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Just curious, where in the Miami area is Little Tel Aviv? And Little Moscow is basically Sunny Isles Beach, right?
Does the city of Miami itself have many European enclaves or are most of those along the beach communities? I mean Miami Beach is a very international place--I've seen plenty of European ex-pats around that town, but I'm curious if there's other areas with a more European international population evident...
Nope, it's mostly the coastal areas. Yeah, Sunny Isle is basically Little Moscow. There's large Jewish population centers throughout SoFla, so it could mean predominantly Jewish neighborhoods. Little Tel Aviv isn't official, but from what I've heard, it's in the area of businesses in Miami Beach on Arthur Godfrey and 41st. Then there's a bunch of unofficial Brazilian enclaves throughout.
Not population, features it shares in common. Arguably those are the cities it shares features with. I haven't been to Atlanta.
LA is a combo of some features of those cities put together IMO.
Atlanta is more like Charlotte from its skyline to its location in the Southeastern US. There is nothing about Atlanta that is remotely like LA. It doesn't even have palm trees.
Dallas doesn't share anything geographically or otherwise with LA either except its flashiness, attitude, & suburbs on steroids. Dallas looks like a large Oklahoma City or insert any other Midwestern/Great Plains cities.
The cities that most resemble LA looks wise are Houston, Vegas, San Francisco, & Miami.
Hills, mountains, palm trees, oceans, freeways, deserts, etc.
All of those cities have one or more of each.
Diversity Houston is the most like LA.
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To me they always screamed 70's, but those things go as far back as the 50's. They're almost universally derided, but I can't help but love 'em, they define an era. And they're EVERYWHERE. That scene from "The Rookies" looks like West L.A., maybe Santa Monica. robertpolygot also touched on the names--they are indeed hilarious and overly-descriptive. Ever see "White Men Can't Jump"? At one point, Wesley Snipes's wife complains that there's no vistas, there's no views, and there sure as hell aren't any vistas of any damn views. She was describing her residence, the Vista View Apartments. Those are dingbats (how lovable is that name btw? Lol, I can never stop saying it).
The guy who came up with this name deserves an award. Or a pink slip. Or both:
I actually remember that part from White Men Can't Jump. I even searched for that apartment that Wesley Snipes and his wife lived in, in that movie. I liked the look of those apartments. I think they're located in Baldwin Village "The Jungles" from what I understand. And I believe those apartments were also featured in the movie Training Day when Denzel and Ethan Hawk drove to that Blood neighborhood. But I do like that 50's style, because they do represent an era. South Florida has an abundance of those vintage style apartments that are prevalent through out those parts of LA.
According to the 2011 American Community Survey 3 year estimates, here are the numbers
Miami Area European Born: 122,275 (5.7% of the foreign born, 2.2% of the total population)
Los Angeles Area European Born: 278,051 (5.0% of the foreign born, 1.6% of the total population)
Born in Northern Europe:
Miami: 25,435
Los Angeles: 72,053
Born in Western Europe:
Miami: 26,925
Los Angeles: 67,359
Born in Southern Europe:
Miami: 28,361
Los Angeles: 29,865
Born in Eastern Europe:
Miami: 41,207
Los Angeles: 108,054
Pretty much what I suspected. LA with those Russians and Armenians(although kinda Middle-Eastern/Eurasian) give LA the Eastern European edge.
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