The State of.... South Florida??

[SigKapSweetie]

Originally Posted by PANTHERTEKE

That's a really ignorant and stupid comment.

And if I ever manage to find a gas station in SoFla where I can get directions in English, I'll take it back.

It seems like I'm not giving you the response you wanted to this topic. The idea came from South Florida, but we of the North are willing to stand on the dock and wave Bon Voyage when you go.

[starang21]

Originally Posted by SigKapSweetie

And if I ever manage to find a gas station in SoFla where I can get directions in English, I'll take it back.

seriously. i owned a house in sweetwater, near the FIU south campus for a couple of years before i sold. all the signs were in spanish, and i've been turned away from barber shops because i couldn't speak the language.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

Originally Posted by starang21

seriously. i owned a house in sweetwater, near the FIU south campus for a couple of years before i sold. all the signs were in spanish, and i've been turned away from barber shops because i couldn't speak the language.

Okay-Sweetwater and Dolphin Mall , Hialeah, etc. area are bad. Yes, there are a lot of Spanish people who don't speak English, but that is slowly dying out. I used to go into stores and get ignored because I'm obviously black and therefore assumed not to speak Spanish, but that is happening less and less and LESS. BTW-How did you come to buy a house in that area? Didn't you notice that prior? LOL!

I just want people to understand that I was born here, and I live here, I have a nice life here, and just like you love wherever it is you come from despite all it's faults, I love South Florida. It is not at all what you make it out to be. Visiting, you can only see a certain side and it doesn't accurately display how we live collectively. I would never imply that somewhere should go join another country because of it's racial/ethnic makeup. I find it highly offensive. We are and have been and will continue to be a part of the U.S.

The problem was NOT initiated as a racial one but as a financial/political one. But every SINGLE time this topic has been discussed ANYWHERE online it immediately turns into a hispanic/socio-economic bash fest. I find that highly insulting for various reasons. There is nothing wrong with being different, every region is different for its reasons. I would never insult the states that have a heavy Norweigan culture or Italian culture, or Asian culture, or Mexican culture, or German culture (and all of these exist all over the U.S.) because that is apart of the state and who they are and who lives there. Nor would I suggest that they should split from the U.S. because "I don't like how they live/their local culture" (which is basically what a lot of you are saying in a nutshell). It just is what it is.

And maybe we wouldn't have so many "slums" that you swear we do if we could get back our damn tax money from the state! Things might actually improve.

[LucyKKG]

Sorry if this is an ignorant question, but does anyone know the last time a state split? (Whether it was N/S or into a completely different state) That doesn't happen super often, ya know.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

Just for reference, we still have white people and black people down here. As well as people not from Cuba but are not native Floridians (ex. Colombians, Haitians, Dominicans, Canadians, New Yorkians (lol). Not everyone is Cuban... That's like Texas saying that they should split up b/c there are so many people of Mexican descent there. It's not a good enough reason.

What IS a good reason (not that I'd want this to happen b/c I can't live in a state without Disney) is that they take far more money from here then they give back. And that is simply not fair.

[SigKapSweetie]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

Not everyone is Cuban...

We're actually aware of this.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

Originally Posted by SigKapSweetie

We're actually aware of this.

You'd really be surprised what many people think S. Florida consists of (even people who have been here). Especially bigoted people...I've heard some of the nastiest most racist untrue crap describe where I live. It's sick.

[ZTAngel]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

What IS a good reason (not that I'd want this to happen b/c I can't live in a state without Disney) is that they take far more money from here then they give back. And that is simply not fair.

Also, SoFla tends to be more Democratic while the state government is Republican. The state takes their money (and lots of it since SoFla has a lot of wealth) and uses it towards causes that SoFla doesn't agree with.

I may be in Atlanta now where I get made of fun for being from SoFla (since SoFla isn't really "the South") but my heart will always be there. I'd move back there in a heartbeat. I guess you could never understand unless you've lived there. It's vibrant, diverse and the winters are non-existent!

[shinerbock]

Give us Destin, Rosemary, Seagrove, Pensacola, and Jacksonville. We'll see if we can get a three way deal going where we get you Trenton, Jersey City and Newark in this trade. You guys can have everything else.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

Sorry if this is an ignorant question, but does anyone know the last time a state split? (Whether it was N/S or into a completely different state) That doesn't happen super often, ya know.

I believe it would be West Virginia from Virginia in 1861.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Give us Destin, Rosemary, Seagrove, Pensacola, and Jacksonville. We'll see if we can get a three way deal going where we get you Trenton, Jersey City and Newark in this trade. You guys can have everything else.

Let 'em have Lawn Guyland, too. We should keep Tally and G-ville as well.

I'm already ahead on this trend...whenever someone asks me where I'm from, I automatically say "North Florida, three hours east of New Orleans, right on the Gulf." That way, I don't hear any of that "my great aunt Yetta retired to Ft. Lauderdale..." nonsense.

[starang21]

Originally Posted by ZTAngel

non-existent!

that's the only redeeming quality i ever saw from living there.

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

Just for reference, we still have white people and black people down here. As well as people not from Cuba but are not native Floridians (ex. Colombians, Haitians, Dominicans, Canadians, New Yorkians (lol). Not everyone is Cuban... That's like Texas saying that they should split up b/c there are so many people of Mexican descent there. It's not a good enough reason.

What IS a good reason (not that I'd want this to happen b/c I can't live in a state without Disney) is that they take far more money from here then they give back. And that is simply not fair.

To my knowledge Miami Dade county is the only county in the nation that is a majority Hispanic. Of course there are people of all races there but getting offended when somebody makes a comment regarding the ethnic makeup of SoFla (Panther) is ignorant.

[33girl]

That NoFla flag is very ADPi looking.

I don't know how Trenton and Jersey City got into this, but if we are getting NJ in the discussion...seriously yinz...if you want Philly, you can have it. You can have its former mayor too.

[shinerbock]

It is a done deal. The US keeps Naples, The Republic of South Florida gets all of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and has first right of refusal on Illinois.