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Despite all u said miami still doesnt have an advantage when it comes to caribbean/latin culture
How does it not? How does NYC have the advantage? What part of Caribbean Latin culture up there is bigger and more significant than Miami? That culture DOMINATES Miami, does it dominate NYC? How can you counter everything I explained? This is the 1st time I've heard NYC have the advantage over MIAMI of all places in Caribbean/Latin-American culture.
Is it? I guess one could argue that New Jersey's industrial cities (Paterson, Elizabeth, Newark, Jersey City) have large and diverse immigrant populations attracted to living in the NYC metro but priced out of Manhattan, but I don't think anyone associates New England Connecticut with "Caribbean culture".
actually conneticut has a strong caribbean presnece. Hartford has a strong Jamaican presence , Stamford has a strong haitian presence etc. and also the caribbean presence is growing in rhode island.
How does it not? How does NYC have the advantage? What part of Caribbean Latin culture up there is bigger and more significant than Miami? That culture DOMINATES Miami, does it dominate NYC? How can you counter everything I explained? This is the 1st time I've heard NYC have the advantage over MIAMI of all places in Caribbean/Latin-American culture.
Polo89 please dont try and convince this poster. The only thing he knows in NYC and in his mind nothing can outdo NYC.. follow his post you will see the trend... After al you said to show him and all he can say is. With all you said miami still doesnt have the advantage... Polo you sound like a winner too me. K.O.N.Y its ok to give credit to another city ok.... its not going to take anything from NYC
Polo89 please dont try and convince this poster. The only thing he knows in NYC and in his mind nothing can outdo NYC.. follow his post you will see the trend... After al you said to show him and all he can say is. With all you said miami still doesnt have the advantage... Polo you sound like a winner too me. K.O.N.Y its ok to give credit to another city ok.... its not going to take anything from NYC
I've already said, i can see why someone would say miami. Miami is much closer to the caribbean and latin america, its supposed to be influenced by it.
But as far as latin american music new york is bigger. As far as latin american icons, new york is bigger. As far as making a stamp in america, i think new york is bigger. Same thing with caribbean cultures. More jamaican music is coming out of brooklyn than miami.
Im not saying its better than miami, im just saying new york is right there with it
I've already said, i can see why someone would say miami. Miami is much closer to the caribbean and latin america, its supposed to be influenced by it.
But as far as latin american music new york is bigger. As far as latin american icons, new york is bigger. As far as making a stamp in america, i think new york is bigger. Same thing with caribbean cultures. More jamaican music is coming out of brooklyn than miami.
Im not saying its better than miami, im just saying new york is right there with it
So if you said that then why all the extras??by people choosing Miami doesn't mean that people don't know that NYC is heavily influenced also..we can name things too.. There are more wealthy Latins and Miami has a larger Latin economy etc but when you say Latin or caribbean,the first thing people think of is MIami. Even the scenery reminds you of a Latin caribbean and south American city..
How does it not? How does NYC have the advantage? What part of Caribbean Latin culture up there is bigger and more significant than Miami? That culture DOMINATES Miami, does it dominate NYC? How can you counter everything I explained? This is the 1st time I've heard NYC have the advantage over MIAMI of all places in Caribbean/Latin-American culture.
The Bronx, West and South, Inwood, Washington Heights, West Harlem, and East (Spanish) Harlem have about 2 million people. EVERYWHERE you go in those areas you here salsa, merengue, bachata being played on the streets. You have people playing dominoes in front of their buildings and selling sugar canes, mangos, bananas, etc on the streets. This is the same phenomenom as in upper Manhattan. They call Washington Heights, "Quisqueya Heights", just because it's so darn similar to Dominican Republic. So in my view, yes we do have more carribean culture. I am sorrounded by hispanic carribeans. All I hear is spanish being spoken on the streets. So I think you're underrating the carribean culture in NYC. If you ever come up here, you'd see how big of an influence it actually has. All of uptown Manhattan, and the west and south Bronx are about 80% Hispanic with over 2 million people. That is a significant amount of people. Also these areas are all adjacent to each other. So it just adds to the vastness. You get a feeling that you're not in NYC anymore...unless you take a train for 40 min to escape this vast carribean nation.
And down in Brooklyn you have a huge Afro-west Indian presence. When you combine both of these areas you'd get a very prominent and note worthy taste of carribean culture.
I'm not saying that Miami doesn't have carribean culture because it obviously does. You however sound suprise that some people are picking NYC.
The Bronx, West and South, Inwood, Washington Heights, West Harlem, and East (Spanish) Harlem have about 2 million people. EVERYWHERE you go in those areas you here salsa, merengue, bachata being played on the streets. You have people playing dominoes in front of their buildings and selling sugar canes, mangos, bananas, etc on the streets. This is the same phenomenom as in upper Manhattan. They call Washington Heights, "Quisqueya Heights", just because it's so darn similar to Dominican Republic. So in my view, yes we do have more carribean culture. I am sorrounded by hispanic carribeans. All I hear is spanish being spoken on the streets. So I think you're underrating the carribean culture in NYC. If you ever come up here, you'd see how big of an influence it actually has. All of uptown Manhattan, and the west and south Bronx are about 80% Hispanic with over 2 million people. That is a significant amount of people. Also these areas are all adjacent to each other. So it just adds to the vastness. You get a feeling that you're not in NYC anymore...unless you take a train for 40 min to escape this vast carribean nation.
And down in Brooklyn you have a huge Afro-west Indian presence. When you combine both of these areas you'd get a very prominent and note worthy taste of carribean culture.
I'm not saying that Miami doesn't have carribean culture because it obviously does. You however sound suprise that some people are picking NYC.
Don't be.
Also the puerto rican day parade, im pretty sure is bigger than anything in miami. And brooklyn has the labor day parade aswell
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Despite all u said miami still doesnt have an advantage when it comes to caribbean/latin culture
I don't think so.
I'll give NYC Jamaican over Miami, but that's about it.
I mean if you've ever been to The Florida Keys (Key West) islands, you'll see how much it resembles Caribbean culture.
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