Why do people say Miami is part of Latin America?? (Orlando: buses, wealthy)

[aaronstlcards]

Originally Posted by Spade

If Miami is a supposed Latin American city , why don't people say the same about Los Angeles or Houston which both have a very large Latin American population. The truth is that Miami has maybe influenced by Latin America. But it is still part of the United States of America.

As of the 2005-2007 US Census Community Survey:

Miami
% of Hispanic residents in the city: 68.8
% of foriegn born residents in the city: 58.4
% of residents that speak a language other than English at home in the city: 77.1
% of Hispanic residents is Miami-Dade County: 61.4

Los Angeles
% of Hispanic residents in the city: 48.5
% of foriegn born residents in the city: 40
% of residents that speak a language other than English at home in the city: 60
% of Hispanic residents is Los Angeles County: 47.1

Houston
% of Hispanic residents in the city: 41.7
% of foriegn born residents in the city: 28.1
% of residents that speak a language other than English at home in the city: 45.2
% of Hispanic residents is Harris County: 37.9

[polo89]

Originally Posted by Spade

If Miami is a supposed Latin American city , why don't people say the same about Los Angeles or Houston which both have a very large Latin American population. The truth is that Miami has maybe influenced by Latin America. But it is still part of the United States of America.

Because Miami is home to MANY Latin American Headquarters of American companies.

[polo89]

Originally Posted by MiamiRob

^ yes isn't that ironic though? Little Havana has more central American immigrants now than Cubans! They all fled to the suburbs!

All the Cubans live in Westchester and all over South Florida's Western suburbs. They moved out of Little Havana and the inner city. Little Havana has alot more Nicaraguans now, some people are starting to call parts of Little Havana Little Managua the Nicaraguan capital.

[nycricanpapi]

Originally Posted by nature's message

Last time I checked, it was in the state of Florida, which of course is part o the United States. There is a difference between being part of Latin America and having a large Latin American INFLUENCE.

Wow whoever says that is ignorant and does not know what he or she is talking about. Miami is not part of Latin America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America

[FlyMIA]

Miami has a major influence on a huge region outside the United States. Media, Finance, Transportation, Politics, Culture etc..
From Wikipedia: (I know not the best source.)

Miami-Dade:
The racial makeup of the county was 69.70% White (16.6% Non-Hispanic White),[14] 17.5% African American and Black (with a large part being of Caribbean descent), 0.19% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 4.58% from other races, and 3.79% from two or more races. 65.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. In relation to ancestry (excluding the various Hispanic and Latino ancestries), 5% were Haitian, 5% American, 2% Italian, 2% Jamaican, 2% German, 2% Irish, and 2% English ancestry.[15] 1,147,765 of Miami-Dade residents, or 50.9 percent of the total population, were foreign-born, a percentage greater than any other county in the United States (47% of whom were naturalized U.S. citizens),[15][16]



The most common countries of foreign-born residents included Cuba (42%), Nicaragua (16%), Colombia (6%), Haiti (6%), Dominican Republic (3%), and Jamaica (3%).[15]


59.25% spoke Spanish as their first language, 32.09% English, 4.12% French Creole, 0.89% French, and 0.67% spoke Portuguese as their mother language.[21] 50.9% of the county residents were born outside the United States, while 67.90% of the population speaks a language other than English at home.[21]
Today, the Miami area has a sizable community of citizens, undocumented populations, and permanent residents, of Argentines, Bahamians, Brazilians, Canadians, Chileans, Chinese, Colombians, Cubans, Dominicans, Ecuadorans, French, Germans, Greeks, Guatemalans, Guayanese, Haitians, Hondurans, Jamaicans, Indians, Italians, Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Peruvians, Russians, Salvadoran, Spanish, Trinidadians and Tobagonians, Turks, South Africans, and Venezuelans, as well as a sizable Puerto Rican population throughout the metropolitan area. While commonly thought of as mainly a city of Hispanic and Caribbean immigrants, the Miami area is home to large French, French Canadian, German, Italian, and Russian communities. The communities have grown to a prominent place in Miami and its suburbs, creating ethnic enclave neighborhoods such as Little Haiti, Little Havana, Little Managua, Little Brazil, Little Moscow, and Little San Juan.



Miami is also the headquarters and main production city of many of the world's largest Latin American television networks, broadcasting companies and production facilities, such as Telemundo, TeleFutura, Mega TV, Univision, RCTV International and Sunbeam Television.

Because of its proximity to Latin America, Miami serves as the headquarters of Latin American operations for more than 1400 multinational corporations, including AIG, American Airlines, Cisco, Disney, Exxon, FedEx, Kraft Foods, Microsoft, Oracle, SBC Communications, Sony, and Visa International

The port of Miami is the busiest port of entry for cargo to and from Latin America and the Caribbean. Miami International Airport is the third busiest airport for International Passengers behind JFK and LAX. It has the most flights to Latin America and the Caribbean. Ft. Lauderdale is 15 in International Passengers. Miami International Airport is number one in the US in amount of international cargo and 4th in total cargo.
When a company wants to do busisness in Latin America it comes to Miami, they make there offices in Miami they bring clients to Miami. Miami is probably Latin America's second largest financial center after Sao Paulo. Maybe 3rd after Panama City. A very large amount of goods traveling between Latin America and Europe comes to the Port of Miami or Miami International airport. The reason Lan Chile air cargo has its largest operations out of Miami. Miami is the media capital of Latin America. Culturally Miami is part of Latin America this is also true depending on your view point in human geography also. Obviously if you are talking physically Miami is in the US in Florida. But Miami has a much larger influence on Latin America than the US which is why it is called the gateway to the America's.

