America's Soul-less Cities

[polo89]

Originally Posted by paradoxical

Orlando has my vote. It is a city which has nothing unique. It's a manufactured environment which exists to plug the most banal forms of commercial tourism such as corporate theme parks or bland cookie cutter HUD-like suburbs. The city has a distinct lack of taste and culture. Young people dress in gaudy faux hip hop styles and talk in strange white suburban ebonics knock off language. The schools are horrible. The sports teams all suck too. The older folk are completely uncultured unwashed Floridian types who can't comprehend anything beyond the Floridian bubble. If they are transplants they are soon absorbed into the soulless culture-less quagmire that is Orlando.

God help you if you run into the wealthy "elite" in Orlando. Their lack of taste is only surpassed by the gaudiness of their gilded plywood walled McEstates.

Described every suburb in every state. Hardly limited to Orlando. Either way, Orlando has some of the same cultural traits one may find in Miami. Orlando has a VERY large Caribbean community(Haitian and Puerto Rican in particular).

[polo89]

Originally Posted by tinytrump

Miami has cha-cha... but souless dont forget Tampa... ugh

Tampa has some very distinct historic neighborhoods. also Tampa has a deep and long Cuban history. Tampa's soul can be found in the old Cigar factories in Ybor, and West Tampa, as can Florida-Style Bungalow homes, and shot-gun houses. almost looks like New Orleans in some of those older Tampa neighborhoods. and Miami soulless? Seriously?

[Chilly Gentilly]

Originally Posted by polo89

Tampa has some very distinct historic neighborhoods. also Tampa has a deep and long Cuban history. Tampa's soul can be found in the old Cigar factories in Ybor, and West Tampa, as can Florida-Style Bungalow homes, and shot-gun houses. almost looks like New Orleans in some of those older Tampa neighborhoods. and Miami soulless? Seriously?

Looks like you have a pretty good grasp of what soul is intended to mean with this post. I'm glad to read your take on Tampa. I've been oddly anxious to visit there...of all places.

Oh and Orlando is about as stale and plastic as it gets...