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Miami Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Bonkers Plan to Move Homeless to Island

‘PEOPLE ARE REALLY MAD, MAN’

Some of Miami’s wealthiest residents may soon have a new neighbor—a homeless encampment on a hurricane-prone barrier island that’s miles from the nearest grocery store.

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