[little bean]

Originally Posted by nycricanpapi

Wow whoever says that is ignorant and does not know what he or she is talking about. Miami is not part of Latin America.

Latin America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yeah my neighborhood in DC is very Salvardoran on the eastern side of Adams Morgan (towards Columbia Heights). It's still America though not a part of Latin America. Who would say that?

[Gators2009]

Originally Posted by MiamiRob

62% of the population in Miami is foreign born which is one of the highest percentages of not only of the US but the world according to a UN report. Ironically when Americans think Latin American they think Mexico only but the Mexican population in Miami is quite small. Most of the population is Caribbean with Cubans, Haitians, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Jamaicans, Bahamians and many people from the Lee Ward islands. In addition add Nicuaraguans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Argentinians & Brazilians.
Many of these people have bought property in Miami whenever there is political turmoil in one of there nations as they see it as a safe bet considering Miami is still in the US & a place to vacation. Since the city is more bilingual than most other "hispanic" influenced cities like Houston or LA they come to Miami instead.
The city's Brickell financial district has many central & south American banks with branches and every single Latin American nation has a consulate here. There is a reason it is called the "Gateway to the Americas !

It's the Gateway to something alright...

[polo89]

Originally Posted by little bean

Yeah my neighborhood in DC is very Salvardoran on the eastern side of Adams Morgan (towards Columbia Heights). It's still America though not a part of Latin America. Who would say that?

Because Salvadorans and Latin-Americans don't make up the majority of DC's population.

[polo89]

Originally Posted by FlyMIA

Miami has a major influence on a huge region outside the United States. Media, Finance, Transportation, Politics, Culture etc..
From Wikipedia: (I know not the best source.)

Miami-Dade:
The racial makeup of the county was 69.70% White (16.6% Non-Hispanic White),[14] 17.5% African American and Black (with a large part being of Caribbean descent), 0.19% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 4.58% from other races, and 3.79% from two or more races. 65.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. In relation to ancestry (excluding the various Hispanic and Latino ancestries), 5% were Haitian, 5% American, 2% Italian, 2% Jamaican, 2% German, 2% Irish, and 2% English ancestry.[15] 1,147,765 of Miami-Dade residents, or 50.9 percent of the total population, were foreign-born, a percentage greater than any other county in the United States (47% of whom were naturalized U.S. citizens),[15][16]



The most common countries of foreign-born residents included Cuba (42%), Nicaragua (16%), Colombia (6%), Haiti (6%), Dominican Republic (3%), and Jamaica (3%).[15]


59.25% spoke Spanish as their first language, 32.09% English, 4.12% French Creole, 0.89% French, and 0.67% spoke Portuguese as their mother language.[21] 50.9% of the county residents were born outside the United States, while 67.90% of the population speaks a language other than English at home.[21]
Today, the Miami area has a sizable community of citizens, undocumented populations, and permanent residents, of Argentines, Bahamians, Brazilians, Canadians, Chileans, Chinese, Colombians, Cubans, Dominicans, Ecuadorans, French, Germans, Greeks, Guatemalans, Guayanese, Haitians, Hondurans, Jamaicans, Indians, Italians, Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Peruvians, Russians, Salvadoran, Spanish, Trinidadians and Tobagonians, Turks, South Africans, and Venezuelans, as well as a sizable Puerto Rican population throughout the metropolitan area. While commonly thought of as mainly a city of Hispanic and Caribbean immigrants, the Miami area is home to large French, French Canadian, German, Italian, and Russian communities. The communities have grown to a prominent place in Miami and its suburbs, creating ethnic enclave neighborhoods such as Little Haiti, Little Havana, Little Managua, Little Brazil, Little Moscow, and Little San Juan.



Miami is also the headquarters and main production city of many of the world's largest Latin American television networks, broadcasting companies and production facilities, such as Telemundo, TeleFutura, Mega TV, Univision, RCTV International and Sunbeam Television.

Because of its proximity to Latin America, Miami serves as the headquarters of Latin American operations for more than 1400 multinational corporations, including AIG, American Airlines, Cisco, Disney, Exxon, FedEx, Kraft Foods, Microsoft, Oracle, SBC Communications, Sony, and Visa International

The port of Miami is the busiest port of entry for cargo to and from Latin America and the Caribbean. Miami International Airport is the third busiest airport for International Passengers behind JFK and LAX. It has the most flights to Latin America and the Caribbean. Ft. Lauderdale is 15 in International Passengers. Miami International Airport is number one in the US in amount of international cargo and 4th in total cargo.
When a company wants to do busisness in Latin America it comes to Miami, they make there offices in Miami they bring clients to Miami. Miami is probably Latin America's second largest financial center after Sao Paulo. Maybe 3rd after Panama City. A very large amount of goods traveling between Latin America and Europe comes to the Port of Miami or Miami International airport. The reason Lan Chile air cargo has its largest operations out of Miami. Miami is the media capital of Latin America. Culturally Miami is part of Latin America this is also true depending on your view point in human geography also. Obviously if you are talking physically Miami is in the US in Florida. But Miami has a much larger influence on Latin America than the US which is why it is called the gateway to the America's.

This is EXACTLY what I was trying to say. But you said it well in SO many words.

[polo89]

Miami is geographically closer to Latin-America then it is to the rest of the South. But overall Miami is a US city, and a Southern US city. BUT it's a Southern city with a VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, LARGE, and undeniable Hispanic, Carribean, Latin-American influence. And anyone who tries to deny that influence, and tries to pass it off as an AVERAGE Southern city, is a darn FOOL and has probably never been to Miami.