The beaches throughout the Hamptons are pretty much the same as the beaches you'd find in Miami minus the palm trees and pretty water color (also cold!). No idea what that person is talking about, though I cannot argue personal preference.
The beaches throughout the Hamptons are pretty much the same as the beaches you'd find in Miami minus the palm trees and pretty water color (also cold!). No idea what that person is talking about, though I cannot argue personal preference.
Not sure what people are talking about, but I personally like the very sand of the Long Island beaches over the Florida beaches. Or at least the Miami beaches, I have never been to the Gulf Coast beaches.
The sand in the Miami area is made up of tiny pieces of limestone? When I was a teenager back in the 1980s visiting relatives in Florida, I thought it was little sharp pieces of coral reef. But now I think while there are coral reefs near Miami, so much of Florida is underlaid with limestone, so it more likely that the beaches must be made out of limestone.
Whatever it is, the sand does not seem as nice as here on Long Island.
Besides that, some people like the atmosphere of a small town or a undeveloped public beach more than a built up resort area like Miami Beach or Virginia Beach.
The sand in the Miami area is made up of tiny pieces of limestone? When I was a teenager back in the 1980s visiting relatives in Florida, I thought it was little sharp pieces of coral reef. But now I think while there are coral reefs near Miami, so much of Florida is underlaid with limestone, so it more likely that the beaches must be made out of limestone.
tbh I'm not sure where the sand comes from, I heard various things, including it's dredged from the bottom of Biscayne Bay to being imported from the Bahamas. You're right that the sand is more granular and coarser than in the Hamptons but the difference is not that huge as far as I'm concerned.
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Besides that, some people like the atmosphere of a small town or a undeveloped public beach more than a built up resort area like Miami Beach or Virginia Beach.
You can find more undeveloped beaches as well, heading north in the metro. Deerfield beach for example. I understand that's not really 'Miami' but it's in the metro.
tbh I'm not sure where the sand comes from, I heard various things, including it's dredged from the bottom of Biscayne Bay to being imported from the Bahamas. You're right that the sand is more granular and coarser than in the Hamptons but the difference is not that huge as far as I'm concerned.
You can find more undeveloped beaches as well, heading north in the metro. Deerfield beach for example. I understand that's not really 'Miami' but it's in the metro.
Two things. First, its not just the Hamptons, Long Island has other nice beaches with the same fine sand, for instance in central Long Island you have Fire Island. One of my favorite beaches is only about 15 minutes from me, Robert Moses State Park on the western end of Fire Island. Jones Beach is similar but larger.
Second, I guess you can count Deerfield Beach, it looks like it is at the northern end of Broward. Btw, looking at a map, I do see two state parks in along the shore in Broward County; Hugh Taylor SP and John Lloyd State Park. Otherwise, I am surprised how densely the Miami-Dade/Broward/Palm Beach shoreline is built up, its more built up then New York or New Jersey.
You can find more undeveloped beaches as well, heading north in the metro. Deerfield beach for example. I understand that's not really 'Miami' but it's in the metro.
You don't even need to go that far Cape Florida is only a few minutes from Downtown Miami- just take the Rickenbacker Causeway to Key Biscayne
The beaches throughout the Hamptons are pretty much the same as the beaches you'd find in Miami minus the palm trees and pretty water color (also cold!). No idea what that person is talking about, though I cannot argue personal preference.
They are nothing like the beaches in Miami. Apples and Oranges. I like both, by the way, but it is a completely different landscape. Miami beaches are typically wide and flat, and yes, the palm trees are pretty, but the beaches in The Hamptons have Dunes, with dune grass, and other plant life that makes it even prettier imho.
Yes, if you love the warm water, Miami wins in that category, but the water in the Hamptons warms up in August, and even more so in September. And if you like surfing, the Hamptons wins that category. Especially Ditch Plains Beach in Montauk, but you can find decent surfing in East Hampton and Southampton as well.
I think that both places excel in their own right, and I like to spend time in both. If you want beaches with more of a New England type of feel, The Hamptons are the way to go. Then for of a more tropical type of beach, Miami beaches are great.
They are nothing like the beaches in Miami. Apples and Oranges. I like both, by the way, but it is a completely different landscape. Miami beaches are typically wide and flat, and yes, the palm trees are pretty, but the beaches in The Hamptons have Dunes, with dune grass, and other plant life that makes it even prettier imho.
To me they look the same - minus water color and palm trees.
Miami Beach also has grass and mounds of sand that I consider a dune. Maybe that picture is not doing it justice.
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