What do you hate most about miami? (house, unemployment)

[ferpow13]

What do you hate most?

[Glasvegas]

- the drivers
- poor economy, high unemployment
- lack of parks
- too overdeveloped
- poor attitudes
- lack of ethnic, cultural and social diversity
- too many flaky, sketchy and dishonest people
- too superficial, bling oriented
- too many con artists
- totally unpredictable traffic

[hurricaneMan1992]

I voted distances too far. Even when I lived in downtown, I found myself driving a half hour or more (without traffic) to a lot of things. If you live near a major attraction, the other interesting places are far away.

[Jmlacysr]

Too many con artists would be my number one, closely followed by too many sketchy, homeless, panhandlers, hookers and drug dealers.

[Manolón]

Miami, not Little Haiti

[WINTERFRONT]

Originally Posted by Jmlacysr

Too many con artists would be my number one, closely followed by too many sketchy, homeless, panhandlers, hookers and drug dealers.

Doesn't sound like the Miami I lived for the past 11 years.

[angelscorpio]

*Cuban balseros culture: racism, sectarianism, fraud, parasites, couch potato people, scarce food menu, uneducated people, false proud,no speaking English, having to stand same tedious and uninspiring speech about Cuba is a kind of a continent in every corner, tackiness, covert communism, AND that covered hostility for foreigners including Americans as well as the blatant disrespect for American laws.

*Lack of diversity plans: everything here is about malls and the beach.

*Sectorized neighborhoods: Cuban with Cubans, Haitian with Haitians, Venezuelan with .... u know, there is not real integration here. I remember when I came here someone told not to be in certain neighborhoods because I could be assaulted or bashed just because I was of certain skin color and so on.

*Manipulated media: especially in radio stations where everything is about Cuba or other specific countries. You have to go to the net to find for real news. There is a big bias on politicians on most of that radio stations. And did I mention the big business has become certain christian radio stations asking for money cashing on the charity disguise? oh come on?

*Corruption to the higher levels: Politicians, medicare fraudulent ppl, realtors, some government offices employees etc have carried off the first prize in corruption in the country. It's the Cuban mafia.

*Extreme favoritism: On specific cultures

and etc etc..Of course, most of those things the majority of people are not aware because things are designed to make you appear that everything is ok when is not.

There is an intrinsic evilness in this city where you sometimes become caught up in the system too which is inevitable until this city be cleaned up.

[WINTERFRONT]

Originally Posted by angelscorpio

*cuban balseros culture: Racism, sectarianism, fraud, parasites, couch potato people, scarce food menu, uneducated people, false proud,no speaking english, having to stand same tedious and uninspiring speech about cuba is a kind of a continent in every corner, tackiness, covert communism, and that covered hostility for foreigners including americans as well as the blatant disrespect for american laws.

*lack of diversity plans: Everything here is about malls and the beach.

*sectorized neighborhoods: Cuban with cubans, haitian with haitians, venezuelan with .... U know, there is not real integration here. I remember when i came here someone told not to be in certain neighborhoods because i could be assaulted or bashed just because i was of certain skin color and so on.

*manipulated media: Especially in radio stations where everything is about cuba or other specific countries. You have to go to the net to find for real news. There is a big bias on politicians on most of that radio stations. And did i mention the big business has become certain christian radio stations asking for money cashing on the charity disguise? Oh come on?

*corruption to the higher levels: Politicians, medicare fraudulent ppl, realtors, some government offices employees etc have carried off the first prize in corruption in the country. It's the cuban mafia.

*extreme favoritism: On specific cultures

and etc etc..of course, most of those things the majority of people are not aware because things are designed to make you appear that everything is ok when is not.

There is an intrinsic evilness in this city where you sometimes become caught up in the system too which is inevitable until this city be cleaned up.

+1

[Glasvegas]

Originally Posted by angelscorpio

*Cuban balseros culture: racism, sectarianism, fraud, parasites, couch potato people, scarce food menu, uneducated people, false proud,no speaking English, having to stand same tedious and uninspiring speech about Cuba is a kind of a continent in every corner, tackiness, covert communism, AND that covered hostility for foreigners including Americans as well as the blatant disrespect for American laws.

*Lack of diversity plans: everything here is about malls and the beach.

*Sectorized neighborhoods: Cuban with Cubans, Haitian with Haitians, Venezuelan with .... u know, there is not real integration here. I remember when I came here someone told not to be in certain neighborhoods because I could be assaulted or bashed just because I was of certain skin color and so on.

*Manipulated media: especially in radio stations where everything is about Cuba or other specific countries. You have to go to the net to find for real news. There is a big bias on politicians on most of that radio stations. And did I mention the big business has become certain christian radio stations asking for money cashing on the charity disguise? oh come on?

*Corruption to the higher levels: Politicians, medicare fraudulent ppl, realtors, some government offices employees etc have carried off the first prize in corruption in the country. It's the Cuban mafia.

*Extreme favoritism: On specific cultures

and etc etc..Of course, most of those things the majority of people are not aware because things are designed to make you appear that everything is ok when is not.

There is an intrinsic evilness in this city where you sometimes become caught up in the system too which is inevitable until this city be cleaned up.

I agree with much of your post, although I am reluctant to name specific ethnic groups when it comes to Miami's ills. I am of the opinion that bad people in Miami come from all ethnic groups present here, rich, poor or dwindling middle class.

The evilness you describe is probably due to the fact that Miami was built on dirty money, more so than any other American city over the past few decades. Miami has been attracting bad people since even before the drug days. Fast forward to present day Miami and you have a vast majority of people who have little or no respect for others, no sense of community and a level of professionalism lower than anywhere else in the country.

Miami attracts people who come here to party, people running away from other states/countries, New Yorkers who expect the same levels of service as
New York, immigrants who choose to live how they lived in their former countries, people who come here to scam, people who like to pose and show off the crap they got in debt to buy and crooked doctors who steal from Medicare. All in all, a bad mix of people. No sense of community? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why.

The word rudeness is not always a word I'd use to describe people here, because it's not like people yell "**** you" at one another in the street. It's more of an extreme lack of regard for others and self-entitlement that is so deeply ingrained in people, along with lack of morals. Put it this way, I grew up in South Philly and what I see here in Miami shocks me on a daily basis.

[WINTERFRONT]

Oh, one more thing: the majority of people are not aware of these issues, because the majority are participants of all the negative things you mentioned. They don't see these things as a problem, but as a way of life - it's like everyone in the 305 has been raised in the same house by the same lowlife parents.