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Anonymous10/19/25, 00:17No.18085868
Did the drug/cocaine trade truly build Miami into what it is today?
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Anon10/19/25, 00:18No.18085870
No, that was me. I did this.
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Anon10/19/25, 00:19No.18085873
No, but it did make Juarez into what it is today. Miami is all real estate, New Yorkers, and boomers. Such as Miami's most famous resident, President Donald Trump.
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Anon10/19/25, 00:23No.18085882
Miamis rapid development and population increase in the 20th century happened for the same exact reason as Southern California's, and that reason is World War II. Only difference was while the military chose Southern California as a base to put naval bases and airfields to defend against the Japanese, for Miami the focus was building a defense base against German U-boats. Obviously, with both Miami and California, the drug trade and an increase in immigration followed, but these were a result of both locations rapid development rather than the other way around.
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Anon10/19/25, 00:24No.18085885
For a bit, yes. Then by the 90s, all the drug money had mostly dried up and the city resumed to being a mediocre cesspool.Call it a 5 or 6 year golden economic period. They cracked down hard on drug trafficking by 86-87.South beach was jew central for a bit too, and still is somewhat
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Anon10/19/25, 00:31No.18085904
The creator of Miami Vice thought scarface was exaggerated until he went to Miami to see for himself and hear from people on the ground. If anything scarface seemed like a bit of an understatement
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Anon10/19/25, 01:13No.18086004
Native Floridaman here.Look up "Square Groupers". Lucky folks still catch them sometimes.