An opinion of Miami...

[pod]

I don't know what to think with Eroc, sometimes. He hangs out in clubs like the rest of us, but at the same time, he seems to be on the side of shifty developers as well as Whitey.

[eroc0411]

Originally Posted by coach

[quote author=eroc0411 link=board=6;threadid=42375;start=0#msg472119 date=1186612018]
So if MIAMI was 2 stay like this for the next 50 yrs all u ppl would be content???


or are u content NOW because u know in 5-10 yrs the future of Miami should be pretty bright???

Jeez, dude, why don't you just freaking move? I hear Boise is nice this time of year.
[/quote]

Lol wait 17 ppl had something negative 2 say or agree w/ the article and yet u choose 2 single me out?... Kiss my ass... Twice buddie!... And y would i move... I live in paradise...

[pod]

But what do you want for Paradise, is what I think he wants to know?

Do you want it so it's nothing but condos, Barnes & Nobles, Starbucks, and palm trees? Or would you rather have it edgy so at least you have something to tell all your friends back home about?

[eroc0411]

Originally Posted by pod

I don't know what to think with Eroc, sometimes. He hangs out in clubs like the rest of us, but at the same time, he seems to be on the side of shifty developers as well as Whitey.

whitey... It seems my friend u need 2 see a psychologist and maybe take Varbarino w/ u (get that group discount!! ha!)... I dont know what whitey has done 2 u?.. But plz share, i wonder about the story?? As far as developers i really dont care what they do as long as it architecturally sound w/ the rest of the skyline...Just give me something beautiful 2 look at and enjoy...

fyi... Some of Miami biggest developers are latin... And it's biggest Jorge Perez...

[ICON]

The thing about Miami is that you have to have patience... a fat wallet... not drive a lot... and more patience. For someone like me.. I work from home.. I dont drive that much. In fact, I bought my car 2 years ago and have a whopping 10,000 miles on it.... and i have drove to Tampa and back 4-5 times in it.

The service here does SUCK. Goto a restaurant and the service is fucking awful... but that brings back the "having patience" thing. I have patience because I am cramped up in my condo all day, so when I get the opportunity to go out to eat, or a movie or whatever.. the shitty service does not bother me.

For the traffic... I hate to say it... but EVERY FUCKING MAJOR CITY IN THE UNITED STATES HAS A TRAFFIC PROBLEM. I have lived in Orlando, Las Vegas, Tampa, Atlanta and other places and traffic sucks everywhere. Sure, it might be a little worse here, but thats the price to pay for living in South Florida.

For the homeless people... It is no different than any other major city in the United States. If he thinks the bums and crackheads are bad here... he needs to have a reality check and live in Vegas for a few years... There, you have crack heads that blow their money in a casino and who are very desperate... so that comment is lame.

I dont understand why people move to this city and bitch about it. Miami is unique. Something made these people want to move here. Is he saytiong that he used to watch TV all the time and see the TV side of Miami which made him want to move here? Shit, the TV makes Vegas look like paradise, but it is very far from it.

If you dont like it here... MOVE.. Get the fuck out. Leave.. and FUCK OFF... stop bitching you bunch of pussies.

[michael^heaven]

I just scanned through the article. I could say much of the same things about many places that I've lived...elitists attitudes in Los Angeles/Orange County...the Hispanic population in South Texas, seriously, still believing that area belongs to Mexico & refusing to speak/learn English...etc....etc.

Don't get me started on public transportation. When I lived in Dallas, there was ZERO public transport from my house in Grand Prairie to the Market Center district where I worked (which is basically just beyond the downtown area for those who have never been there). Even now, if I were to take the Votran bus from my house in New Smyrna Beach to my job in Ormond Beach, it would take 3 effing hours. It's only approx. a 35 mile commute. Ridiculous!

Alas, you can always find something to bitch about a place that you live but there are always good things too.

Bottom line>Don't like it?>LEAVE!

[pod]

Originally Posted by eroc0411

whitey... It seems my friend u need 2 see a psychologist and maybe take Varbarino w/ u (get that group discount!! ha!)

I get my therapy visits comped.


You haven't been here long enough to see what a lot of these newcomers have done or tried to do to this city in a negative way. Whitey's the main culprit.

Jorge Perez? He respects the city since he's practically from here. Plus, he's built a lot of properties for the disadvantaged. Funny how the richest developer in town is the most respectable.

You're what, 23, 24? But you act 43, 44. I know 44 years olds who live life a lot more than you do.

Get out of Barnes and Noble and go walk around the real Miami for a bit. It's quite interesting. You'd think being from South America, this city would be a cakewalk for you.

[slamminshaun]

Originally Posted by coach

"Please move to Idaho."

I say things like "please move to Canada" or "please move to France" to people who bitch non-stop about this country and it still gets me nowhere.

[cire]

I have only been to Miami 5 or 6 times and stayed for a 3 or 4 days each time, and I agree with the first part I read about the way the building look. I have enjoyed the hell out of Miami each and every time I have been, but the building structure screams of low cost 70's or somethin', anywho, I can't wait to get back next year!

[Apotheosis]

Originally Posted by Buck

At first I thought you wrote this too...until he said something about his mother in law. I absolutely love it here...but everything he mentioned here is entirely accurate. In fact, I reread the entire thing after seeing how people were responding so negatively to it. We espouse these same sentiments...on these boards...everyday. It's the truth as he sees it. It's his goddamn opinion...albeit a pretty accurate one as far as I'm concerned. Is this all in his mind ? None of this is true, yeah ? And I love how dude waited for confirmation that Pod, in fact, DID NOT write this before he let the douchebag comment fly. What a f*cking joke.

i knew pod didn't write that, you moron.