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My mother born and raised in Miami told me she remembers people calling it little New York when she was in grade school. May be some truth to the 6th borough thing.
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When I grew up on Long Island (40-50 years ago), one of the more common jokes was, “what’s a NY’er’s favorite wine” (or, in this case, whine)??—and the answer was, “I want to go to Miami.”
Back then Miami and Miami Beach were seasonal (winter) destinations that folks went for vacation or, in the case of my grandfather, spent the winter months...heck, SoBe only became a happening place to visit 25 years ago—it’s still relatively young, though no longer seasonal only. There are other places as well in SoFla that have become more popular since then (Boca, Delray Beach, West Palm, Broward still popular) that people from the NY tri state area will visit and/or move to but they lack the energy level and excitement of the Miami area some NY’ers (especially from NYC) crave. In addition, a number of established/popular NYC restaurants and bars continue opening outposts in Miami and Miami Beach—I don’t think owners of these establishments are doing this for the Cubans, Colombians and Brazilians; if there STILL was not a connection (and plenty of NY’ers living here and visiting) between the 2 cities I tend to doubt they would be as likely to open outposts here.
Thx everyone for the replies...seems like Chicago-Phoenix would share a similar connection between distant cities.
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Originally Posted by Arcenal352
It definitely has that feel.
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Most of the 8 or 10 million people of NYC, consider the East Coast of Florida to be the 6th borough of NYC....that is a well-known fact.....
Even those that have never even stepped foot in South Florida? I don't think that's likely.
You definitely meet a lot of New Yorkers here, but that hasn't resulted in a similar feel, for me personally. Two very different cities at the end of the day.
I was in Miami two years ago and I don't really see the NY influence. Most tourists, waiters, and people on the street were either European or from Latin America. South Beach kinda has a Jewish/NY feel, but anywhere else in Miami the influence seems nonexistent.
I understand it's a big travel destination for NYers, but you wouldn't know it unless you were seeking it out in some way.
Even those that have never even stepped foot in South Florida? I don't think that's likely.
You definitely meet a lot of New Yorkers here, but that hasn't resulted in a similar feel, for me personally. Two very different cities at the end of the day.
The two cities are nothing alike, but throughout Miami's history, it was developed almost specifically to cater to snowbirds. Going way back to the Henry Flagler days.
Miami is often referred to as the sixth borough of NYC. Many from the NY metro area vacation there, own property there (full time and/or part time), and many NY eateries and bars have set up outposts there. Some individual neighborhoods between the 2 cities share similarities.
What other city pairings share a simliar or common bond??
I know people from Arizona flood San Diego to escape the heat in the summer, but is there a mutual bond between SD and Phoenix where the 2 consider themselves sister cities? Does a spring training site forge a bond?
Many from SF have fled to Portland, Denver and elsewhere but is anyone calling Portland SF North??
Whereas Miami attracts more Northeasterners, the West Coast of FL attracts more midwesterners...do Tampa and Chicago share a special bond??
Curious what far away cities (minimum 300 miles apart) share a common and as close a bond like Miami and NYC.
Not only NYC/Miami, but NYC and southern Fl including Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Palm Beach.
I lived in NYC for most of my life, and moved to Tampa. Tampa has many midwesterners, but still quite a bit of NY'ers.
Now I live in Phoenix and I see a mix of midwesterners and Californians.
Detroit and Atlanta, or actually more like Michigan and Georgia. I notice there are many people from Michigan who move down to Georgia because it's like a warmer Michigan.
Or Michigan and Florida. A lot of people here are snowbirds and they are always talking about going their place in Florida when the weather starts to cool down.
I've never heard any Detroiter talk about Oakland with either passion or frequency - and we've lived all over the Metro Detroit area.
So I'm really curious where the idea that we'd have any affinity with Oakland would come from. It's usually Florida, Georgia or Arizona (being a very distant third). Oakland isn't on anyone's list. Sorry.
Black Detroiters have connections to the west coast. Some have connections to the Bay Area in particular. Alot of these connections between cities vary along racial lines, IE: Chicago/Mississippi vs Chicago/Phoenix.
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