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NOLA has Cubans, Haitians, Brazilians, Jamaicans, Haitians, Hondurans, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, etc. We may not have the sheer numbers that Miami has, but we pretty much have the same types of people.
We also have Royal and Coconut palms (nowhere near as many Royals though).
The metro area also has citrus groves and can even support banana trees.
NOLA has Cubans, Haitians, Brazilians, Jamaicans, Haitians, Hondurans, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, etc. We may not have the sheer numbers that Miami has, but we pretty much have the same types of people.
We also have Royal and Coconut palms (nowhere near as many Royals though).
The metro area also has citrus groves and can even support banana trees.
Do you have any pictures of Royal and Coconut Palms in New Orleans,because I have never seen any grown year-round outside of the South Florida area.
Royal palms are common on this end of the gulf coast and are popular for landscaping high end areas around here. Coconut trees are rarer because they tend to die if a rare freeze occurs, but they are here.
NOLA has Cubans, Haitians, Brazilians, Jamaicans, Haitians, Hondurans, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, etc. We may not have the sheer numbers that Miami has, but we pretty much have the same types of people.
We also have Royal and Coconut palms (nowhere near as many Royals though).
The metro area also has citrus groves and can even support banana trees.
I'd like to add that the sheer numbers do matter, because to have a vibrant ethnic community, especially one that's visible and interacts strongly with the rest of the city, it requires a large enough (influential enough is more accurate, but size goes with influence) population of the same type of people.
Both Miami and NOLA are very unique cities in the US.
Miami is unique in that it is the only American city with 2 major National Parks named Biscayne National and The Everglades within Miami-Dade.
It truly has a very diverse Hispanic culture that no other city in the south has in the Little Havana and Hialeah area.
It has foilage and trees like no other states in the lower 48,with having Royal and Coconut Palms along with Australian Pines and Hibiscus.
Miami also has no houses made of bricks,I have seen 2 brick buildings downtown and that has been it.
It has a large Haitian community in the City of Miami(54th street) and a large Russian community in Sunny Isles along with a Jewish community scattered in Miami Beach.
I'd like to add that the sheer numbers do matter, because to have a vibrant ethnic community, especially one that's visible and interacts strongly with the rest of the city, it requires a large enough (influential enough is more accurate, but size goes with influence) population of the same type of people.
Both Miami and NOLA are very unique cities in the US.
The population, even though not large as Miami's, is large enough to be visible and interacts with the community. Outsiders just don't realize because they only attribute 3-4 things to NOLA, 2 of which aren't even correct.
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Originally Posted by LovinDecatur
Southern St Petersburg and Vero Beach is about as far north as I've ever seen a Coconut Palm in FL...I've never seen one in LA.
Diversity and all that doesnt really matter and mesh well in a city like Miami. If everyone is pissed off at the world, drives like idiots, and everyone is unfriendly, who cares how much diversity it has? I'd much rather live in a community where people are friendly and trustworthy, very unlike Miami.
I guess that's true. I was referring more to the suburbanish neighborhoods than the city center, but you know the city better than I do. I think you could make an argument for San Antonio as well, but the city isn't as famous as New Orleans.
New Orleans is more famous, katrina, mardi gras, however, S.A attracts millions of more visitors.
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