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This is a tough one.
Miami sits in the center of the divide for both, but their main shipping/exporting goes to countries in the Gulf Coast/Caribbean, thus furthering it's culture tighter with the Gulf over the Atlantic. I would say, Miami is one very special city because of this particular scenario, well I just saw your post from the other thread, Miami is Atlantic, but it operates a lot in the Gulf.
Cities like Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale are Atlantic, and Jacksonville handles large shipments for the Atlantic coast.
Then again there's always Tampa another large port on the Gulf region. Plus Miami's cruise line is one of the largest in the world, and most of it's destinations are Caribbean/Gulf Countries and Cancun, Mexico.
Plus there's the Hurricane season which gets large viewers and the focus is mostly in the Gulf region over the Atlantic. Not saying it doesn't happen there, but not as often.
It's more on the Atlantic and if officially on the Atlantic side, but I can see it operating extensively on the Gulf side as well, I mean Miami-Dade county of course.
Its on both. Larger percentage of the population lives on the Atlantic side mostly because of I-95 and U.S. 1 but the actual coastline is much greater on the Gulf side. To consider it only one is silly. But if you were to consider it just one I'd have to go by coastline which makes it gulf.
Miami sits in the center of the divide for both, but their main shipping/exporting goes to countries in the Gulf Coast/Caribbean, thus furthering it's culture tighter with the Gulf over the Atlantic. I would say, Miami is one very special city because of this particular scenario, well I just saw your post from the other thread, Miami is Atlantic, but it operates a lot in the Gulf.
Cities like Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale are Atlantic, and Jacksonville handles large shipments for the Atlantic coast.
Then again there's always Tampa another large port on the Gulf region. Plus Miami's cruise line is one of the largest in the world, and most of it's destinations are Caribbean/Gulf Countries and Cancun, Mexico.
Plus there's the Hurricane season which gets large viewers and the focus is mostly in the Gulf region over the Atlantic. Not saying it doesn't happen there, but not as often.
It's more on the Atlantic and if officially on the Atlantic side, but I can see it operating extensively on the Gulf side as well, I mean Miami-Dade county of course.
That is false the Atlantic Coast of Florida and the US gets hit more frequently than the Gulf
It's both, but I typically think of it as an Atlantic coast city. Not too long ago, I read something that mentioned Tampa as a Gulf coast city, and I was struck by that. I mean I know it's true, but I guess I never really classified it like that--among the likes of Mobile, Biloxi, New Orleans, and Galveston (and by extension, Houston).
The Atlantic side has Florida's best city (Miami), but the Gulf is the better ocean by far...for now unfortunately...
Technically it is not an ocean
but either way get your point - but personally I prefer the larger waves of the Atlantic; though not quite as warm (but hey I am used to the Jersey Shore so ocean temp is relative)
and more importantly i hope they get that rig closed off - the gulf is too precious to allow this contamination to continue
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