Indie Release [Level 4]
As a case in point, all liquor was illegal in the USA between 1919 and 1933 due to the 18th Ammendment to the Constituition and the Volstead Act which enforced the government right to prohibit the sale of liquor, bringing on the age of prohibition.
A big adavantage to Miami (but not Ft. Lauderdale or Hollywood,FL) was the fact that liquor can be sold by the drink (on premises) or the bottle (off premises liquor store) any time day or night seven days a week.
As to living there. Well besides Hurricanes, and there were none between 1966 and 1992, there is a different mentality or outlook to life which I never got used to. It is different from go for the balls NYC but it is not laid back as we know Southern California is either. It is a Que Sera Sera (whatever will be will be attitude). Let fate prevail attitude. This goes against my Jewish-Brooklyn upbringing and nature. The beach, the clubs, the parties the Miami Dolphins. I have deeper things which give me meaning in life.
Also the Cuban culture. I have nothing against the Cuban culture except that it is not my culture. When I lived there, the Cuban culter enveloped Miami making it a true Little Havana. I do not like feeling like a foreigner in my own country. This is only my preference, I am not passing judgment on it being good or bad. It is not what I am comfortable with. My grandparents came here from Eastern Europe. From the day they got off the boat, they were speaking English and trying to adopt American customs. To the point where my father and his brothers know nothing of the language of the "old country." To each his own, but I have the right to leave, don't I.
Anyway, those are a few thoughts on Miami. If you ever consider living there, make sure you visit in August or September and feel what real humidity mixed with 90 degree heat is.
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well i wasnt even born yet back then so i guess my opinion does not really matter but i would have to say NYC
as far as cubans and jews
to my knowledge there are a lot of jewish people throughout latin america
the main television personality throughout latin america is a jewish man named don francisco
if i am not mistaken all of his programming in broadcast from miami florida
Indie Release [Level 4]
When my grandfather departed from Poland permanently in the mid twenties, he left with his brother for Argentina. He stayed in Buenos Aires for six months and his brother lived there the rest of his life and has a family. So I have many cousins in Buenos Aires.
I have known many Cuban-Americans in South Florida who were Jewish. Some came to Cuba from Europe and then fled Cuba in the early Castro years.
I do not know all of Latin America, but I can say that there is a sizable Jewish population in Buenos Aires and there were Jews in Cuba, though I do not know how many stayed after Castro took power.
Your comment about the TV personality reminds me of who the longtime mayor of Dublin was. Irish Catholics and Protestants elected a Jew. I guess he was a kind of compromise, not being partial to either side in Dublin.
Back to disco, I had the good fortune to graduate from high school in 1977 and start college the same year. My high school years were in Miami, and disco was thing to do. It was a great time to go to school. Many nights were spent in discos from the time I was 16 with my false ID card.
I was in Philadelphia for the next six years, and I was not very happy about the scene there. But I spent many weekends in New York and NYC met my expectations though I don't think they were as into disco citywide as people were in South Florida.
Chart Hit [Level 6]
PepperTreeOriginally Written by peppertree5706
Can you specify what "kind of people" in NYC that weren't into disco as much as Miami. I still can't relate to the New Yorker's so-so interest in disco :-? :-? . I don't know if it was the people in your neighborhood :-? but then again you said that you are from Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach or Sheepshead Bay. It's not like you're from Nebraska :lol: :lol: . Of course there were other things going on like the blackouts, inflation, Son of Sam but the talk of the town was DISCO - ALL THE TIME!! No other city had the FEVER like NYC. Lastly, I guess we will never see eye to eye with this discussion but I'm standing by my point - you say Miami, I say NYC.
*DISCO DELIGHT*
Indie Release [Level 4]
Back in the late seventies, I had two grandparents on Long Island and two in Miami Beach. The ones on the island totally removed themselves from disco, and were able to. They may have seen disco-themed ads on TV but they were able to ignore references to disco.
My grandparents in Miami Beach (who were from Europe) had disco confronting them all the time. As soon as they set foot out the door, there was disco. On the radio, in the stores on the beach (seven blocks to the east). They did not listen to any music. I am sure that they said to each other, what is this disco thing all over. Everybody is doing this disco dancing and music.
Out in New York, you can watch the Yankees (you would want to ignore the Mets then) you can listen to rock on WNEW-FM, go to many Broadway shows though some had disco in the music. I think, that New Yorkers could eat, drink and take part in merriment and choose to ignore disco if they want to. In South Florida, disco was such a major part of life, that it could not be ignored. Kind of as Country music is in Nashville perhaps. Disco was a part of life in Florida in the late seventies.
New York may have had bigger numbers in every catagory, but by population percentage, I think that South Florida had higher percentages of disco appreciation.
For one thing, there were two full time stations and a soul/disco station in Miami. Miami has few stations than New York has. New York had WKTU and WBLS. WABC was nearly all disco for a week or two. If you took percentage of disco songs on the air, I think Florida would have a higher percentage.
What about number of people in Miami who visit discos every month to population total. Now do that for NYC. I think the percentages will be higher for Miami/Ft. Lauderdale.
Gold Record [Level 7]
how vulgar indeed quinny :oops: and like youve ever visited either :lol:NYC is like the Liverpool of the U.S.A. loud, proud and cocky. :lol: I personally find them both a little too loud, a little too proud and a little too cocky for my rather demure disposition. Ooh how vulgar! :oops: :lol: :oops:
Oh dear, certain board members will never get to love me now, unless they do have a sense of humour, after all.
i think your problem lies in your own city as it seems to have you in a permanent miserable/cranky/negative/depressed like state,take a break in liverpool the people are really happy and the place is buzzin' trust me it'll do you the world of good
Gold Record [Level 7]
how vulgar indeed quinny :oops: and like youve ever visited either :lol:NYC is like the Liverpool of the U.S.A. loud, proud and cocky. :lol: I personally find them both a little too loud, a little too proud and a little too cocky for my rather demure disposition. Ooh how vulgar! :oops: :lol: :oops:
Oh dear, certain board members will never get to love me now, unless they do have a sense of humour, after all.
i think your problem lies in your own city as it seems to have you in a permanent miserable/cranky/negative/depressed like state,take a break in liverpool the people are really happy and the place is buzzin' trust me it'll do you the world of good
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