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Old 07-22-2008, 10:39 PM
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i guess b/c miami is the only city in america that is "unamerican", therfore international, lol.

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Old 07-23-2008, 12:13 AM
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"New York is #1 in banking and garment industry where Miami is #2."

miami may be number 2 in garment but def not banking. charlotte would win that battle easily.
Miami has the largest concentration of foreign banks in the U.S. (mostly in Brickell) and it's also the financial capital of Latin America. Miami's very big financially.

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Old 07-23-2008, 06:06 AM
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Look at it this way-when the Jets play the Dolphins in Miami, it's a home game for both teams.

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Old 07-23-2008, 08:05 AM
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No.

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Old 07-23-2008, 09:27 AM
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I would say that the traffic in Miami could be worse than NYC traffic. I remember it took me an hour to get to Yankee Stadium from South Street Sea Port (Pier 17) during NYC rush hour on the FDR Drive. Also when I lived in Cooper City (Embassy Lakes) it took me about an hour and a half to travel 25-30 miles to the Jackson Memorial Hospital DCFCU branch back in 03. I just hope that since I will be living in Kendall, I will find a job that won't take me over an hour to get too, though that could be wishful thinking. I don't mind leaving around 7am to be at work at 8:30, though.....

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Old 07-23-2008, 10:41 AM
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I was in miami last spring and i noticed the the people in miami are a lot like new yorkers. Is this true? my cousin is thinking of moving to south florida but doesn't want to deal with tension with rude drivers, impatient people etc.

I lived in PA but went to NY alot and NO the standards in NY are way higher than Miami .NY is friendlier and no Mayor ,assembly person etc has a job forever unless they earn it .
Good points in Miami is weather -awesome beach,nature and not crowded at all . Though ofcourse NY suburbs are not crowded either and some way less than here.

You can get by without Spanish here but IMO its not easy . I was mailing a box this am for work a guy in front of me wanted to insure his package for $2,000 .
The post office teller didnt know enough English to understand him she only repeated NO lol. I translated for both but Miami is a different world.

It could be great with NY standards and NY voters who vote out any incumbent if they suck . So have your cousin move here and bring friends again Miami as a whole way more space and does have good points .

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Old 07-23-2008, 10:46 AM
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Miami has the largest concentration of foreign banks in the U.S. (mostly in Brickell) and it's also the financial capital of Latin America. Miami's very big financially.

Yep I didnt know that till I moved here the folks with money in Latin America including politicians dont trust the banks and GVMT there so they put it here.
Same way some politicians here put it in Caiman island but that for a different reason lol

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Old 07-24-2008, 09:28 PM
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Miami and NYC are similar. They are both cities that don't really belong in the USA. They eschew all American traditions and march to their own drumbeat. They really are foreign cities, trapped within the borders of the USA.

On the surface they seem very different, but I think deep down they are the same. I've lived in both, but I've also lived in various other places. You have to compare them to the rest of the USA to see that they are the same.

Also there is a lot of cross-pollination between the two, as previous posters have pointed out.

BTW, I also think Florida's gulf coast emulates the Midwest (Mich, Ohio, etc). But Florida's Atlantic coast (Dade, Broward, PBC) definitely emulates the Northeast (NY, Mass, etc).

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Old 07-25-2008, 02:13 AM
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Miami and NYC are similar. They are both cities that don't really belong in the USA. They eschew all American traditions and march to their own drumbeat. They really are foreign cities, trapped within the borders of the USA.

On the surface they seem very different, but I think deep down they are the same. I've lived in both, but I've also lived in various other places. You have to compare them to the rest of the USA to see that they are the same.

Also there is a lot of cross-pollination between the two, as previous posters have pointed out.

BTW, I also think Florida's gulf coast emulates the Midwest (Mich, Ohio, etc). But Florida's Atlantic coast (Dade, Broward, PBC) definitely emulates the Northeast (NY, Mass, etc).

Great post. Which do you prefer Miami or NY as far as when you lived there?

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Old 07-27-2008, 02:04 AM
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Huh? I can't think of two cities more diametrically opposite one another than Miami and New York. C'mon now.

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