After nearly three decades in the Seattle area and some two years after stepping down as CEO of Seattle-based Amazon, Jeff Bezos is leaving the Pacific Northwest for Miami, he announced Thursday on Instagram. The world’s third richest person has purchased two homes on Indian Creek, Miami-Dade County’s luxury island community, in the past five months, snapping up a $68 million mansion in an off-market transaction in June and a $79 million pad right next door in October.<br /><br />Indian Creek is a 294-acre man-made barrier island with just 41 homes all on one road, Indian Creek Island Road. The population was last tallied at a total of just 84 people, which includes a host of high-profile residents and billionaire landowners. What is so attractive about this area of luxury real estate?<br /><br />Forbes wealth reporters Phoebe Liu and Giacomo Tognini meet on ‘Forbes Talks’ to break down the migration of the uber-rich to this secluded Miami island.
