Is Miami more like an American city or a 'Latin' American city? (Tampa: crime, homes)

[cityKing]

Someone should start a thread like this with other major cities in the U.S.

For some reason when it's hispanic dominated , it's "unamerican"

But I bet anybody if they were to ask the same thing about San Francisco that is dominated by Asians

People would says the city is as "American" as apple pie.

[WINTERFRONT]

I think i should post pics of south american capitals and cities just as an eye opener.

[UrbanCrossroads]

Why the comparisons between Miami and Latin American cities? Miami has a lot of highrises, but as a city as a whole, Miami falls flat. Latin American cities typically don't have as many highrises as Miami does. In fact, most US cities don't have as many highrises as Miami. In terms of skyline appearance, Miami ranks 3rd right behind NYC and Chicago because of its many tall buildings. But despite its skyline Miami lacks a lot of the amenities that you would find in most major US cities.

With Latin American cities it's just the opposite. They don't have as many tall buildings, but make no mistake about it: they have lots of amenities and modern conveniences, just like those that you would find in any major US city.

[WINTERFRONT]

Originally Posted by Justme305

Why the comparisons between Miami and Latin American cities? Miami has a lot of highrises, but as a city as a whole, Miami falls flat. Latin American cities typically don't have as many highrises as Miami does. In fact, most US cities don't have as many highrises as Miami. In terms of skyline appearance, Miami ranks 3rd right behind NYC and Chicago because of its many tall buildings. But despite its skyline Miami lacks a lot of the amenities that you would find in most major US cities.

With Latin American cities it's just the opposite. They don't have as many tall buildings, but make no mistake about it: they have lots of amenities and modern conveniences, just like those that you would find in any major US city.

In Miami you build a 10 story high building and it stands out...

A compilation of South American cities.... I would never compare Miami to these cities:

Sao Paolo:










Buenos Aires:





















Lima:













Bogota:

















Santiago:

[FlyMIA]

I never understood this. Yes Miami is connected to Latin America through many means whether being banking, immigration, airports, tourist, TV studios etc.. But just because a city has a lot of hispanic people and a lot of people speak Spanish does not make it look or seem more Latin American than "American."

Miami is its own city, like LA and San Fran and D.C. and NYC. They all have aspects from all over the world being pretty young cities compared to most of the world and they all have very American aspects to them. Much more than any other region's aspects.

[WINTERFRONT]

Caracas, Rio, Mexico DF, Havana, etc... don't look like Miami either.

[polo89]

Originally Posted by WINTERFRONT

In Miami you build a 10 story high building and it stands out...

A compilation of South American cities.... I would never compare Miami to these cities:

Sao Paolo:










Buenos Aires:





















Lima:













Bogota:

















Santiago:

Lovely cities.

[UrbanCrossroads]

Originally Posted by WINTERFRONT

Mexico DF

The DF is one of the most magnificent Latin cities, with its major throughfares and elegant traffic circles, not to mention its striking architecture.

[WINTERFRONT]

LA PAZ:

[crapmadgig]

The worst thing about this thread is that we are generalizing both American and Latin American cities as though they are one. Face it, every city is different and there's nothing about Miami that makes it less American than any other city in the U.S. The only place that truly physically resembles Miami (or Miami Beach) in Latin America that I know of is the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I used to live there, and that neighborhood in specific is very new and was built with Miami Beach as an inspiration. In my opinion it looks very much like Aventura. But remember, this was all modeled after Miami.

Here's a NY Times article discussing Barra's similarity to Miami: http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/10/25...cing.html?_r=0

Here are some photos: