Do one on Puerto Rico and why everyone in Puerto Rico moves to Orlando instead of Miami

If anyone wanted to know what living in the 1950s looked like, go to Cuba. It’s frozen in time.

*REMEMBER:* Not every Cuban within Cuba itself lives in Havana or its metropolitan area alone.

In Cuba's case it's not geography but politics that affects the well being of it's population the most.

I remember going on vacation to Florida in July 1960, when I was 16 and we had a new Buick Invicta Coverdale, no AC, back then. I remember going up Collins Blvd in Miami Beach, and Key West was much quieter then, and the ferry to Cuba had stopped, and on my transistor radio I could hear Havana from Key West. Living awhile in SE Florida in 2018 to 2020, it was quite changed from back then, from just several million residents back then to over 20 million today. 😊

Great video about Cuba. I moved from Cuba almost 12 years ago and many things have changed. In the last 2 years more than 400,000 Cubans have moved to the USA. I live in Southwest Missouri and there is a small group of Cubans already in the area.

Cuba and Florida once belonged to Spain. There was always movement between the two áreas. Personally, I live in Florida [because as a Cuban American] I feel more at home and less discriminated against compared to where I was born in the Northern USA

Geoff is obsessed with using the word obsessed in this video

It's 90 miles from Cuba.

Love your videos! Could you make an episode on Puerto Rico? If there is sufficient and interesting info to do so

'Spain began growing sugarcane in Cuba in 1523, but it was not until the 18th century that Cuba became a prosperous colony. '

Florida is a key state in every single presidential election, if you want Florida you need to win the large metropolitan areas- the crown jewel being Miami-Dade county, no matter what every single presidential election is HEAVILY influenced by Cuban-Americans

I don't know where you get the idea that Americans are obsessed with Cuba. If anything, it's the other way around. The biggest reasons for Americans to care at all about Cuba is for self defense, to control the Florida straights, not having an enemy at your doorstep, and having it's tropical crop-growing capability, besides having access to its copper and nickel deposits.

I did a quick Google search and found that Cuban population is average 11 million in the island and 2.8 million in the USA. Then I searched Dominican Republic, I was amazed that it’s close to exactly the same, 11 million in the island and 2.5 million in the USA. But even more surprising, the island of Puerto Rico has a population of around 3 million and an equal Puertoricans population in the USA of around 3 million. That should be an interesting subject to study and make a video off.

By 1970 90% of the construction in Miami-Dade County was done by Cuban owned firms. Cubans arrived without money and rose socio-economically faster than any other group in US history

Great new set Geoff. Been following you since you had less than 1000 subs. Proud of your success! Its been a wild ride following you. My only suggestion is that door behind you? You should paint it the same color as the rest of your walls so it looks consistent. Keep up the good work.

I've wanted to go to Cuba since I was a teen, and finally went in 2019! I wish I had gone sooner and visited other cities (besides Habana) before restrictions were put back in place. I'd love to visit Pinar del Río, where some of our extended family are from.

The first wave of Cubans migrating to Florida goes back much further. The Ybor City neighborhood in Tampa was the first Little Havana. In the late 1800s early 1900s many Cubans went there to work in Tampa’s cigar industry. Some went while Cuba was still part of Spain. This migration greatly influences Tampa’s culture today. The Platt amendment ended in 1934. So subsequent Cuban governments were not subject to it. The US is obsessed with Cuba because so many Cubans with a large political influence live in the US are obsessed with Cuba no longer being an authoritarian state, given that our families on the island have suffered so much thanks to the horrible actions of the Cuban regime.

The Bay of Pigs Museum in Little Havana is one of the best museums I have been to.

Is only 90 miles and we down here in the MIA have had a border crisis for 40 + years, no one talks about that !!!

The country is crazy beautiful and the people are excellent and friendly - been there a couple times.

Anyone who wants to go into a deeper dive about this (that extensively utilizes primary sources) should really give season two of the podcast Blowback a listen.

Grats on the new studio space. That column in the old one... bad feng shui

I watch and enjoy your videos. Thank you

Congratulations on the new studio. Keep up the great videos. Best of luck!

Nice video.

Nice to see you again.

Thanks!

