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First Week in North Miami Beach

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 s Our first week here was spent getting to know the area, shopping for food, finding a YMCA, shopping for clothes and exploring the beach and other activities.  Our rental is not much to look at from the outside.  The inside is neat, clean and relatively roomy for a one-bedroom mobile home.  It has a great entertainment center with a 50-inch screen.  I brought our Roku stick from home so we can enjoy all the programs we normally watch.  The wifi signal is fast and strong  There is no landscaping around our unit and not much throughout the neighborhood.  However, the price point was within our budget.  We are only 15 minutes from an extensive public beach and from Aventura Mall , the biggest mall either of us has ever seen.  Also, we are five minutes from a Costco. We found the closest YMCA in Hallandale Beach about 15 minutes away.  It is brand new and very user-friendly.  We had some trouble getting access as Y members since we didn't show up as national members.  A friendl