FERRELL CATS
Surprisingly there are ferrell cats ALL OVER South Beach. These little bastards end up scaring the shit out of you on your stumble home at night.
BIKES ON SIDEWALKS
For whatever reason South Beach decided not to be like every other city in the United States and have every freakin biker ride on the sidewalks. A bike is a great way to get around so everyone has one, which is good, but damn it, if a wheel jockey comes speeding up behind me one more time screaming "EXCUSE ME!" I am going to kick out their front tire. They always act like you are in their way, sorry asshole if I am WALKING on the sideWALK.
OCEAN DRIVE HASSLER'S
Much like New Yorkers with Times Square, South Beach locals avoid Ocean Drive like the plague, and rightly so. If your a tourist, yes, you have to go to a restaurant or bar here once so you can say that you did it, and never return again. Ocean Drive is the road that runs beachfront from the most Southern point of South Beach to the 20's. The sidewalk furthest from the beach is loaded with restaurants, bars, and clubs, which is great - however, they have their hostesses constantly pester you about eating there and shoving a menu in your face. They position their seating where half of it is on the East side of the sidewalk and then there is seating on the West side of the sidewalk, so you have to literally walk through their dinner service, and they bombard you. I get promoting and trying to convince people to come into your place, but they are really rude and annoying about it. Also, the prices are outrageous, even for such a tourist trap.
SMOKING IN BARS
So moving here from NYC, it was kind of a shock to walk into a smokey bar. It had been a real long time since I would be enjoying a drink and have to dodge the dudes next to me smoke stream. I never thought that smoking in bars bothered me, I mean I was super cool in college and totally smoked when I drank, but it definitely sucks. It is annoying and you do come home reeking of smoke some nights.