Miami hero, Fidel Castro

Above: Brickell Key, Miami, FL. 19 March 2025.
Image captured from observation lounge of cruise ship Regent Grandeur,

Fleeting stay this time after 12 years of living in Miami. 86-89; 91-99. TIMDT and Mwah (sic) returned to Miami late last night to join a transatlantic cruise today.

1994: Lunch at Joe's Stone Crab with Miami philanthropist, Shepard Broad. "Steve, they ought to erect a statue in Bayfront Park to the man most responsible for Miami's extraordinary success." "Who's that, Shepard," I asked. Shepard replied, "Fidel Castro."

The incredible, Castro fleeing, Cuban diaspora...ignites the morph of Miami from a sleepy southern town (Miahmuh) to the creation of one of America's, and the world's, great cities.

I loved living in Miami for its aspirational bent. Cuban diaspora sourced Miami drive mirrors more recent immigration success stories. The Indian diaspora in Silicon Valley and beyond and South African immigrant Elon Musk come to mind. America's immigration drive transmutes to new American cities. New urban energy sources (Miami, Austin, Nashville) replace those in decay (Portland, Chicago, Minneapolis). Ongoing immigration of talented and aspiring people is an essential ingredient to assure America's ongoing progress.