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Two of my favorite cities in the country. I have to go with Chicago but, Miami is right behind. I am an urbanist that loves density, architecture, hustle and bustle, charming neighborhoods, like the cold, sports, and that's why Chicago takes it for me.
However I also love beaches, the oceans, hot muy caliente weather, latin people, tropical culture, crazy night life, hot people, which is why Miami is my second favorite city.
If I could I would live half the year in Chicago the other half in Miami and have a vacation home in Rio de Janeiro. That is my dream!
Two of my favorite cities in the country. I have to go with Chicago but, Miami is right behind. I am an urbanist that loves density, architecture, hustle and bustle, charming neighborhoods, like the cold, sports, and that's why Chicago takes it for me.
However I also love beaches, the oceans, hot muy caliente weather, latin people, tropical culture, crazy night life, hot people, which is why Miami is my second favorite city.
If I could I would live half the year in Chicago the other half in Miami and have a vacation home in Rio de Janeiro. That is my dream!
I moved from Chicago to LA and have family in South Florida. Miami is described as Latin, but Chicago and LA are more described as Latino/Hispanic.
Despite the correct meaning of the word "Latin," "Latin" now is used to denote Cuban, Dominican, Brazilian, Colombian, Venezuelan, i.e. all groups well represented in Miami. Plus Miami is really the only tropical major city in the US and it being close to the Carribean and parts of South America= Latin.
LA and Chicago are #1 and #2 respectively for Mexican population. In a lot of places, LA looks like a Mexican city; the broad streets and sidewalks, the multicolored low rise buildings, tons of signs in Spanish. Plus, there are broad massive swaths of LA city and LA County that are heavily Hispanic. Many suburbs of East LA are around 90% Hispanic.
Chicago feels like a Mexican city to an extent in several neighborhoods like Little Village and Pilsen and in some suburbs, but the weather and building style I think still makes it look like the Midwest/East Coast. Chicago is a lot smaller too so you move quickly thru the neighborhoods to different cultures.
I mean. Here in Chicago there's lots and lots of Mexicans. More Mexicans then there is in Miami. Yet Chicago is not Latin.
I remember a thread about the most latino city in the U.S. and Miami got lots of votes and L.A. did.
What exactly is latino? L.A. and Miami are both latin cities yet they are VERY differen't.
I wouldn't feel at home in Miami even though I am Latino.
This broad generilzation of latinos gets quite annoying.
It's not so much putting all Latins under one umbrella, it's more about Latino diversity. Miami represents a broader range of Latinos, which pretty much gives it the "Latin City" title that it has. Mix that with the climate/architecture of most Latin-American cities, and I don't see why it shouldn't have that title.
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