Third World Country? (Miami: middle-class, credit, home)

[Michael Di Meo]

Originally Posted by roadtrip75

The term "3rd world" keeps coming up in this forum. It's clear that nobody knows what this term means. Here is a list of Third World countries (source):



Miami is not a Third World country and it does not resemble one in any way, not even as a joke. Miami resembles Brazil or Mexico more and more. That's a bad thing. It's depressing. But it's a whole different ball of wax, folks.

Miami DOES NOT and NEVER WILL resemble Afghanistan or Ethiopia.

Actually, if more people figured out how great it is to live here, we'd have a million USA people banging on the door to get in, so some on this board take the anti-position to ward those would-be-relocaters away from the region to keep it from being even more overcrowded and sprawling than it already is (& less Latin, of course).

Same goes for Broward, people love to say how much they hate it, but the truth is Broward is a fantastic place to live, and it is a miracle that it is only 1.7 million people.

OK, haters, do your job and work that magik

The humidity is atrocious, nobody speaks English, it's 3rd world, there are no mountains, women are golddiggers (my GF is cleaning the house in a thong, gotta go) etc...

[cixcell]

hush. youre driving up property values =P

[Michael Di Meo]

Originally Posted by cixcell

hush. youre driving up property values =P

The dang thing keeps telling me I gotta spread it around, but here is a +1 that does not count for you...

[Chelito23]

Only in Miami would someone have to post to clear up that the city isn't third world lol. That says a lot.

[perry335654]

Nobody goes to a Third-World city like Miami anymore, it's always too crowded.

[boxus]

Some of the worst places in the world have a high population density.

[♥♥PRINC3Ss♥♥]

when our credit rating gets downgraded to D- or F, the whole US will be carrying bags on their heads and drinking water from polluted rivers and sewers

Thanks Congress.

[WhatTheHellMan]

Miami is nowhere close to being Third World. Just because there is crime and some rude people doesn't make Miami Third World. If you really believe Miami is Third World then you must be a pampered arrogant tool.

People came to Miami to avoid conflict, not necessarily create it. Miami is a business hub for Latin America, a very large emerging market, the vacation destination for many in the US, and a place where hundreds of thousands came to enjoy a better, peaceful life with access to amenities (education, medical attention, FREEDOM), that they may have not had in their previous country. Of course, with such a tumultuous history the good comes with the bad, and sometimes people lash out. It can't always be helped, but take solace in that Miami is the proud home of many, for better and for worse.

[doom1001]

Miami is not a third world country,are there things that happen here that make people consider it a third world country or at least just bring up the subject,maybe??

[roadtrip75]

Originally Posted by doom1001

are there things that happen here that make people consider it a third world country or at least just bring up the subject,maybe??

A lot of things happen in Miami that make people think it is like a Latin American country, which people mistakenly label "Third World".