What are the best second tier city's in the south. (quality, pros)

[urbancharlotte]

Originally Posted by Akhenaton06

The construction of I-277 had a lot to do with it as well.

That actually started in the early to mid 70s with the first leg being the Brookshire portion. I will have to read up on this to be certain however.

[jdevelop2]

Miami is in no way a southern city.

[Akhenaton06]

Originally Posted by jdevelop2

Miami is in no way a southern city.

Geographically it is.

[jdevelop2]

Correction, other than geographically speaking, Miami is in no way a southern city.

[Akhenaton06]

Originally Posted by jdevelop2

Correction, other than geographically speaking, Miami is in no way a southern city.

Had to rib you a bit.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by jdevelop2

Correction, other than geographically speaking, Miami is in no way a southern city.

Miami is a southern city...it's culture is a variation of general southern culture, much like the cultures of southern Louisiana, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the D.C. suburbs of Northern Virginia, and other specific areas that have become culturally different from what most consider "southern culture".

This list could go on and on, but some of the southern culture that is found in Miami:

1. a major NASCAR presence at the Homestead-Miami Motor Speedway
2. a huge college football following, along with a college football powerhouse team
3. over 200 Baptist Church congregations (baptist churches in Miami, FL on Yahoo! Local)
4. 151 barbecue restaurants (Miami Barbecue Restaurants | Urbanspoon)
5. 71 southern and soul food restaurants (Miami Southern & Soul Restaurants | Urbanspoon)
6. more than 23,000 people directly involved in agriculture in South Florida(Everglades Restoration: Agriculture Affected by South Florida Program?)
7. over 1,000 farms in Dade County alone in 1997:


Number of Farms

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

Miami is a southern city...it's culture is a variation of general southern culture, much like the cultures of southern Louisiana, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the D.C. suburbs of Northern Virginia, and other specific areas that have become culturally different from what most consider "southern culture".

This list could go on and on, but some of the southern culture that is found in Miami:

1. a major NASCAR presence at the Homestead-Miami Motor Speedway
2. a huge college football following, along with a college football powerhouse team
3. over 200 Baptist Church congregations (baptist churches in Miami, FL on Yahoo! Local)
4. 151 barbecue restaurants (Miami Barbecue Restaurants | Urbanspoon)
5. 71 southern and soul food restaurants (Miami Southern & Soul Restaurants | Urbanspoon)
6. more than 23,000 people directly involved in agriculture in South Florida(Everglades Restoration: Agriculture Affected by South Florida Program?)
7. over 1,000 farms in Dade County alone in 1997:


Number of Farms

Up until 1960, Miami was indeed a very Southern city, and vestiges of the South still exist there. If you ever spent a Sunday afternoon at the Coral Gables Country Club...you know that you might as well have been in Nashville, New Orleans or Atlanta.

[Spade]

I always laugh when people say Miami isn't a Southern city. It very much so is. Though Miami's BBQ sucks. I'm sorry. It does lol.

[bornjacksonian]

My top pick will be New Orleans. I love that place!!!!

[WestbankNOLA]

I agree with Spade and bornjacksonian.

Miami is southern, hands down. It has alot of other things mixed around, but the southerness has not gone anywhere. It maybe harder to see, but it's there.