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View Poll Results: Is Miami a Southern City?
Yes 142 39.55%
No 217 60.45%
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Old 05-02-2010, 07:16 PM
 
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Yes you will need a car because the city is so broken up anyway. But the nieghborhoods are really walkable I can get to places in Miami alot faster than I can in Houston..
This is not true. With the exception of some parts of Coral Gables, Miami Springs and of course Miami Beach, the rest of Miami is about as un-walkable as it gets. In fact, walking in Miami is a freakin' hazard most of the time because of the reckless drivers (try crossing the street there). Also, the steamy heat and humidity make doing any kind of physical exercise (even walking) tough during 10 months of the year. Everything is very spread out in Miami and you need a car to get everywhere. The metro is a joke, only one line going from north to south, probably only serving 15% of the population of Dade County.

As for Miami being a southern city, it's not. Miami has what I would consider the opposite of "southern hospitality" (a serious attitude problem and rudeness). Miami is more of a Caribbean city than anything else. Compare it to San Juan, PR before you compare it to Atlanta, GA.

There are a few old buildings left in Miami that still have the southern look, but Miami really cannot be compared to anywhere in the real south.
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Old 05-02-2010, 07:33 PM
 
Location: New Orleans, United States
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So basically I'm getting that Georgia, the Carolinas, all but two counties of Alabama, and a section of Tennessee is the "real south." Everything else is something else. I can live with that, most people can't.
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Old 05-02-2010, 07:35 PM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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No All the clubs the guest Hotel for the event was in Houston. Galveston was just a part of the so called beach party... which was sundays event... Whoever planed those events need to come to Miami sizzle to see how a Pride is supposed to go.. And I never live there but I stayed with a friend of mine in his condo in the medical district or whatever that place is called..
What event you go to?
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Old 05-02-2010, 07:35 PM
 
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So basically I'm getting that Georgia, the Carolinas, all but two counties of Alabama, and a section of Tennessee is the "real south." Everything else is something else. I can live with that, most people can't.

How you going to live with that when you cant accept that fact that Miami is the least Southern of all the major cities
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Old 05-02-2010, 07:36 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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So basically I'm getting that Georgia, the Carolinas, all but two counties of Alabama, and a section of Tennessee is the "real south." Everything else is something else. I can live with that, most people can't.
Amazing, isn't it. Also, I can live with that as well.
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Old 05-02-2010, 07:38 PM
 
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This is not true. With the exception of some parts of Coral Gables, Miami Springs and of course Miami Beach, the rest of Miami is about as un-walkable as it gets. In fact, walking in Miami is a freakin' hazard most of the time because of the reckless drivers (try crossing the street there). Also, the steamy heat and humidity make doing any kind of physical exercise (even walking) tough during 10 months of the year. Everything is very spread out in Miami and you need a car to get everywhere. The metro is a joke, only one line going from north to south, probably only serving 15% of the population of Dade County.

As for Miami being a southern city, it's not. Miami has what I would consider the opposite of "southern hospitality" (a serious attitude problem and rudeness). Miami is more of a Caribbean city than anything else. Compare it to San Juan, PR before you compare it to Atlanta, GA.

There are a few old buildings left in Miami that still have the southern look, but Miami really cannot be compared to anywhere in the real south.

Well I did grow up in Coral gables and went to coral bales senior High and I did acknowledge That you do need a car to get around miami....
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Old 05-02-2010, 07:39 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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I never said Houstons Nieghborhoods werent walkable I said that I can get around Miami alot faster than I can Houston....
Sorry. Neither city is more walkable than the other. They are around the same.
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Old 05-02-2010, 07:43 PM
 
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I don't get it when you say but it's Texas. Texas is one of the most diverse states in the country. Texas and Florida are about neck and neck when it comes to their southern characteristics compared to other southern cities.
I agree with this.
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Old 05-02-2010, 07:43 PM
 
Location: New Orleans, United States
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How you going to live with that when you cant accept that fact that Miami is the least Southern of all the major cities
I started not to answer this, but if you were paying attention which I assume you were since most of your comments were directed at me... you would notice that I've mainly been asking why does Miami get a pass when other none southern cities in the south don't. A question that only way you could answer was by saying because people in Miami don't speak english. I've made the same argument over and over again.

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Amazing, isn't it. Also, I can live with that as well.
I know, right?
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Old 05-02-2010, 07:44 PM
 
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Well I did grow up in Coral gables and went to coral bales senior High and I did acknowledge That you do need a car to get around miami....
Coral Gables is one of the more walkable parts of Miami, but it's still nowhere near walkable enough. Miami as a whole completely and utterly lacks parks and open spaces (it is almost totally devoid of them).

Miami is a Caribbean city to the core. It ceased being southern long before Mariel.
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