iami these days is nothing short of gobsmacking. Florida has seen its population grow for 12 straight years since 2010, and is projected to add another 5 million people (and 250,000 boats) over the next decade, according to Marine Industries Association of South Florida. And money—the kind that makes bank accounts look like they have typos in them—has flooded the state as well, particularly during the pandemic. From Ponte Vedra to Palm Beach, Naples to Hallandale, the rising financial waters lifted all yachts. But perhaps nowhere is that trend clearer than in Miami. In a city where ostentation has long been an artform, Miami transformed itself during the pandemic, losing much of the grit that leveled the edges to even its glitziest neighborhoods. The rich got richer, and the
