Jul 22, 2014

I'm so Miami & Tallahassee

The "I'm So" is a game going on Facebook where people share memories of their hometown(s).
1. I'm so Tallahassee that I remember Putt-Putt Golf behind Tallahassee Mall
2. I'm so Tallahassee, Frenchtown was the "hood." Bars, homeless folks, drugs and violence in those projects on 4th Ave.
3. I'm so Tallahassee, I remember a murder at Rickards High in '93.
4. I'm so Tallahassee, Rampage Fitness was a true weightlifting gym. It was a hole in the wall gym in the back of a strip mall next to YouFit on N.Monroe.
5. I'm so Tallahassee, Leonard Brown (Boobie Boys gang member from Miami) was captured in Tallahassee. That was big news in the 90's.
6. I'm so Tallahassee, people were scared to come on the Southside because the crime was so bad.
7. I'm so Tallahassee, Carman (Christian artist) used to come here a lot.
8. I'm so Tallahassee, Tallahassee Mall was an actual mall.
9. I'm so Tallahassee, I remember the old WCTV 6 logo.
10. I'm so Tallahassee, I remember going to Ryan's Steakhouse after church every Sunday.

Miami:
1. I'm so Miami, I remember Studio 183 in Carol City. That was the sight for Miami Nights.
2. I'm so Miami, I remember the old Carol City high school on 187th.
3. I'm so Miami, Luke used to promote his music riding through Liberty City in that lime green van.
4. I'm so Miami, 15th Ave. was live with black business. Luke and Uncle Al used to throw block parties all the time on the Ave.
5. I'm so Miami, I remember when Nann first came out on 99 Jamz. Everybody from Liberty City would play that song non-stop.
6. I'm so Miami, I remember Seminola. The old, get money gangsters from Liberty City know about Seminola. A lot of Hialeah black folks went to school with Cubans who had "work" (drugs).
7. I'm so Miami, a group of Hialeah dudes used to ride their bikes straight to Liberty City.
8. I'm so Miami, I remember Trina being a stripper at several Miami strip joints.
9. I'm so Miami, South Beach was the ghetto. It suffered from poverty and crime.
10. I'm so Miami, the Boobie Boys (The media called the crew that.  The group was called Matchbox, named for the Matchbox projects that used to be on 199th in Carol City, then they got torn down.) John Does and Vonda's gang turned Miami into a warzone. They did battle for prized drug turf in Liberty City and Overtown. The John Does controlled a substantial portion of the drug scene in Liberty City & Overtown.
11. I'm so Miami, Sun Life Stadium was called Joe Robbie Stadium and then Pro Player Stadium.
12. I'm so Miami, Uncle Al's block parties brought Miami's black community together.
13. I'm so Miami, Miami-Dade Community college was an actual junior college.

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