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Posted: 7/2/2015 1:43:39 PM EDT

I spent some time there. Loved it.

It was sort of like this

and a little like this

Posted: 7/2/2015 2:55:18 PM EDT

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and a lot of this:

Posted: 7/2/2015 3:02:37 PM EDT

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I was a youngin in the early 80's, but I remember it well. I still remember this one time I was in the car with my mom, & a bunch of cops pulled in front, back, & side of a dually towing a cigarette on the lane next to us on Kendall drive. Guns out & yelling. Luckily there was no gunfire, but I remember it like it was yesterday. Good times.

Posted: 7/2/2015 3:17:13 PM EDT

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I was just a kid but miss South Florida in the early 80's

Posted: 7/2/2015 3:50:27 PM EDT

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I was a teenager
Lived there as an adult and loved it.

Heard that it's quite a bit worse now.

Posted: 7/2/2015 3:53:10 PM EDT

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Miam Vice

Posted: 7/2/2015 4:00:33 PM EDT

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Carter ruined Miami

Posted: 7/2/2015 4:02:39 PM EDT

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Oh, Days gone by...

Posted: 7/2/2015 10:56:31 PM EDT

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My brother worked for Eastern and lived in the Kendall section in the late 1970s/early 1980s. He was at the Dadeland Mall in 1979 when the worst of the cocaine cowboy shootouts took place.

His girlfriend at that time was from Colombia and her father was a judge back home who had relocated her and her mom to the US for their safety. Her father got blown up by a cartel and she was placed under FBI protection for a while, because that cartel had "a working presence" in Miami.

Good times, oh yeah...

Posted: 7/2/2015 10:58:54 PM EDT

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My brother worked for Eastern and lived in the Kendall section in the late 1970s/early 1980s. He was at the Dadeland Mall in 1979 when the worst of the cocaine cowboy shootouts took place.

His girlfriend at that time was from Colombia and her father was a judge back home who had relocated her and her mom to the US for their safety. Her father got blown up by a cartel and she was placed under FBI protection for a while, because that cartel had "a working presence" in Miami.

Good times, oh yeah...

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Back in the days when the County Coroner rented a refrigerated truck off of Burger King to store the bodies because he ran out of room in the corpse coolers.

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:01:18 PM EDT

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Anyone seen the documentary "Cocaine Cowboys"? I never get tired of watching that one.

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:05:46 PM EDT

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Little roadside banks throughout South Florida, some even consisting of double wide trailers, springing up all over the place.......all fueled by drug money and set up for money laundering.

The Miami Beach area, especially Collins Avenue was a rundown shithole I used to frequent a great Italian restaurant there that eventually closed because people were afraid to come.

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:07:07 PM EDT

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I have and love the part where the smuggler gave some cops (DEA, Coast Guard, local, I can't remember) a ride in his boat after their boat's engine epically crapped out. He had a shitload of coke on the same boat.

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:07:37 PM EDT

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I am old enough to remember watching first runs of Miami Vice with my dad and mom.

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:08:53 PM EDT

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Was not around in the 80s

But I watched Cocaine cowboys and scar face, does that count

FWIW I love my city

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:10:06 PM EDT

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1980s Miami was my formative years as a kid. My Old Man was a Special Agent working the Drug cases in Miami. He was really in thr fight during the Drug War and the Era of Cocaine Cowboys.

I actually miss it.

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:10:55 PM EDT

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My brother worked for Eastern and lived in the Kendall section in the late 1970s/early 1980s. He was at the Dadeland Mall in 1979 when the worst of the cocaine cowboy shootouts took place.

His girlfriend at that time was from Colombia and her father was a judge back home who had relocated her and her mom to the US for their safety. Her father got blown up by a cartel and she was placed under FBI protection for a while, because that cartel had "a working presence" in Miami.

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The Crown Liquor Shooting and the "War Wagon".... mh Old Man worked that case.

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:13:05 PM EDT

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You can thank Miami for 10 mm

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:14:40 PM EDT

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I think its much better, In my 18 years in Miami I have never had a gun pulled on me

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:16:03 PM EDT

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I want to believe it was like this.....

But I hear it was more like this.....

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:17:37 PM EDT

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Anyone seen the documentary "Cocaine Cowboys"? I never get tired of watching that one.

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I was going to bring that one up.

