Is Miami a Southern city? (Memphis: living in, move to, title)

[EndersDrift]

Originally Posted by polo89

No offense but, WHAT THE HELL?? South Florida has gone BLUE since the 92 Presidential election(Maybe even BEFORE that). And my bad, I should have clarified that MIAMI-DADE, hasn't really assimilated. Re-read my post, I was talking about each cities PREDOMINANT culture. NYC IS diverse, but it's PRE-DOMINANT culture isn't the same as that of Miami-Dade in which MOST of the predominant culture is that of Latin Americans in Dade County. NYC is a city of 8million people, in which it is predominantly WHITE European and assimilated, and MOST people speak English(It's WAAAAY more diverse than Miami, but it's PREDOMINANT language is English). Miami is predominantly LATINO, in which 65% of it's population speaks Spanish as a 1st language. Get what I'm saying? NYC's Mayors speak English as there 1st language. Miami? Not so much. Miami has the highest concentration of foreign banks(mostly Latin American), and Miami has a BOATLOAD of Latin American headquarters of American companies. What Southern culture do you see in Miami outside of the predominantly black areas? When you walk into Little Havanah, OR Little Haiti, OR Little Managua, OR South Beach, OR Coral Gables, OR, Coconut Grove, Or Wynwood, OR Brickell, OR Bayside, WHAT Southern Culture DO YOU SEE?

This will be my last reply to you Polo if you continue to type with so many capital letters, its just bad to read. Anyways...

1. South Florida is Republican, whoever told you otherwise was wrong. Mayor of Miami currently is an Independent that was originally Republican. Pembroke Pines is republican, Hialeah is republican, West Palm Beach is republican, Pompano Beach, Palm Bay, Coral Springs, Cape Coral, Hollywood, and Miami Gardens all have Republican Mayors. With the exception of Miami proper which had to run under Independent but was Republican and Ft. Lauderdale proper all of South Florida is Republican.

Meanwhile,
Mayor of Orlando: Democrat;
Mayor of Tallahassee: Democrat;
Mayor of Panama City: Democrat;
Mayor of Tampa: Democrat;
Mayor of St. Petersburg: Democrat;

2. Nobody including you has told me what 'Southern Culture' means so I can't tell you what "Southern Culture" I do or do not see. Neither can you obviously since you can't define the word.

3. As for language, is English what defines this 'Southern culture'?

I don't know what rock you live under but I don't speak a word of Spanish and yet I managed to maintain friends, relationships, school, and employment the entire time I was in Miami...

[Blkspice23]

I went to majority Hispanic high school
and managed to have friends and hold a Job too.. There is no denying that majority of the economy in Miami is Latin influenced... Majority of the wealthy people are Spanish.....

[polo89]

Originally Posted by EndersDrift

This will be my last reply to you Polo if you continue to type with so many capital letters, its just bad to read. Anyways...

1. South Florida is Republican, whoever told you otherwise was wrong. Mayor of Miami currently is an Independent that was originally Republican. Pembroke Pines is republican, Hialeah is republican, West Palm Beach is republican, Pompano Beach, Palm Bay, Coral Springs, Cape Coral, Hollywood, and Miami Gardens all have Republican Mayors. With the exception of Miami proper which had to run under Independent but was Republican and Ft. Lauderdale proper all of South Florida is Republican.

Meanwhile,
Mayor of Orlando: Democrat;
Mayor of Tallahassee: Democrat;
Mayor of Panama City: Democrat;
Mayor of Tampa: Democrat;
Mayor of St. Petersburg: Democrat;

2. Nobody including you has told me what 'Southern Culture' means so I can't tell you what "Southern Culture" I do or do not see. Neither can you obviously since you can't define the word.

3. As for language, is English what defines this 'Southern culture'?

I don't know what rock you live under but I don't speak a word of Spanish and yet I managed to maintain friends, relationships, school, and employment the entire time I was in Miami...

1.OBVIOUSLY We were talking about PRESIDENTIAL elections. If you think these are RED counties then YOU must be living under a bridge.

2. What rock DO YOU live under, seems how EVERYONE on here who LIVED in South Florida also(including me) concurs with what I'm saying.

3. What is the predominant culture of Miami-Dade? The flying of Cuban, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Haitian, Jamaican flags, cuisine is typically Caribbean, Music is typically Caribbean, accents are typically Latin American, language is primarily Spanish, typically Soccer fans(I should know, I'm HAITIAN).

There may NOT be something SPECIFIC that is Southern culture, but what do you see in Miami that is reminiscent of Southern culture if YOU yourself can't define what Southern culture is either? Especially since most people down there don't consider themselves Southerners(go figure).
What makes Miami Southern? The fact that it's in the South and it once WAS home to many Southerners. And that's all that makes it Southern.

[Blkspice23]

I'm southern too but yet I was born in another country lol. I'm Caribbean and no one from Haiti Bahamas Cuba Europe brazil etc will tell u there southern.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by Blkspice23

I'm southern too but yet I was born in another country lol. I'm Caribbean and no one from Haiti Bahamas Cuba Europe brazil etc will tell u there southern.

No but my family who lives in Miami and all of their friends will tell you they are Southern.

[polo89]

Originally Posted by Spade

No but my family who lives in Miami and all of their friends will tell you they are Southern.

They probably do, but I'm just saying SoFla doesn't have many of the "PROUD TO BE SOUTHERN" types. It's more of an, "proud to be a [Insert Latin-American Race]" OR [Proud to be a Floridian] type of place. I'd put it in the same category as Houston in a sense.

[Ben Around]

Originally Posted by Blkspice23

I'm southern too but yet I was born in another country lol. I'm Caribbean and no one from Haiti Bahamas Cuba Europe brazil etc will tell u there southern.

I don't doubt this, just as no Miamian with New York roots will tell you they are Southern, either. But ask anyone whose family has lived there for many generations if they are Southern and they will tell you yes.

[Blkspice23]

Originally Posted by Spade

No but my family who lives in Miami and all of their friends will tell you they are Southern.

Your family and there friends are few of the millions that make up Miamis diverse population. So no that's a tiny percentage.. Just like the small percentage of southern people in Miami..

[Spade]

Originally Posted by Blkspice23

YOur family are few of the millions that make up Miami.. If one you outsiders were tell me or my family that we would look at you crazy

That's great and all but most of if not all American born South Floridians will tell you that they are Southerners. Honestly, I don't see Miami much of a difference from Houston.

[WestbankNOLA]

Originally Posted by Spade

That's great and all but most of if not all American born South Floridians will tell you that they are Southerners. Honestly, I don't see Miami much of a difference from Houston.

All except the transplants.