True story, the US Army used to send their surgeons to Jackson Memorial in Miami for residency because that was the best place to get experience treating gunshot wounds.

Florida. The only state where the more north you go the more southern ya get

I've lived in Central Florida my whole life. First time I ever went to Miami was in college. No joke, I witnessed a car full of guys get into a shootout with the cops in an intersection right in front of my car. At that moment I know it was the craziest place in this country. lol

""Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give the man a bank and he can rob the world." - Abraham Lincoln, probably.

Miami could best be described as an online GTA server that’s come to life.

Miami: A sunny place, for shady people

As a Floridian who moved to NY. I miss it, Florida is different and if you're not from there you might never understand. Especially Miami😊

Are we going to ignore the fact this guy is hilarious.

Ngl, I went to Miami once and I watched these two guys fight in a parking lot at 9am while I was walking to the beach. One guy got his ass beat, got into his Jeep, and ran over the guy that beat his ass. GTA in real life

Everyone from Florida knows South Florida and Orlando are their own provinces. The rest of Florida is more country than most people know.

grew up in miami and lived there for 20 years, it was pretty chill... after I buried all my enemies

The only reason the show “Dexter” is realistic is because it’s in Miami.

I've been born and raised in Florida I'm 33 and feel 66 its insane

I’m a Mexican living In Florida most of my life,love it

My family came to Miami in 1919. In the 1980s I was working for a pharmaceutical company that got bought out by Baxter. Baxter was headquartered in Chicago. The company I worked for had three plants in Dade County and employed around 2000 people. Baxter decided that moving their headquarters to Miami would be a good idea. Several other top executives flew to Miami and upon leaving the airport and while on interstate I-95 they had some people that try to stop their car and rob and hijack them. A few months later some other executives flew to Miami from Chicago to scout out the area for the new headquarters and once again people try to rob them. In public. In broad daylight. Baxter decided Miami was not the best place to have their world headquarters. There is a professor named Borjas at Harvard University who has made his entire life's work the study of labor and immigration. He concluded that immigration was a racket and that the only economic benefit if any was captured by the people who hire immigrants and the immigrants themselves. Another university professor with similar credentials refuted the claims of Prof. Borjas by providing an example of Miami during the 1980s and 1990s. He said the economy in Miami was fantastic at that time. And it was full of immigrants so that proved immigration was an economic benefit. This is hysterically funny. During the 1980s and 1990s there was a waterfall of cocaine coming in to Miami totaling billions and billions of dollars. In the 1980s and early 1990s the economy of Miami was cocaine. Cocaine and fraud. One of my favorite stories of Miami was one told by Dave Barry. He talked about someone going to the Miami airport and waiting outside in the car in front of the terminal. In front of the car there were several other cars. In two of the cars people get out and begin shooting each other. Then a person in a third car completely unrelated to the people in the other two cars gets out of his car and begin shooting at both of them. I remember one night driving home from work and I got off the expressway and went downtown. The streets are narrow. In front of me appeared a police car. The police car stopped at another police car came up behind me. We were in front of the hotel. Both of the police officers got out of the car went around to the passenger side pulled out the revolvers and brace themselves over the hood of the cars pointing their pistols at the entrance of the hotel that I was directly in front of. Apparently, a serial killer had been located in the hotel and they were making sure the killer didn't leave through the front door. My brother once went to visit the neighborhood we grew up in. The house we used to live in was abandoned. He stopped his old car in front of the building and got out and began looking at it during the middle of the day. He said that he thought someone was behind him and he turned around and there was this large black man holding a large rock over his head getting ready to smash it down onto my brother. I found out later that the black supremacist cult Yahweh Ben Yahweh had made one of their headquarters the Saxon motel which was two blocks away. This cult was responsible for killing many people in Miami. They were told if they killed white people they would advance farther in the cult. The city of Miami was busy giving the cult large sums of money for being social activist during the day while at the night they were out murdering people. Not all of the members just a high-ranking leaders. I still love Miami. I still remember when there were hardly any people down here. Everyone that moves to Miami thinks that the history of the place started when they arrived. There has been crazy stuff going on from the very beginning. The biggest problem with the people in Miami and in Florida are the people that never accept it as their home and are always going to go back to where they came from or always compare it to someplace else and never get involved in making the place better. Very few people are involved in the community and almost none of them are committed. If the insurance companies keep raising the rates on property it's going to be interesting to see what happens to all the people living here in the future.