Such a good documentary.

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:18:31 PM EDT

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I have and love the part where the smuggler gave some cops (DEA, Coast Guard, local, I can't remember) a ride in his boat after their boat's engine epically crapped out. He had a shitload of coke on the same boat.

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Anyone seen the documentary "Cocaine Cowboys"? I never get tired of watching that one.

I have and love the part where the smuggler gave some cops (DEA, Coast Guard, local, I can't remember) a ride in his boat after their boat's engine epically crapped out. He had a shitload of coke on the same boat.

I loved the part about having so much fucking cash, they just had to begin burying it in the yard.

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:19:26 PM EDT

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1980s Miami was my formative years as a kid. My Old Man was a Special Agent working the Drug cases in Miami. He was really in thr fight during the Drug War and the Era of Cocaine Cowboys.

I actually miss it.

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Hey Wikipedia tells me that the 86 shootout led to the creation of .40 SW

Is this true

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:23:32 PM EDT

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Seen it? I lived through it and my Father was one of the top non dirty cops in it.

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:23:42 PM EDT

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The shooter's wives died under suspicious circumstances and were probably their first victims and one of them was an MP. The life insurance money running out is believed to be why they started robbing banks.

Michael Lee Platt (February 3, 1954 – April 11, 1986) and William Russell Maddox (June 25, 1951 – April 11, 1986) met while serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Maddox first served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1969 to 1972 working as a cook in the officers' mess and was later honorably discharged after reaching the rank of Staff Sergeant. In 1973, Maddox enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the military police. Maddox was honorably discharged from the Army in 1976. Platt enlisted in 1972 as an infantryman and served with the U.S. Army Rangers during the Vietnam War, where he was noted for "High Combat Proficiency". Platt was honorably discharged in 1979.

Both of their spouses had died under mysterious circumstances.[1] Maddox's wife, retired U.S. Army Specialist 4[citation needed] Patricia Buchanich, and a female co-worker, Joyce McFadden, were stabbed to death on December 30, 1983 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, where both women worked.[2] Maddox told investigators that he suspected Platt had carried on an affair with his wife. Maddox was a suspect in the murders but was never charged.[3] After his wife's death Maddox moved to Miami at the urging of Michael Platt, married a woman named Brenda Horne and had one daughter, Christy Lou. After relocating to Homestead, Florida, Maddox began a landscaping and tree removal business called The Yankee Clipper with Platt.[4] Platt's first marriage ended in divorce. In December 1984, Platt's second wife Regina E. Lylen-Platt (whom he married in 1975), was found shot dead with a shotgun from a single shot in the mouth. Her death was ruled a suicide.[5] He married his third wife Brenda in January 1985.

Prior to embarking on their crime spree neither Platt nor Maddox had a criminal record.[6] At the time of Platt's killing, his wife had no idea that her husband and friend Maddox were bank robbers, and he was a father to an infant son that he never met.

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:27:32 PM EDT

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I want to believe it was like this.....

http://excellentpix.com/files/glamgalz/imgs/supermodels/claudia_romani_football_01.jpg

But I hear it was more like this.....

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Miami Beach is 110% Smoking Hot Women.

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Posted: 7/2/2015 11:28:09 PM EDT

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Hey Wikipedia tells me that the 86 shootout led to the creation of .40 SW

Is this true

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1980s Miami was my formative years as a kid. My Old Man was a Special Agent working the Drug cases in Miami. He was really in thr fight during the Drug War and the Era of Cocaine Cowboys.

I actually miss it.

Hey Wikipedia tells me that the 86 shootout led to the creation of .40 SW

Is this true

Yup!

Posted: 7/2/2015 11:34:53 PM EDT

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Went to U of M in late 70s Miami Beach was a retirement place full of old folks all dressed in black sitting on park benches. Good times at the Orange Bowl and lots of fun out at Key Biscayne . Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday nights just for fun.....

Posted: 7/3/2015 9:19:35 AM EDT

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What made Miami-Dade County into what it is today is three things

1. Cuban Refugees fleeing Communism in the 60s and 70s.

2. Drug Money

3. Miami Vice

The Cubans injected the Caribbean culture into Miami and made it exotic. The drug money fueled the economic growth and made more banks open up on Brickell that due international business than Wall Street. Miami Vice started the Deco Movement for buildings by painting them and making them flashy. That along with all the location shooting drew in tourists to actually want to see if Miami was like what was shown on TV.

