Why Miami's Geography is AMAZING
Miami is a unique city as it blew up in only 100 years, but how did it grow so fast when some cities took hundreds of years to grow to the size they are today?
Footage by Storyblocks
Maps by Geolayers
Script addition by McMuffin
“How Geography Made Miami into an International Hub”
“The Magic of Miami’s Geography”
“How a Winter Freeze Made Miami”
“How Citrus Crops Created Miami”
“How Aviation built Miami”
“How Miami became an Aviation Hub”
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anyone else from miami watching this video? it makes me sad that we're always deleted from every single sea level rise map. its ok, we'll just grow gills. MIAMI 305 FOREVVERRRR
@nc1975
Жыл бұрын
Is it because sea level rise is a faud?
@joshuaespinoza8325
Жыл бұрын
@@nc1975 no its because florida man lives forever
@VictorLazlo1995
Жыл бұрын
@@joshuaespinoza8325 do you really believe that $#!t?
@joshuaespinoza8325
Жыл бұрын
@@VictorLazlo1995 that we'll grow gills? never underestimate the power of florida man
@miamiisyours
Жыл бұрын
Don't worry man. If there was really a risk of sea level rise destroying Miami, they wouldn't keep building high rises here.
It has a great location but it was certain entrepreneurs who upon arriving started to change the image, infrastructure and logistics to develop into an international city that it is now. Before certain groups moved in. It was still a sleepy town. A diamond in the rough with mostly laid back retired types.
Florida is well equipped to deal with sea-level rise and hurricanes so chances are close to 100% of the state (including Miami and the keys) will still be here forever
@ryanguilbert3425
Жыл бұрын
Not from what I've seen, in my 15yrs living there
@bruhbutwhytho2301
Жыл бұрын
Evidence?
@figmentofurimagination457
Жыл бұрын
@@bruhbutwhytho2301 There is no evidence because nothing major has happened. Until then, the state will continue business as usual. Besides, there are rumors Miami might build a flood wall if necessary.
Great content as always! Caught off guard by the sudden stop though
@YTHistoria
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, what stop are you talking about?
@dispergosum
Жыл бұрын
Mostly just the lack of an outro after the final summary
@RocketGator05
Жыл бұрын
@@YTHistoria Bro are you drunk? Miami was named after the native tribe Miami? The Miami are from Ohio and were forced to move to Oklahoma. Prior to our city being named Miami, When the Brickell's arrived, it was Fort Dallas. The natives to this area were the Tequesta. If I remember correct Miami is a Seminole word that translates to river with a big mouth or big mouth river. Hialeah, another Seminole word, translates to "big prairie". Ever heard of the Miami Circle? Since the discovery of that site it was made law that you have to excavate whenever you tear down a building in downtown to rebuild. They found that there was an ancient city underneath the city of Miami. The Seminole and Miccosukee are runaway Creeks and slaves from Georgia and Alabama. Fun Fact: When the US govt recognized the Seminole Tribe they ignored the Miccosukee so the Miccosukee said "aight we're gunna talk and trade with Cuba" That didn't blow over too well and the US govt finally recognized them.
This channel will be hitting 100k in the next year. Mark my words.
Miami has a tropical climate, not a subtropical climate. Just check its Köppen classification.
@Architect98
Жыл бұрын
No, we have a subtrotropical climate because we’re located north of the tropical cancer
@jlpack62
Жыл бұрын
@@Architect98 You are incorrect. Look at the Koppen climate map. The Koppen Climate map doesn't care where you are. It cares what sort of climate you have. This is how California can have a Mediterranean Climate while certainly not being there.
Great video but slight correction to your intro -- Singapore has developed in far less than 100 years. Singapore only gained independence in 1965 and at the time was poor, underdeveloped, and lacked any natural resources.
Nice mix of story and stats
@YTHistoria
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Frank!
My city born n raised
You need to check the spelling when it comes the names of places in your slides. It takes away from what was an otherwise great video. Here are the misspellings: "San Jaun" at 7:34, and "Dominion Republic" at 8:21.
OK, but have you looked into the geology? It's a karst topography. Just ask the folks from the Champlain Towers South in Surfside north of Miami Beach.
EVEN MORE ABOUT MY MOST BELOVED NATIVE HOMETOWN HERE IN THE SUNSHINE AND FREEDOM AND LIBERTY LOVING SOVEREIGN STATE OF FLORIDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So no talk of how Coke a Cola help to build Miami?🤣
@robm4469
Жыл бұрын
Cocain drug lords. Sea level rise and hurricanes.
its beaches are one of the corners of the bermuda triangle lol.
Miami is hot as hell all year long. Mild temperatures my ass 🤣 🤣 🤣
@Dcovington
Жыл бұрын
Hot as hell, that humidity is no joke
@elevenb6967
Жыл бұрын
It's only hot as hell all year if you're from Nunavut. Its lowest low temperature this year (January) was 44F. Uhm, not exacly what you'd call "hot as hell". But, okay. -_-
@thehonestdoctor3590
9 ай бұрын
November through May it's nice ☀️☀️
Hey where ever General Tso go I go ! Hey pretty girl hand me a yellow bird !
Miami has a tropical climate not a subtropical climate. Please do better research before making a video.
@elevenb6967
Жыл бұрын
Maybe you should take your own advice, genius. You're wrong. Please look up the difference, and get back to us. smh
HABANA WAS PANAM HUB
Weren’t rich people buying land in nearby neighborhoods that are higher above sea level???
