Actually I’m not sure why Miami is so Junior. Weather is great in the winter, and the Caribbean flying can’t be beat the colder half of the year. It’s easy to get senior and it has a huge variety in aircraft and flying types. There’s technical terrain flying into Latin terrain, wide body long haul everywhere but Asia, domestic or relaxed island flying.

It does help to know Spanish in much of Miami, so a lot of pilots also live in the keys, on the west side of the peninsula, or near PBI and FLL. Having said this Miami does have nice areas and if you like to do things on the water you are super close. The food in Miami is hard to beat and if you want to learn Spanish it’s a perfect opportunity.

Couple of downsides are the multiple bases to cover, FLL, MIA, and PBI but the majority of flying is out of MIA and there is a train between FLL and MIA that can come in handy for commuting purposes. Also Hurricanes, and traffic can be problematic.

As for commutes it really depends where your commuting from. I hear PNS can be a real challenge while ATL or IAH is relatively easy.