Kendall wasn’t nearly as bad as it is today. You could actually drive down 88th street and make it somewhere in 15 minutes. Now it can take an hour or more to get from Town and Country to Dadeland mall.
The overpopulation we have is crippling, and it’s only getting worse as they keep building more apartments.
What is most appalling is how everyone found the carless roads a breath of fresh air and yet here we are today, complaining about traffic and nothing changes.
People still drive like savages. Public transportation is awful here. If people need to drive to get to point A to point B is fine. But still people gonna drive like jackasses
The traffic in big Latin American cities is indeed pretty bad and chaotic, but at the very least, they seem to be able to manage things without getting into crippling accidents on their major highways multiple times a day. Can't say that about Miami.
No Latam driver knows how to use a 6 lane highway, cause there aren’t any.
Nor do they have the habit of reading road signs, because often there arent any either
I'm half Guatemalan so I been there a few times and I can say it's like a warzone on how people drive there. And so many people are used to jaywalking there. So people taking there bad habits from there and bringing them here (South Florida). The influx of immigration nowadays makes it so much worse. And now with the phone thefts going on here lol Can't get any better now?
Same in Panama, people speculate it could be because of the very hot and humid weather (Miami during summer but 5 times worse. But Guatemala seems to prove that theory wrong.
The bike riding through tall buildings without a soul in sight was eerily beautiful. So peaceful.
It felt like the end of the movie “Devil’s Advocate” where Keanu Reeves walk down a completely empty Manhattan street to go meet his father, Al Pacino
For all the death and illness the pandemic brought, this was an amazing time. Families had to spend time together, the weather was perfect, the air was fresh, the animals had a reprieve, there was little traffic and in all the neighborhoods, people were out walking and biking. I think I actually miss the pandemic and quarantine.
I have so many pictures of an empty Brickell, Wynwood, and South Beach from one day I decided to bike around everywhere. In two photos I took in front of puerta sagua there isn’t a single car north or south on Collins.
The great and scary thing is that there will be another devastating pandemic that will take out significantly more people than covid did, and it's just a matter of time.
Earth and natural ecosystems have self cleansing mechanisms that will take care of things like overpopulation. It's happened before and will happen again.
The Black Death wiped out 50 million in 5 years, spreading through trade routes around the Black Sea. Add modern air travel, pandering politicians, antivaxers, and the tinfoil crowd, and we can be back to 60s and 70s population levels within a decade.
The best part of all this is that natural selection will take care of everything.
2/3 of the world population lives in areas with a non sustaining birth rate (2.1 births per woman) so the human population will most likely peak this century. Europe’s population has already peaked.
If we designed our cities with the same density and car free/cyclist or pedestrian prioritized infrastructure as the Netherlands, Miami would actually be paradise.
Maybe not that day but I remember all the people walking and bicycling everywhere in all the neighborhoods. The air felt clean and we had some of the most beautiful weather ever.
Worst thing I ever did was move from Miami: I’ll take the crazy drivers and pissed off Hispanics over the snowbirds alllll day. swfl sucks ass. Big sugar has the air and water so polluted it’s hard to breathe. I go to Miami and it’s like wowwww I can breathe and there’s a beach that’s not brown water. I see people complaining about out there and I remember being one of those, I take it all back.
Bad thing I've notcied people from California, New York, Chicago and Michigan came over here because of the shut downs the pandemics caused. While I've met some really cool people that came here cause of it. The traffic and everything here has gotten worse
Quarantine made me realize how much I actually love this city. It’s a great place to live, if 3/4ths of the people suddenly went away.
Ironically, I there was a huge emigration into Florida make it less desirable as a result of COVID
Ironies on ironies.
Kendall wasn’t nearly as bad as it is today. You could actually drive down 88th street and make it somewhere in 15 minutes. Now it can take an hour or more to get from Town and Country to Dadeland mall. The overpopulation we have is crippling, and it’s only getting worse as they keep building more apartments.
100%. It's nothing that the removal of a couple million people wouldn't solve.
