I'm a New Yorker who visited Miami for the first time. The neighborhoods, social scene, and affordability surprised me most.

Back home, I pay $2.90 for each subway ride. In Miami, I paid $5.65 a day for an unlimited pass that got me on the buses and railway system.

In my experience riding Miami's trolleys, they were clean and not too crowded.

A 5-mile ride in Miami cost me $10 whereas a similar distance in Brooklyn has cost me $40.

Typically in New York, I see overflowing trash cans on almost every corner, and there's still trash on the streets. But in Miami, the streets were much cleaner, which made me think this city didn't need as many.

Drivers seemed patient about waiting for pedestrians, unlike my experiences walking around my neighborhood in Brooklyn.

South Beach, Wynwood, and parts of Coconut Grove all had walkable streets that were dense with restaurants and stores.

On average, winter highs are around 80 degrees, but when I visited Miami in October, it was typically 85 degrees during the day, which was much warmer than a fall day in NYC.

Miami was quite humid in October when I visited.

New York gets humid, too, in the summers. But in Miami in October, my glasses immediately fogged up as I walked outside, which I've never experienced back home.

I had a lot of pleasant, random run-ins with strangers during my week in Miami, which almost never happens near my home in Brooklyn. Some people even greeted me on the street from their car windows.

I could hear people partying from my hotel room in the streets below until the early hours of the morning.

From Wynwood's murals to South Beach's art deco buildings, Miami's streets were just as colorful as New York's artsy neighborhoods like Bushwick.

I expected Miami's beaches to be clean, especially compared to New York's sandy shores, but was blown away by how beautiful they were. According to The Culture Trip, Miami Beach imports sand from Caribbean beaches.

Miami is bordered by Biscayne National Park on the east side and Everglades National Park on the west side.

I've paid $15 for Justin's Peanut Butter at the market near my NYC apartment, so I was surprised to see it selling for $12 at Publix.

The 1,100-square-foot Miami apartment was listed for $1,700 a month. Back then, I was paying $1,650 for my 500-square-foot Brooklyn apartment.

I'll certainly be back soon for the clean beaches, colorful streets, and more affordable peanut butter.