Moving to Miami: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to Miami means moving to the real Ottawa County seat on historic Route 66 -- a genuinely affordable, multi-tribal-nation city whose Coleman Theatre landmark is weighed honestly against the still-active Tar Creek Superfund cleanup immediately adjacent to town.
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Learn moreA wholly singular Route 66 landmark
The Coleman Theatre, opened April 18, 1929 by zinc-and-lead mining magnate George L. Coleman, pairs a Spanish Mission Revival exterior with a Louis XV interior and a real, original 1928 Wurlitzer pipe organ -- the only Wurlitzer built that year still installed in its original venue anywhere in the world (base record).
A real, honestly disclosed, still-active Superfund cleanup
Miami sits immediately adjacent to the real, federally designated Tar Creek Superfund site -- cleanup of over 30 million tons of surface mining waste is genuinely still ongoing, with EPA still working through a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study as of this research pass. This record discloses that status honestly rather than treating it as resolved history (base record).
A genuinely dense multi-tribal-nation identity
Miami is the real, current headquarters city of the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma and the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, home to the Modoc Nation, and the site of the BIA's own Miami Agency (base record).
Genuine, substantial housing affordability
Miami's 2024 median property value ran approximately $123,300 -- well below Oklahoma's own statewide median sale price of approximately $279,900 -- alongside below-national one-bedroom rent (base record).
Key takeaways
- The Coleman Theatre and its original 1928 Wurlitzer organ give Miami a wholly singular Route 66 identity.
- Tar Creek Superfund cleanup remains genuinely active immediately adjacent to Miami -- research it directly and honestly.
- Miami is a real, current headquarters city for the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma and Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
- Housing runs genuinely affordable relative to Oklahoma's own statewide median.
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