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That is because Miami doesn't consider itself to be a "Southern" city. It's business & cultural ties encompass cities beyond national boundaries.
I don't doubt its cultural ties, but Miami has a hard enough time competing with other American cities. It by no means should be the capital of two continents.
Anyone who has been there knows it's true - where else can you meet someone from almost anywhere in the Americas while enjoying both the weather and international cuisine.
Why not a capital in Texas, somewhere in the midst of the Texas Triangle? I'd suspect that building a new city would be the appropriate course of action. You could call the city New America. You wouldn't want to put the capital into an environment that is unstable like Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico, etc...
NYC for sure is de facto capital, being the most important economic center.
Miami is the main air hub. No other city has direct flights for so many cities in the continent and it's also the main interchange hub.
Mexico is the center of the latin area in the North and Central Americas and São Paulo is the center of South America.
New York's not even the capital of the current United States, why should it be the capital of the American continent?
My vote also goes to Panama city, very well interconnected not only by maritime routes but also aerial.
While NYC isn't the capital of the US present, it has all of the marks of a capital city. That it is not the capital has more to do with wanting a "neutral" capital location and appeasing southerners.
Last edited by Fish & Chips; 12-17-2016 at 06:28 AM..
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