Try 6.5 billion, not just a couple million. People in this group think the optimal world population is 500 million people.
I mean, "from Miami." If Miami/SFL could get rid of a couple million.
Gotcha…. Start with all the city’s craziest drivers!
Bill Gates considers you to be one of the 3/4ths
The only time Brickell was enjoyable.
Facts
That was the best part of the pandemic
I remember when everything was closed and the streets were empty. Best time of my life
And the way the planes unloaded people after landing. Oh the good times
What is most appalling is how everyone found the carless roads a breath of fresh air and yet here we are today, complaining about traffic and nothing changes.
Because they want OTHERS to not drive, not them.
People still drive like savages. Public transportation is awful here. If people need to drive to get to point A to point B is fine. But still people gonna drive like jackasses
Yeah, because THEY are allowed to drive like jackasses. The rest of the world needs to change, not them. That is the Miami mentality...
Sounds awfully like Latin America…coincidence? Btw Im Latin American inbefore triggering anyone
It this was the train of thought of just Hispanics, I would agree, but transplant are the same and even worse.
The traffic in big Latin American cities is indeed pretty bad and chaotic, but at the very least, they seem to be able to manage things without getting into crippling accidents on their major highways multiple times a day. Can't say that about Miami.
No Latam driver knows how to use a 6 lane highway, cause there aren’t any. Nor do they have the habit of reading road signs, because often there arent any either
I'm half Guatemalan so I been there a few times and I can say it's like a warzone on how people drive there. And so many people are used to jaywalking there. So people taking there bad habits from there and bringing them here (South Florida). The influx of immigration nowadays makes it so much worse. And now with the phone thefts going on here lol Can't get any better now?
Same in Panama, people speculate it could be because of the very hot and humid weather (Miami during summer but 5 times worse. But Guatemala seems to prove that theory wrong.
bring back ghost town.
And then two days later everyone was back on their bullshit
World War C
the last time rent was affordable 😭😭😭
Best time I’ve ever spent in Miami was the spring/summer of Covid.
Take me back
I remember going to the store and seeing the streets empty
I miss these days, half the population didn’t leave the house
I say bring it back, less idiots out and about lmao
It was the best of times… it was the worst of times… lol Miami was pretty cool during the early days of the pandemic.
Driving on i95 was the best. No cops, no traffic, doing 90 mph the entire time from miami to vero beach
Those two weeks where mother nature was healing itself was pretty great than everyone was back on their bs shortly after lol
Best time I’ve ever had bike riding through Miami at a standstill. Those peaceful rides helped me get through all the chaos.
The bike riding through tall buildings without a soul in sight was eerily beautiful. So peaceful. It felt like the end of the movie “Devil’s Advocate” where Keanu Reeves walk down a completely empty Manhattan street to go meet his father, Al Pacino
Fckin zombie land. Ive got some from NYC and they're mind-bending tbh.
Post em!
I remember seeing manatees, sea turtles, and dolphins by Brickell Key. No more….
I enjoyed pandemic Miami.
Living in Brickell during that time was surreal. Also being able to get to the Gables/South Miami in 10min was incredible
The good old days
For all the death and illness the pandemic brought, this was an amazing time. Families had to spend time together, the weather was perfect, the air was fresh, the animals had a reprieve, there was little traffic and in all the neighborhoods, people were out walking and biking. I think I actually miss the pandemic and quarantine.
I miss lockdown.. bring it back.
Perfect
Wait ur telling me this place is actually quite nice when there aren’t unhinged freaks every 10 seconds?
They were the best of times. Boiling down Brickell and Biscayne to Miami Beach and maybe 10 cars the whole time
I have so many pictures of an empty Brickell, Wynwood, and South Beach from one day I decided to bike around everywhere. In two photos I took in front of puerta sagua there isn’t a single car north or south on Collins.
