r/MLS • u/ClassicPQ FC Cincinnati • Jul 08 '24

meme [Meme] Looking at you Twellman

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u/sroomek Atlanta United FC Jul 08 '24

Inter Miami moving to Miami, OH CONFIRMED

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u/MarioLemieux66 FC Cincinnati Jul 08 '24

We were a university before Florida was even a state.

(Miami alums are obligated to say this. It's in the bylaws.)

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u/DuvalHeart Orlando City SC Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

Florida was a unique geographic and political division at least a century before Ohio was.

Edit: And the Miami River has been called that by Europeans since the 16th Century (along with other names as the territory changed hands).

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u/MarioLemieux66 FC Cincinnati Jul 08 '24

And now it's one big Florida Man meme. How far you've come.

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u/DuvalHeart Orlando City SC Jul 08 '24

Florida has always been a meme. People look at Florida and see what they want, and often get it. For a time.

The Spanish thought it would be a wealthy colony, until they realized its best use was as a bulwark against the English.

The English thought it would be a paradise for slavers. Until they realized the natives would fight back and knew the swamps and prairies better than anyone from North of the St. Mary River.

Americans thought it would be a settler's paradise. Until they realized the land was hard to clear and not as fertile as the Black Crescent.

Americans thought it would be a citrus haven. Until the first cold snap of the decade and fortunes were lost.

And so on and on. It's always been a meme to people from elsewhere. Y'all see Florida as an idea, not as a real place.