There are probably more New Yorkers in Florida than there are in the entire NYC area.

“Florida is great b/c it’s close to America”. True.

I remember listening to Billy when I used to listen to the Paul and Young Ron Show everyday many years ago.

The movie Pain and Gain with Mark Wahlberg & The Rock is also just freaking crazy and of course it's based on a true story that took place in Florida. When I first saw it I had no idea it was actually based on a true story and when I found out that it was, it absolutely blew my mind. It's so messed up. I had to go back and watch it again. I love the movie! Not at all surprised that it took place in Florida. I've been there only once in my adult life and have never had the desire to go back. People were incredibly rude and everywhere we went it seemed like there was some crazy situation going on between locals.

Florida is the strangest place I've ever visited. I was vacationing in Miami where the rich and famous live like Versace, just a few miles south you'd be in the swamps with people like Bobby Bushay.

I went to college in Miami.. Crazy good time, didn't earn a single college credit 😂

Daytona Beach Florida was the wildest experience of my life. One weekend there and I'm pretty sure I can write a full length novel. It's always a great party story.

West Florida is really nice and quiet. Beautiful beaches and scenery everywhere. Tampa and Naples especially.

Native Floridian here... It is hard to leave even though it's fucking insane

I've lived in Florida most of my life. Everything this guy says is absolutely true. Florida is the wild West.

As a tattoo artist in Canada I can confirm that tipping with cocaine is a regular occurrence lol

Are used to teach a documentary class I love documentaries I’ve never heard of this one and it’s top of my list to check out now man I learned so much from your show

North Florida is Deep South Miami is Latin America/Caribbean

Stop lumping in Miami with the rest of Florida. Miami is its own country.

As a Brit my family often wonder why I’m always so invested in current event and politics in the US and Billy put it perfectly he just said it in regards to Miami but just as Miami today is the America of tomorrow. The America of today is the UK (and the whole western world for that matter) of tomorrow

Wow here in 2023 now spot on

Yeah here in Nebraska its not okay to tip in blow... You gotta use Meth

I live in south florida and I can confirm all of everything that is being said

Listening to this man swallow his spit is probably one of the hardest things I've had to listen through.

I’m a European, and on our first day holidaying in Florida apart of the damn mall we were going to was cutoff by yellow tape cause someone was murdered.

As a South Florida resident, I can concur everything described by Corben is 100% accurate.

as a 24 year old home grown floridan reading comments like "Miami could best be described as an online GTA server that’s come to life" really makes me think i should consider moving

The “walking between the raindrops” line is fucking gold

I also think a small part could be the climate. You have to be somewhat organized in Michigan or you will freeze to death in winter. Like if you are completely whacked out of your mind, stripping you clothes off, running around naked or in just tshirt and shorts, you will freeze to death in Michigan. I've met homeless people and also young people who like to party and don't want to work, some of them would come to Michigan during the summer, but say they were going back south to Florida or southern California during the Winter. In Michigan to be homeless in the winter you need some basic supplies like a tent, sleeping bag, blankets, warm clothes. That's minimum. If you get high and lose these things, you are fucked. In Florida you can survive with almost nothing. They don't want to go to states like Arizona, Texas, or Mississippi. So they go to southern California and Florida. They can get high, party, be completely irresponsible, and still be okay. Not freeze to death in winter. Sleep under a bridge, on the beach, in an abandoned house. People sleep in abandoned houses in Michigan, but in winter you can still freeze to death if you don't have enough blankets, sleeping bags, clothes, or a heater. Plus you have to keep all this clean and dry or it won't keep you warm.

This is an ABSOLUTELY TIMELESS clip. I just went back and watched the full episode on Spotify and it's fantastic. Future classic 100% 🍁🍁🍁🛶🛶🛶

South FL is crazy, the rest of florida is just weird

I thought shooing away alligators was normal as a kid xD

Rich men walk between the raindrops, love this line and this man too, very knowledgeable 👏👌👍

Born and raised in South FL, and the best years of my life were spent in the U.S. Army, getting yelled at, and doing push-ups all day.

Jamie has been waiting forever to use that thumbnail

I’ve lived in Tampa almost all my life. We take pride in our “Florida woman/man” stories

I’m from Tampa All facts Have a good life people

That picture had me rolling like never before ! Ththththats all folks

Welcome to Florida, where we get to experience 2 seasons.. Summer, and HOT SUMMER

Florida is crazy, recently back form Miami, it was a blast but you have to watch out for alligators, hurricanes, gang bangers, and soccer moms in Bentlys

I’m from ct and I own a home here in south Florida now for 5 years. I love the swamp never moving back.