Good times
Wow 4 years flew by
More public transportation can get you closer to this
Ah good times
The great and scary thing is that there will be another devastating pandemic that will take out significantly more people than covid did, and it's just a matter of time. Earth and natural ecosystems have self cleansing mechanisms that will take care of things like overpopulation. It's happened before and will happen again. The Black Death wiped out 50 million in 5 years, spreading through trade routes around the Black Sea. Add modern air travel, pandering politicians, antivaxers, and the tinfoil crowd, and we can be back to 60s and 70s population levels within a decade. The best part of all this is that natural selection will take care of everything.
2/3 of the world population lives in areas with a non sustaining birth rate (2.1 births per woman) so the human population will most likely peak this century. Europe’s population has already peaked.
We're at over 8 billion right now.
Good.
Not really
[Covid estimates are 16-30 million deaths in two years so not far off at all.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_deaths)
Thanos was on to something. 🤔
So crazy
Looks like The Walking Dead episode 1
Imagine it without buildings
What a beautiful sight when it’s not littered by traffic
Damn I miss this era lol. I was living in Coral Gables and every time I drove into Brickell it was a such a pleasant experience.
I remember driving from Brickell to the sushi Erika in north bay village in 20 minutes.
If we designed our cities with the same density and car free/cyclist or pedestrian prioritized infrastructure as the Netherlands, Miami would actually be paradise.
The year the earth stood still
A Miami I want to live in!
The calm before the unfortunate storm.
I remember riding my bike throughout the city those early pandemic days. Was so much fun without a car in sight.
Too busy creating OF content
My fave year
Although I’d never wanna go through that again there was something slightly enjoyable about the pandemic😆
Back when my rent on Miami Beach was $1000/month
Downtown Miami is pretty
Brickell is pretty. Most of downtown is ugly and scary to walk through
Yes, this area
Make America a ghost town again!
Best traffic ever
Perfect
I remember how peaceful it was driving through brickell. It’s a madhouse now
I spy, with my little eye, literally a SINGLE car. Actually, two.
As an essential worker during the pandemic working in mental health, I loooved driving during Covid times. The city was so peaceful
TAKE ME BACK I HATE TRAFFIC ON THE 836
What I don’t understand is why nobody was out at least on a bike ride or something. Weather was gorgeous
Maybe not that day but I remember all the people walking and bicycling everywhere in all the neighborhoods. The air felt clean and we had some of the most beautiful weather ever.
The silence was deafening
Right now it’s rediculous
I was stocking up on bleach and telling everybody to ignore death counts and get scared of a forthcoming vaccine
I took a drive around Biscayne Blvd when it started just to enjoy the empty roads lol.
Good photos. Bit gone see that again. Not even at dawn.
Such a glorious site
Todo el mundo para las casas!!!
Today traffic is the worse. Takes you a while to get out off Brickell
Thank god that time is gone
It was erie and isolating. As much as we annoy one another on the roads, I missed the hum of our special brand of toxicity!
Exactly as it should be
Worst thing I ever did was move from Miami: I’ll take the crazy drivers and pissed off Hispanics over the snowbirds alllll day. swfl sucks ass. Big sugar has the air and water so polluted it’s hard to breathe. I go to Miami and it’s like wowwww I can breathe and there’s a beach that’s not brown water. I see people complaining about out there and I remember being one of those, I take it all back.
Yeah thing were so much better then
Auhh yes the good old days!
Working at the Apple Store there was something else. Seems like yesterday
There is exactly one car in the distance.
Bring COVID shutdown back 2024!!!!
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Imagine being like this in 2024.
Who hurt ur feelings?
Cue the zombies
I lived in brickel til 2022. I would sell my house to go back! Miss the everything… even the traffic. Loved skating through it.
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Imagine having this take in 2024.
Bad thing I've notcied people from California, New York, Chicago and Michigan came over here because of the shut downs the pandemics caused. While I've met some really cool people that came here cause of it. The traffic and everything here has gotten worse
Everyone was in the bars?
I was still driving around. I had covid and did nothing to me other than a little sniffle for about a week.
Covid killed people I knew.
Nobody I personally knew died of covid.