Has Miami become the SF of the east coast?

[miami305]

Originally Posted by jcastro805

All excellent points! I completely agree with everything you said. Trust me, having been the Navy my entire life, I have been to and lived all over the world, and I realize how unique each place is. But the title of this thread is "Has Miami become the SF of the east coast?" (in the United States Urban Issues forum), so therefore these posts are comparisons to which American cities Miami and SF have the most in common with. I don't believe that anybody intended to claim that the cities were overwhelmingly similar. I am a Chicano from Cali and my best friend is a Cuban from Miami, so we debate these cultural and geographical similarities and differences all the time. He clowns because my last name is Castro.
So, all in good fun, nothing personal. Apology accepted.
BTW, San Diego's art deco is pretty lacking, but it's historical Spanish missions and architecture are amazing.

I don't get why when people think of Miami they think Cubans! Not all Latinos in Miami are from Cuban...ugh.

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by miami305

I don't get why when people think of Miami they think Cubans! Not all Latinos in Miami are from Cuban...ugh.

But you are quoting Jcastro805 as if this is what he said, when this is not what he said.

[jcastro805]

Originally Posted by miami305

I don't get why when people think of Miami they think Cubans! Not all Latinos in Miami are from Cuban...ugh.

Thanks QuantumX, I never said this. Now, just because somebody thinks of Cubans when they think of Miami doesn't mean that they think ALL Latinos in Miami are Cubans. You see the difference?

According to the Census Bureau, Cubans (Cuban-Americans...I don't want to get into semantics) are over half of all the Latinos in Miami-Dade, and Miami-Dade has the largest Cuban population in the U.S., so that is why I think of Cubans when I think of Miami demographics, and I think it is something the city should be proud of.
Just as if you think of Los Angeles or San Antonio, you may think of Mexicans/Chicanos... I hope people are not ignorant enough to think that ALL the Latinos living in these cities are Mexican...

http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/b...c2010br-04.pdf

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by jcastro805

I am a Chicano from Cali and my best friend is a Cuban from Miami, so we debate these cultural and geographical similarities and differences all the time.

Well, considering this is what you really said, I'm not sure who Miami305 is talking to.

And I don't know why HomrQT reacted the way he did when all I said was "having been to Chicago twice this year, a lot of it sure reminded me of Miami." I didn't actually compare the cities or say that Miami was a baby Chicago. If I'm riding around Chicago and certain aspects of it remind me of Miami. There is nothing I can do about that and there is nothing to agree or disagree on or feel hurt about. It just is what it is.