How Miami Basically Turned Into Latin America

How Miami Basically Turned Into Latin America

[darkozver]

Been to Miami recently and the most common sentence I said was: sorry, I don’t speak Spanish

[Dhi_Bee]

Watching this while living in the Miami area all my life & you did a good job explaining our demographics & history. But you should also do one of the entire South Florida area: Broward County/Ft. Lauderdale area & their mostly Caribbean culture (Jamaica, Haiti, etc.) & large Brazilian communities, as well as
Palm Beach County & its large Jewish & Central American population (especially Guatemala).

[agme]

In Argentina, everyone who is upper middle class (and higher) has been at least once to Florida. Its very very common here for people to go to Miami, do some shopping and go to the beach, and then go to Orlando to all the theme parks (Disney World, Universal, etc). Sometimes they also go on a cruise too. Some people only go once in their life, but many do it regularly, maybe once every one or two years.
Also, a lot of people have bank accounts in the US, usually through Miami, because of how unstable everything is in Argentina. And the most wealthy Argentinians, usually celebrities or business owners, own houses or condos there and live seasonally between Miami and Argentina.
The video was spot on, most people choose Miami because number one, they know everyone speaks Spanish and so they feel more comfortable traveling there and being able to communicate themselves flawlessly. And number 2, the weather. The weather in Argentina is shit, and we have terrible beaches. People love the Florida weather. Also, it has become a sort of aspirational thing. All the rich and famous from here love Miami, thus going to Miami makes you cool.
That’s more like the nouveau rich tho. There’s a complete different group of wealthy Argentinians who LOVE Europe and they go there all the time.

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

A great example of Miami culture is "¿Qué Pasa, USA?" which was a sitcom produced for PBS by WPBT in Miami from the late 1970s. The sitcom was monumental because not only was it the first sitcom produced for PBS, but it was the country's first bilingual sitcom too (and one of the first bilingual shows in general)! It's about a Cuban family called the Peñas living in Miami's Little Havana facing an identity crisis. On one side, the elders are trying to preserve their Cuban values and traditions, and on the other, the domination and pressure of Anglo-American society. Or conflict within Cuban values itself as there was once an episode about Catholicism versus the Afro-Cuban religion Santería.

As I've mentioned, the show was very much bilingual, with Miami accent (or Cubonics) influence. Switching from Spanish at home to English while out and about. The younger family members and their friends speaking English while the elders spoke just Spanish and were reluctant to learn English showed the generational differences of both the show and the struggle of living a Latino lifestyle in the US in general. And a running gag of the show was the younger members butchering their Spanish grammar or vocabulary. The show's mixing of the two languages is reflected in the name of the show. ¿Qué Pasa, USA? is grammatically incorrect in Spanish since USA in Spanish is EE UU or Estados Unidos. But that's how Cubonics became a thing

[arftejano]

I’m a Russian-Texan who learned Spanish through working in construction and skilled trades, moved to Miami to be the maintenance and renovation director for a real estate company and lo and behold felt right at home surrounded by Russians and Spanish speakers again lol. I feel like a solid 60-70% of clients, tenants, contractors, and employees I work with every day speak either Spanish or Russian

[LXGlobalMedia]

Historical fact: the entire FLORIDA state was a Spanish colony.
Saint Augustin, FL is the oldest town in the USA, making SPANISH the FIRST European language spoken in the US.

[davidbowie]

No wonder why 2024 Copa America final is to be held in Miami.

[FumiTheKitten]

It’s not just Miami. It’s all of South Florida.

[henryi]

I was born in Latin America, but lived in Miami almost all my life. I can attest this video is accurate and succinct in its description of Miami, it's people and history.

[arislopes]

Growing up in Miami I had a classmate from literally every single country & Latin America & most of the Caribbean as well. The school papers & letters for home in Mdpcs were written in 4 different languages that just shows the diversity of the population of Dade county & it’s students

[dhandanakasinu]

I guess GTA6 default settings be in Spanish 😂

[Okkeeey]

I am a 22 year old Italian and I have been living in Miami for 2 years. I can speak both English and Spanish quite well but 70% of the conversations I have with people I don't know are in Spanish.

[dunnowy]

People don't realize how important Miami is as a cultural, economic, and political hub for Latin America-US relations. Its known as the "capital of Latin America" lmao

[ungrateful-]

I’m a Coral Gables native of French Canadian descent and I can’t imagine not speaking Spanish in South Florida. Also, compared to French, Spanish is SO easy to learn.

[edwardmiessner]

I lived in Miami August 1979 to January 1985, mostly for college at the Univ. of Miami, and the most frequent sentence spoken by Hispanics then was "No peak Ingles" meaning, "I don't speak English."

[omcara]

Even African Americans and Haitians speak some Spanish in Miami. We all just groove with each other down here. 😄

[puckoster]

the first time i visited miami i was surprised by the influence of latin america on the city... after few days i embraced it and it's one of the best things about miami in my eyes.

[vcab]

Miami is the Singapore / Hong Kong of LatAm.

[Lets_Talk_About_it_Luv]

I naturally picked up Spanish in middle school. I was always around Latinos. It also helped that I came from a multi cultural background so I was encouraged to learn about different languages and cultures. I’ve come to learn that speaking multiple languages opens up so many doors and opportunities.

[ddwkc]

Lot of Brazilian elites have residence in Miami. Even thou it is mostly Hispanic, Brazilians feel at home there as well!