Large Russian-speaking communities in Florida are located in cities such as St. Petersburg, Bradenton, Sarasota, and Tampa.

Alexey Dmitriev, a Muscovite living in Hollywood (not to be confused with the one in California), shares his experience of living in Florida: "If we evaluate the minimum living expenses for an ordinary family without their own housing, it amounts to about $6,000 a month. This amount includes rent, utilities, food, school for the child, and other minor expenses. With a budget of $8,000 a month, one can feel more confident, and with $10,000, live relatively carefree."

Many emigrants from the former USSR open small businesses here: they engage in manicure, create real estate or legal firms, and Russian-speaking kindergartens. There are also more unusual enterprises; for example, Ukrainians have organized a company selling flowers in glass boxes, popular in Russia, but a novelty in Florida.

Svetlana Postemskaya, a soloist of the "Kalinka" ensemble, moved to Florida in 1996: "Half of my life has passed in Sunny Isles. When I arrived, I was 26 years old, and there were few Russian speakers here. If we met someone who spoke Russian, we hugged like good friends. Over time, our diaspora has grown. We have survived many hurricanes, often being left without electricity and water. Russians, Ukrainians, Moldovans, Belarusians, and Jews have always helped each other, sharing everything. Among 'our Soviet Union,' there has always been friendship!"

Sunny Isles is also called "little Moscow" due to high real estate prices. Russian celebrities were the first to create demand for elite housing.

The Russian community in Florida has established its own club. Marina Kuznetsova, known among local emigrants, founded the Russian Miami Moms community for Russian-speaking moms in Miami.

"Surprisingly, there are many low-income families in Miami. To help them, in 2015, Elena Kom and I created the 'Mutual Aid Club' on Facebook. For two months, we collected items for those in need, washed and sorted them. In the end, we had 60-70 bags that we distributed in a week. 90% of the recipients were newly arrived immigrants from Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan," said Marina Kuznetsova.

This is the modern Russian-speaking Florida.