Miami is “the cleanest city in the United States,” according to Forbes magazine. A 2008 article hails its clean water, how it maintains a natural ecosystem, its air quality, and legislative preservation of its natural environment. It is located in southeast Florida, around the Miami River, with its back to the Everglades and facing the Atlantic Ocean. Miami is the point of convergence of immigration from Latin America, the Caribbean and parts of Europe. This last detail gives a particular accent to the ethnic multiplicity that make up its streets, its festivals, its cuisine, its culture and its language. More than 5.4 million people live in the metropolitan area of the city, making it the ninth metropolitan area of the United States.