@RocketGator05
Жыл бұрын
Ever heard of South Ridge in South Miami or Pine ridge in Broward? There's a thin narrow ridge spanning the length of the eastern shore of Florida from Around Cocoa Beach to Florida City. East of it is beach and brackish water, West of it is the Everglades, both of which were historically inundated with floods and standing water. Developers, Big Citrus and Big Sugar destroyed the natural ecosystem getting the urban sprawl you see today.
Not one mention about sea level rise?
@Yarmox
Жыл бұрын
South Florida and most seaside municipalities can build faster then that water is rising, but between pictures from 1970s and now of the shoreline dont show too much different. Supposedly its around 5 inches of growth.
@jimmywest8684
Жыл бұрын
@@Yarmox idk, the deconstruction of that condo in seaside was pretty fast.
@Yarmox
Жыл бұрын
@@jimmywest8684 you mean Surfside? That building was built with really shoddy construction by people that funded the Miami shoreline at the time with drug money. The maintenance and code that should’ve addressed its long time corrosion in the garage was never done. I assume youve never been to Florida.
@njv1234
Жыл бұрын
yeah he mentioned billions of dollars in new construction in south florida right on the beach because climate change is a fraud
@jimmywest8684
Жыл бұрын
@@Yarmox yeah I've got enough meth gators in my life. Don't think I need to visit. Lemme know when when the state turns blue.
You CLEARLY don’t live here lol
It's location as a gateway city has also been a curse of obstacles too. There is hurricanes sea level rise and floods of immigrants from many very poor coutries near by. The deadly murder epidemic from the cocaine drug lords of the 80,s is one example. Miami is no walk in the park bro beleive me.
Do you know the problem with miami? Hurricanes. They suck cause you don't know where they are gonna hit until they do.
@Distress.
Жыл бұрын
They're actually some of the most predictable natural disasters. Nearly a week heads up. Compare that to earthquakes and tornadoes
I will add ifbitvhad not been cuban smericsnd Miami woulf not hsve grown thanks to Cuban exiles would hsve been a small town Snd thst is s fsct. Read Miami Hersld onbhow mismiv developed Also Miami has coralbrovk which serves the coral rock to develop buildings. Time to give credit to Misni Cuban Americsns.
Public Transportation? NO! Busses that run every 30 minutes are not reliable enough for people to depend on who have to work. Tri rail is more reliable with time than Brightline, which has many accidents because the people in those areas aren't used to new train track crossings. Brightline is a very loud and rickety and you can hardly walk down the isle to get to the bathroom because of that, being over priced doesn't help them either. English speaking only is slowly being marginalized to where 70% of all jobs you need to speak Spanish too. So if you are of Hispanic descent and not Afro-Hispanic with that, you'll be fine, you'll do even better if your str8 out from a Latin communist country too.
What specifically makes Miami's location on the southern tip o've Florida become one o've the leading cities in all the United Sates in a little over a century more so in less than a decade ? Simple ! The banks located in Hamilton Bermuda has been stealing lots and lots o've cash ! There for the Bahamas are guaranteeing a safe heaven for the remaining cash ! Source, Crowley marine merchant services Jacksonville Florida !
Cause it's in the great America 🙄
Miami will be underwater in 100 years.
@elevenb6967
Жыл бұрын
They said that 50 years ago. I can only imagine that, in 100 years from now, people will be saying "Miami will be under water in 100 years!" -___-
It's pronounced as 'pen-in-syoo-luh', not as 'pen-in-suh-luh'. Ugh.
@elevenb6967
Жыл бұрын
I love it when people post corrections, when they're wrong af. -___-
Bruh aren’t they sinking lol. And humid af most of the year? No thank you.
@xoxxobob61
Жыл бұрын
Miami is not Sinking. Good Lord where do you people get this information from? It's also not Humid "most of the year". Go to NYC or DC and see how "pleasant" and humid their Summers are.
@Architect98
Жыл бұрын
@@xoxxobob61 exactly
@Dcovington
Жыл бұрын
@@xoxxobob61not it’s extremely humid, you tryna sell real estate or something?
@xoxxobob61
Жыл бұрын
@@Dcovington The Winters in Miami are not "extremely Humid"!
@Dcovington
Жыл бұрын
@@xoxxobob61 3 months out the year it’s pleasant here. You mentioned summer. March-November it’s absolutely 90% humidity with mosquitoes active during that time. Very unpleasant
You're using a southerner to narrate this video. The accent and dialect are not clear or understandable to many people watching this video. You could've used a standard American accent.
@mrtony80
Жыл бұрын
What are you talking about?
@lk7195
Жыл бұрын
Its easily understandable. Use subtitles maybe if its difficult for you.
Fort Worths growth is much better and bigger and frankly miami sucks anyways
@jayandree4361
Жыл бұрын
Yeah but the street grid and the ubanism sucks there.
@averagetexan191
Жыл бұрын
@@jayandree4361 Source?
@triess
Жыл бұрын
@@averagetexan191 your nickname has the word “Texan” in lowercase. Also, where is your source? You stated that Miami “sucks” and that “Fort Worth’s growth is bigger and better”. I can’t see the source here.
@averagetexan191
Жыл бұрын
@@triess fort worth is better, miami sucks, cry about it liberal
@AndyGarcia-ch1ci
Жыл бұрын
Except nobody says, man, I can't wait to go on vacation to fort worth, the weather and the water there are amazing 🤦🤣 Come on now, and Texas property taxes are out of control dawg. Literally nobody gets excited about Texas. I don't live in Miami or anywhere near it, but let's be real here. Miami is more attractive in every single way.