The late 70s and 80s is what made Miami-Dade County into the economic powerhouse that it is today. It shaped the culture, the style, the attitude, and look, and the feel of Miami.

I miss the old days but damn, I still see the effects and remnants of it everywhere I go in South Florida.

Posted: 7/3/2015 11:30:47 AM EDT

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Road & Track did an article a year or two back for the 30th celebration of Miami Vice going on the air. They drove the cars from the show and their review of the mid-80s Lambo Countach was hilarious.

Here is a link if anyone's interested.

Posted: 7/3/2015 11:35:50 AM EDT

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Miami Beach is 110% Smoking Hot Women.

http://www.letagemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/MiamiBeachPolo_Models.jpg

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I want to believe it was like this.....

http://excellentpix.com/files/glamgalz/imgs/supermodels/claudia_romani_football_01.jpg

But I hear it was more like this.....

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/bf/be/f0/bfbef0cbfded06b7ba101ef84a9a85dd.jpg

Miami Beach is 110% Smoking Hot Women.

http://www.letagemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/MiamiBeachPolo_Models.jpg

I can't post anything else because it will be NSFARFCOM.

This...... Even the ugly women in south beach are better looking then 10's everywhere else in the world.

I've met smoking babes from Israel, Argentina & France who call Miami home now, the last time i was in south beach

Posted: 7/3/2015 11:39:52 AM EDT

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Road & Track did an article a year or two back for the 30th celebration of Miami Vice going on the air. They drove the cars from the show and their review of the mid-80s Lambo Countach was hilarious.

Here is a link if anyone's interested.

http://roa.h-cdn.co/assets/14/49/980x490/landscape_nrm_1417556445-roa080114fea_miamivice004-lg.jpg

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Article mentioned Homestead Police Chief Curt Ivy... he was good police in an era of shit. He got railroaded out of the slot and later became the City Manager and tried to run a dirty city clean.

Posted: 7/3/2015 11:44:03 AM EDT

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Road & Track did an article a year or two back for the 30th celebration of Miami Vice going on the air. They drove the cars from the show and their review of the mid-80s Lambo Countach was hilarious.

Here is a link if anyone's interested.

http://roa.h-cdn.co/assets/14/49/980x490/landscape_nrm_1417556445-roa080114fea_miamivice004-lg.jpg

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Great article

Posted: 7/3/2015 11:46:15 AM EDT

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Uzi's, Floozies, and Jacuzzis

Posted: 7/3/2015 11:47:58 AM EDT

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Snow-Ho's

Posted: 7/3/2015 11:48:58 AM EDT

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Mmmmmmm...!

Posted: 7/3/2015 11:55:29 AM EDT

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You know they based the "Sonny Crocket" character off off a real life bad ass.

Posted: 7/3/2015 12:17:13 PM EDT

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Road & Track did an article a year or two back for the 30th celebration of Miami Vice going on the air. They drove the cars from the show and their review of the mid-80s Lambo Countach was hilarious.

Here is a link if anyone's interested.

http://roa.h-cdn.co/assets/14/49/980x490/landscape_nrm_1417556445-roa080114fea_miamivice004-lg.jpg

Great article

Very good article. written a lot like the PJ O'Rourke car articles.

Posted: 7/3/2015 12:24:20 PM EDT

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Seems like it was more, the use if revolvers and the bad guys having more training. 9mm seemed to do good.

Posted: 7/3/2015 12:26:36 PM EDT

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Cocaine cowboys
Cocaine cowboys redux
Probably 10 times each.
Cocaine cowboys 2 sucked, I think it's the one with the colored boy humping the Colombian toad woman.

Btw, their story was so much like the movie Blow that I thought it was the same, but no different people.

Posted: 7/3/2015 12:31:59 PM EDT

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Cocaine cowboys

Cocaine cowboys redux

Probably 10 times each.

Cocaine cowboys 2 sucked, I think it's the one with the colored boy humping the Colombian toad woman.

Btw, their story was so much like the movie Blow that I thought it was the same, but no different people.

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Anyone seen the documentary "Cocaine Cowboys"? I never get tired of watching that one.

Cocaine cowboys

Cocaine cowboys redux

Probably 10 times each.