When Castro first came into power he came directly to the US for aid and Eisenhower wouldn't even give him an audience. That's when he turned to the Soviets. It was a matter of survival. When Kennedy placed the US embargo he never intended for it to last anywhere near as long as it has. This embargo in my opinion has hurt the Cuban people more than their own oppressive government. It has contributed to keep them poor and weak.

They need parts for their 50's cars.....come on mannnnnnn

Great video

3:17 "The revolution transformed Cuba into an authoritarian state". What exactly do you think Cuba was before the revolution?

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Very interesting!

Because it’s close by

There’s a well-known demographer, who would pointed out that Cuba is a huge island that stands in the middle of the trade routes that the United States depends, moving good services from the mouth of the Mississippi on the rest of the world market, including oil and oil refinery products Geopolitically from a security standpoint should have fallen hostel nations hands. They could bottle up the Caribbean ocean and prevent freedom of movement of shipping to and from vital ports in the United States. Do you recall the Cuban missile crisis of the early 1960s were Russia attempted to put nuclear missiles on Cuba? What happened was a nuclear exchange where the United States put a quarantine of shipping moving to and from Cuba In fact, there was movement within Congress in the 1800s to try to annex Cuba From Spain This, of course, never happened in the United States help liberate Cuba from Spain Unfortunately, within Cuba’s internal affairs, they were mismanaged by their own people and invited brutal dictator, to take hold of it, and economy is culture in his people As for the Cuban people moving to the United States and preferring, Florida? The Puerto Rican people seem to do the same thing and have recently relocated and large numbers to Florida. It’s the same climate.

Woohoo Cuba! Do more Cuba! So much material here

There is no freedom in Cuba. There is no future. There is no food. That's why I left.

Maybe just maybe it might be because it’s 90 miles or so away ..simple

Much left unsaid about why Cubans are obsessed with Florida.

Accurate info,

Great stuff.

Isn’t it because Florida is close to Cuba

Excellent information

We have been on holiday to Cuba a few times from the U.K. it’s a great island with nice beaches the people who look after you very well and we appreciate it but since retirement five years ago we have now maded Jamaica are favourite holiday place now we are hoping to go back for the seven time in the next few weeks

Nice video. I would only correct that the bay of Havana is not the biggest one, actually it is not even close to that. The biggest one is the bay of Nipe in the province of Holguín. Also, the western region spans from the province of Pinar del Rio to the province of Matanzas. Hence, Zapata, Varadero and Havana all belong to this region. The limits shown in the video are not correct

Nobody moves from one country to another, they emigrate

Desantis won't bus them away when they land.

Interesting video

so very soon cuba will be the first Latin American country free of Cubans 😮

First off, there are still tainos native Americans alive still living in cuba on the outskirts of the city. I met lots of them when I was there.

You miss the last 3 years of migration like around half million Cubans arrive to USA in those years

I just want to go for the plants

Cuban's R very crafty. They make their own parts flr the old Amer cars they have. Yes, it's like they R frozen in time.

As a 1st generation Cuban American, I approve of this brief description. Good job on the research.

The Cuban War of independence was 1895-1898.

Does Cuba have active volcanoes or risks of major earthquakes like other Caribbean islands do?

Nicely done… just the fact with no political bias of any kind. As a first generation Cuban and long time American citizen I appreciate this video.

11 million and shrining verses 23 million and sinking.

Obsessed?

You are mistaken. Cuba was never a territory of the US. Unlike P.Rico, Cuba won its independence from Spain in 1902

As a Canadian, we have some of the closest ties to Cuba and not in the way the far right thinks (Castro is NOT JT's father despite the appearance)... Sherritt Gordon has huge mining/manufacturing bases and Cuba is probably the #2 destination for cheap sun-seeking flights from Western Canada after Cancun... I still want to visit but I am not really a fan of heat and humidity so.... not really on the top of my list...

It is a pretty damning indictment of the quality of the secondary school and college education systems in the US that you have to publish a video answering a question that should be easily known in a well educated society.

I don’t know if one can be ethnically “cuban” can they? Most cubans are white hispanics, of European descent.

Hey, you didn't Fulgencio Batista.

