Safety and Local Customs

Demographics:

• Significant Hispanic and Latino community, with most residents speaking a non-English language including Spanish, Portuguese, and Creole
• Big Haitian community as most arrived in the 1970s to seek political asylum and/or economic opportunity. 
• The median age is around 41, with many retirees as well

Miami Beach Breaks up with Spring Break:

• Regulations have been passed as during spring break, people disturb local customs, and the people who actually live there
• Curfews, security checkpoints at beach access points, DUI checkpoints, road closures, arrests
• No loud music, large coolers, glass containers, and styrofoam and plastic straw

What is the reason?

 

• While it may be spring break to some, some local residents and resturants are the ones impacted the most. There had been multiple reports of wild behavior like the city was just a big playground. Locals even have stated "We lose control of our community, they put barriers up in the neighborhoods, it's difficult to come and go from your own home
• If it's too loud during the night = Residents cant sleep in their own homes
• Too much traffic = Residents can't even get out to get food for themselves during the day
• Fights/chaos in front of businesses = Owners receive less customers = Financial Problems