Cocaine cowboys 2 sucked, I think it's the one with the colored boy humping the Colombian toad woman.

Btw, their story was so much like the movie Blow that I thought it was the same, but no different people.

Hollywood could never produce a movie even nearing the insanity that was the Cocaine market in South Florida. Scarface, etc. is the rated 'G' version of it.

Posted: 7/3/2015 12:46:38 PM EDT

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Here's what it's like today:

Posted: 7/3/2015 4:34:05 PM EDT

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My dad worked for Eastern Airlines and was transferred to Miami in 1972. We rented an apartment in Miami Beach, just 2 blocks from the beach. I was 9 years old and remember it vividly. This was 12 years before the Miami Vice tv show, and a time when Miami Beach was stuffed to the gills with old retirees. Our apartment complex was made up of elderly Jews from New York and the only kids my brothers and I had to play with were their grandchildren when they came down for visits.

We eventually moved to Cutler Ridge and I graduate from Miami Southridge Sr High in 1982. When I return for visits, the sights, sounds and smell all make me feel like I'm home.

Posted: 7/3/2015 5:14:41 PM EDT

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I've only been to Miami once,maybe 12-13 years ago to attend the boat show,and while I was waiting for a shuttle bus had to seriously help myself from laughing out loud as these gay dudes in crazy 1800 sailor inspired outfits were hitting on a cop. The next day,I'm watching the news and see this same cop losing his shit: he ran over 2 girls on the beach and killed one of them.

Combine that with enough episodes of The First 48 from the Pork and Beans and I've been convinced enough to never go back as every SOB in Miami is out for blood.

Posted: 7/3/2015 5:31:24 PM EDT

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Um, not so much. "Art Deco" started in Paris in 1925 and all of the best Deco buildings in Miami were built between 1930-1945, -a good long while before any TV show with Ferrari's and pastel linen suits.

Posted: 7/3/2015 5:57:54 PM EDT

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I've only been to Miami once,maybe 12-13 years ago to attend the boat show,and while I was waiting for a shuttle bus had to seriously help myself from laughing out loud as these gay dudes in crazy 1800 sailor inspired outfits were hitting on a cop. The next day,I'm watching the news and see this same cop losing his shit: he ran over 2 girls on the beach and killed one of them.

Combine that with enough episodes of The First 48 from the Pork and Beans and I've been convinced enough to never go back as every SOB in Miami is out for blood.

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Shit I live in Florida and only been to Miami (Beach) once... Even 'tho I met some fine ass skip skaps.... that ain't reason enough to go back!

FUck south florida.

Posted: 7/3/2015 6:32:21 PM EDT

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It was glorious, wasn't it.

I moved to the Keys in the early '80s. Loved those trips up to Miami. Now I hate it with a passion, three plus hours up that highway filled with idiots, and now many of those Miami trips now are for doctor visits, getting older sucks.

After my husband's family immigrated to the US, he spent a lot of his formative years in Hialeah, until he joined the Air Force. It's a whole other place now.

Thanks for the walk down Memory Lane, when we were hot, skinny, and could have great sex at the drop of a hat, and when people used to think my teen-age daughter and I were sisters.

Posted: 7/3/2015 6:36:45 PM EDT

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Dem hips, tho

Posted: 7/3/2015 6:58:26 PM EDT

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Road & Track did an article a year or two back for the 30th celebration of Miami Vice going on the air. They drove the cars from the show and their review of the mid-80s Lambo Countach was hilarious.

Here is a link if anyone's interested.

http://roa.h-cdn.co/assets/14/49/980x490/landscape_nrm_1417556445-roa080114fea_miamivice004-lg.jpg

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Road & Track did an article a year or two back for the 30th celebration of Miami Vice going on the air. They drove the cars from the show and their review of the mid-80s Lambo Countach was hilarious.

Here is a link if anyone's interested.

http://roa.h-cdn.co/assets/14/49/980x490/landscape_nrm_1417556445-roa080114fea_miamivice004-lg.jpg

LULZ:

The Daytona's strong but simple design might seem undramatic, especially next to the Countach (or any another Ferrari), but the roar from its front-mounted, 4.4-liter, 405-hp V-12 is magnificent, transcendent, and bestial. It's the sound of an ape screwing an angel, and at high revs, it almost sounds consensual.