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I was dissapointed... but I also liked at the same time.
I like the luxury I saw... the promenades, the opportunity to see crocodiles not far, the cheap shopping you can do, the exotic of the tropical weather, the beaches...
But I was dissappointed because that's all, anything else there, I have to admit that I like History and I am very used to the European cities, but I expected a bit more about some things.
The airport is a bit scruffy to be "Miami Airport" fans in the walls, old carpet floor... etc.
But I was dissappointed because that's all, anything else there, I have to admit that I like History and I am very used to the European cities, but I expected a bit more about some things.
You do realize, don't you, that Miami has only around 100 years of history?
US northeastern industrialists put it on the map in the 1890s-1920s period, the so-called Guilded Age of the US, building hotels, railroad track and a few villas inspired by 17th century or so Spanish/Italian style, the most notable of which in Miami is called Vizcaya. Did you visit it? Also Coral Gables features some European Mediterranean style architecture here and there.
Its development from that period was interrupted by hurricanes, depression, and war.
It resumed in the 1950s as a tourism and retirement mecca for US northern middle/working class with the widespread introduction of air-conditioning, refrigeration and air travel, and its character was transformed starting in the 1960s with Cuban immigration.
Miami has started developing the infrastructure to make it more competitive in the global economy less than 10 years ago, mostly as a link between the north, central, and south Americas.
"Disappointment" is a measure of how badly we measure reality.
You do realize, don't you, that Miami has only around 100 years of history?
US northeastern industrialists put it on the map in the 1890s-1920s period, the so-called Guilded Age of the US, building hotels, railroad track and a few villas inspired by 17th century or so Spanish/Italian style, the most notable of which in Miami is called Vizcaya. Did you visit it? Also Coral Gables features some European Mediterranean style architecture here and there.
Its development from that period was interrupted by hurricanes, depression, and war.
It resumed in the 1950s as a tourism and retirement mecca for US northern middle/working class, and its character was transformed starting in the 1960s with Cuban immigration.
Miami has started developing the infrastructure to make it more competitive in the global economy less than 10 years ago, mostly as a link between the north, central, and south Americas.
"Disappointment" is a measure of how badly we measure reality.
I know it is a young city, in fact I said "I admit I am used to historical places blabla" for that reason, apart from that I would come back, why not... but you people must learn to admit other opinions... the thread was a question about personal views indeed.
I was dissapointed... but I also liked at the same time.
I like the luxury I saw... the promenades, the opportunity to see crocodiles not far, the cheap shopping you can do, the exotic of the tropical weather, the beaches...
But I was dissappointed because that's all, anything else there, I have to admit that I like History and I am very used to the European cities, but I expected a bit more about some things.
The airport is a bit scruffy to be "Miami Airport" fans in the walls, old carpet floor... etc.
To be honest I certainly wouldnt mind being there right now........even if it was just for the beach! The end of November is not the best time for being 50 degrees North! :-(
To be honest I certainly wouldnt mind being there right now........even if it was just for the beach! The end of November is not the best time for being 50 degrees North! :-(
Amen to that!
Miami for me (never been there, so no actual experience of the city): subtropical, beaches, Spanish as predominant language, Cubans, Tony Montana, cocaine, Miami Vice, Capital of the Carribean, tourists, neon, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, girls in bikinis, alligators
Pretty frantic in the highways, but out of the traffic, I found Miami to be a pretty decent place. I'm most familiar with Kendall.
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Amen to that!