You tend to use the word 'diversity' when 'variety' is likely more appropriate.

that's wrong, the law that actually gives preferential treatment to us Cubans is "Cuban Adjustment Act"

Because 90 miles

Cuba is the Ukraine of the United States. As Ukraine is key to the control of the Black Sea, Cuba is key to the control of the Caribbean. In addition, Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula were the exit of the Russian river system, Cuba is also key to the Mississippi since it is the key of the Gulf of Mexico

new studio - good move - you should still shave and wear a tie .. OldTony

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En Cuba hay una dictadura de 65 años, es el principal motivo para huir del país

The mass migration of Cubans to the US also changed Cubas demographics. Cuba is now mostly black/mixed race due to the majority of the white population flocking north

Cuba is one of those countries with gigantic economic potential. If Cuba finally decides to get rid of its Communist rule, it could become a massive exporter of agricultural products and would be a gigantic magnet for tourism from the close-by USA. Its climate could make it perfect to grow a huge list of tropical fruits and vegetables on the island, particularly bananas, pineapple, mangoes, and so on. And it even be a potentially perfect region to grow cocoa bean trees, too.

Cubaba

Cubans always tell me they hate Florida, but they love to annoy gringos with the Spanish language, I know I do every chance I get. That's really all there is to it. And who can blame them?? It's great fun.

Bruh you basically spoiled the whole video with your thumbnail lmao

Too many damn greedy ads!

Why are there more people in South Korea than North Korea?

Miami is what LA pretends it is: Diverse, but everything it’s against, Republican. It is 72% Hispanic, and because of the Cubans political and economic powerhouses migrating, Spanish is a co-lingua Franca of commerce, there’s Chilean developer creating Origin Residences, Carey law firm, at 7921 Carlyle Ave. an Argentinian firm is proposing a multi-family project. I know a skyscraper’s being built by either country’s firms but not which ones. In LA it’s something spoken by Mexicans on the outer suburbs as more of a familial cultural way to talk to locals.

Also why can't North koreans leave their home country Just like cuba and the middle east countries?

If Obama tried to strengthen ties with Cuba , why did he get rid of the wet foot dry foot act ?

I could see why people want to leave Cuba for all the obvious reasons that everyone knows. However, I my opinoin Miami is highly overrated, and know because I used to live there. First off, its incredibly congested and overcrowded. Traffic there is a nightmare. When I lived there I was in a constant state of road rage. You are forced to drive like a maniac because everyone else does. Then there's the general cultural/ value system of people there. Its the mentality of crass materialism and conspicuous consumption. Kind of the reverse of the moribund socialist ideals. Understandable as a reaction to the Castroite debacle, but really more a case a 1st generation, nuevo-riche immigrant mentality. Also, much of the city consists of how shall we say, places you don't want to be at night; a.k.a. the hood. There are even road signs for European tourists, "sunshine roads." Stay on these roads and you'll be fine, stray off them and maybe something really bad will happen.

Cuba and Greenland are in the crosshairs. Not from me, if life was a game "It is" strategically it makes sense. No time soon. 100 years...? Merica.

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I am a Cuban settled in Florida. I thank America for letting me be here with freedom and peace.

Maybe if we lift our extreme cuba restrictions, cuba would be a wonderful place.

I like this video in particular because you combined geography, economy and politics. Please continue doing so because solely focusing on geography, is abit boring and not very educational.

Then there's Hialeah!

As a Cuban living in Florida, I approve this video

Exploring the rich cultural ties between Cuba and Florida! 🌐 What's your take on this unique migration? Share your thoughts below!

Your premise makes no sense. Supposedly the US is obsessed with Cuba so Cubans migrate to the US.

Fascinating topic! 🌐 What's your take on why Cubans migrate to Florida, or any personal stories to share? Let's explore the cultural connections and experiences in the comments!

The U.S. still has Guantanamo. Put them there. No need to get their feet wet.

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The map showed is not correct.

You forgot that America was using Cuba as a brothel prior to Fidel Castro revolution

poor reporting on why [people leave Cuba unsybscribed

I think you have an obsession with the word "obsession" - you spent more time on that then really talking about how Cuban Americans have influenced the US or how the US has influenced Cuba

The difference between Cuba and other Spanish colonies was that the Spaniards populated Cuba then many many years later , they slaves weee brought to Cuba Always the Spaniards and their descendants were the majority of the population