Worked on weapon systems for Interconics in Tampa in the 80s. Watched the Challenger blow up on binoculars and windsurfed the gulf looking for stray bales.

Joe Rogan says absolutely nothing: Billy Corben: We call that "Miami Silence".

Remarkable he is talking about Miami, Florida for 20 minutes and never uses the word Tourism.

As a Palm Beach County resident I APPROVE THESE THINGS

I knew several people in WV who were going to Florida for opioids, it stopped because Florida pharmacies stopped filling the prescriptions. People were getting prescriptions here from doctors like Kostinco and double dipping in Florida.

Florida is crazy because its a melting pot. Perhaps thee most diverse state in the union. You get lots of strange things down here

"Its basically a town of assholes." Living here my entire life, this sums up Miami so perfectly.

The most honest soflo Miami person I've ever listened to. So well put and true.. watch out for falling coconuts abs stray green tips!****^

I love being Floridian. It's never a boring place, that's for sure.

“The greatest thing about Miami is that is so close to the United States!”

LA invented road rage, Miami perfected it. Edit: I did not expect so many people to argue about which of their cities has more shitty drivers lmao.

South beach is my fav. Love it. 3 day weekend is the best.

That closing quote though lol

Florida fuckery? I love that 😂 I lost it when he said you should need a passport to go 😂😂😂

When I think Miami as an Brit all that comes to my mind is Tommy Vercetti.

Great episode

I was relieved when it was over lol

You can't just say miami. It's South FL...the Tri county....Dade, Broward and Palm Beach

Lived in Miami my whole life. Kids be putting coke in salt shakers like it's a joke lmao.

I went through basic training with a guy who had been an EMT in Dade county. He had already seen it all. Was not fazed by the drill instructors one bit.

Being from Florida and reading these comments is gold.

This guy has an awesome radio voice

Anyone else read this as Billy Corgan?

This chap is soo friggin funny and eloquent

Miami traffic is a friggin' NIGHTMARE🤣

I love how this guy just throws all kinds of stats and Joe just says “wow”, instead of “hold on, Jamie google that shit”.

I live in Pensacola, making me the most southern Floridian you can have.

I'm moving to Miami...... this is thee best advertisement for anywhere I've ever heard.....

Been living in Florida since 2010 and I can say I have accumulated trauma, and a lot of fucked up stories living here. Florida definitely is different from where I came from before living here.

Florida, where 1/2 gram of coke is the standard tip.

I clicked here because I saw a picture of Bugs Bunny.

I just got back from Miami last week and absolutely loved it. Granted, I stayed in Coral Gables, however, the people were very nice and I didn't see any of the craziness that Billy talks about.

Florida is like the Haitian Bad Boys 2 car chase and shootout scene only it lasts forever

I’ve been living in Miami most of life and i can say a lot of what he’s saying is true. It’s very hard to trust people down here but it definitely builds character and makes you more aware that not everybody is here to be your friend, i remember visiting New York City for the first time and was absolutely shocked by how nice the people were there compared to how they are here

Joe “the whole thing is so strange” Rogan

The meme in the thumbnail is so perfect for this topic

“All crazy people come from all of Florida and the Bronx”

Maybe they just haven't done any DMT in Florida yet. Jamie pull up affects of DMT on societies

I moved to Florida and I can't get enough of Florida Man. He's everywhere here. Everywhere

I'm from Jacksonville and I approve this message

I worked in Pompono Beach. My boss had a plaque on his wall that read “If it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen in Florida” too true.

You talk about Florida being so connected to cocaine. The pill mills were ten times worse as a collective experience.

Love this segment so much. I live in South Florida and the ignorance and hustle down here is astounding. The people down here hate regulation even if it protects them from being ripped off.

2 years later and it's just as powerful🖖

I’m from Iowa and went to Miami and few months ago and we ubered everywhere. People driving there was ridiculous! Red light would literally just turn green and dudes are already honking lol

As a native Texan, I love my Florida brethren.

I’m from Miami, and I could confirm everything he said. Lol

Hey, I live in Florida and I resemble that remark lol.. Hard to beat catching a buzz and going fishing. C'mon, Joe, get in!

"LA invented road rage" lol. Dude clearly hasn't been in Russia.