Sea Levels Are Rising In Miami, Turning Little Haiti Into Hot Property | AJ+
Vložit
- čas přidán 6. 01. 2020
- While the city’s famous beaches will eventually be submerged by rising sea levels, Little Haiti sits on a ridge far above these properties. Its location has made it a hot spot for development, and Haitians say they are being forced out.
#Miami #ClimateCrisis #Haitian
Subscribe for more videos:
/ @ajplus
Like us on Facebook: / ajplusenglish
Follow us on Twitter: / ajplus
First comes the coffee shops, next people walking yorkies down the street next you don’t belong there because you look suspicious........
DOC OCK in that exact order you are so right.
Exactly it's so sad😥
You forgot the bike Lanes comes 1st.
Yeah that exact same feeling happened to me in BK I’m walking down the street white lady popped up outa nowhere from a ally we both looked at each other understanding wtf was up
DOC OCK you summed it all up in a nutshell... Brooklyn is a prime example..
Climate gentrification or white gentrification
Both?
No such yhing as WHITE GENTRIFICATION
I guess both 🤷♀️
Asians, Whites, Hispanics, LGBTQ's are all pouring in.
@Lump you know how long the Haitian has been in Miami also
We Haitians in other communities in Florida, New York, Boston, Georgia and elsewhere need to look into investing in Little Haiti. A lot of us or our relatives came out of there when we left home and only Haitians can keep the culture of Little Haiti alive.p
That's a Fact 💯💯💯💯💯
totally agree
@Andreana Calhoun What are you talking about? I was born here. My family immigrated here like damn near 90% of people in America
@@j-xl6258 don't listen to him he just starting something
@@giniolamy yea i peeped
If your not planning on leaving this country, then do this: Buy back the block, Buy bacc the blocc
They own the bloc the problem is that they are gentrificating their city
No they don't. Most are renters.
We too busy buying hair and shoes. It's sad.
Certain people have been doing nothing stealing land and ripping people off of their culture for hundreds of years,sad this is still going on.its sickening.
There's no culture from you and if you notice she said haitians came in in the 70s and 80s which means they poured into the original neighborhoods built by the master race... yall having to leave now hahaha sucks to be you
@@richardflorida9610 what master race🤔. The indigenous people of America. The only thing Columbus discovered was that he was lost.( with bad case of v.d.)
@@richardflorida9610 controversial.
Right. It’s colonization all over again
US isn't Haitians land.
Poor Mr. Aimé those predatory realtors need to have some respect. It is not their place to tell a home owner that they need to leave.
i wonder how much is property is worth and how much are they offering?
@@KevinP32270 Obviously below current market value, but more importantly to investors long term, what they expect that property value would be in 10 years.
A few people have argued here that the home owners should "get with the times" as if selling it now to some rich prick for far less than it will be worth later, so that rich prick can later make the huge profit instead of the home owner, is the *smart* thing. Ignoring that they don't want their neighborhood bulldozed to begin with, but even if they did, selling it now would be the stupidest thing.
@@robertmartin2936 that's why i want to see the numbers.
I’ve been living in the neighborhood for over 10 years and everything is true . My neighbor sold his property to someone and he didn’t do his home work his propert was actually TWO properties and the real estate agent didn’t notify him .instead she sold the house and split it in 2 to make double the cash .
Wow hungry sharks
People just evil
They doing this in fort Lauderdale as well in the black community
By 'Black Community', what you mean, Lauderhil? LoL
@@DonMegaPLP still trying to figure out what u trying to say and what's funny?
@@user-ilelrjb local humor in understanding the land... The area of greater Fort Lauderdale I would consider "black" is probably Lauderhill. Fort Lauderdale has been generally unchanged until you approach the coast. But it's been working it's way west, that being... Lauderhill. Folk tend to water down south Florida to either Ft Lauderdale or Miami.
@@DonMegaPLP sounds like you gave that area a slang name simply because it’s an area of color. How about we identify these subconscious racists attitudes and move on. Maybe you didn’t mean anything by it but it’s offensive. I’m white and I find it offensive…
Commissioner carry meek, spoke about this 10 years ago and she stated to everyone who are home owners and businesses owners not to sell" and it has come to pass... she said it!
Yup, exactly! Within the past 10 years, new clubs already popped up there, which was not there before. The Carribbean art by Haitians there are beautiful. Next place to be gentrified will be little Havana.
Look at Harlem now
Great Content, great topic, great documentation. Thanks AJ+
@@lgiver5148 You should see East Flatbush!
Gentrified to the Max!
I think it's rather dangerous to focus on the beauty of art, or to put it precisely, the utility in output of a community to be consumed by those not in it as a measure for the community's right to exist.
Little Haiti should not have to sing or dance to illustrate a value in order to continue.
That's not what measures the worth of people, or their connections.
This is what capitalism's framing of life as a profit motive does to our thinking.
The city and developers are leachorous. The mayor of Atlanta told some of her constituents in a gentrifying neighborhood to not sell there properties..You would never ever hear that from the Mayor of Miami. Our local leaders dont care about community. They only care about money!
The city leaders and developers are sickening. They lie. And the Magic City development is the worst!!!
This angers me so much
Practice group economics. Pool your money and buy a shopping plaza, an apartment complex, or a block of houses. Stop being a tenant. If you don't own anything you don't have a voice.
Never have truer words been spoken! I don’t get it, my grandparents came from the Dominican Republic and moved to New York in a building that was mostly people from the Dominican Republic. They were renting an apartment, when the building went up for sale the tenants collectively purchased the building and set up an HOA, they all OWN their apartments now and pay a few bucks a month collectively to maintain the building.
I hear the whining all the time from San Francisco people “Ive been living in this rental for 50 year and they want to raise my rent from $3500/Month to $4200/Month its outrageous!” I’m thinking, jeez my house payment is $1000/month... and it’s my house with a fixed rate mortgage... nobody is going to raise the rent on me. I wish I had $3500/month to pay for housing 🤣 and the news wants me to feel bad for this “low income” person who can afford $3500/month rent.
I am a first generation American from Little Haiti. My mom has a salon on 59th that I grew up in my entire life. I’m in college now and every time I come back I see something new. First it’s the city bikes, then the new fitness studios, and rooftops bars. I feel like a tourist and it’s not the same little Haiti I know. How I grew up, there were tons of family owned businesses (dry cleaners, laundry, etc) and now they’re slowly declining. My old church, La Foi Apostolic, was bought out and forced to move a few years ago. As a first hand native, all of this sickens me.
Hello! I know it’s 2 years later? Has the gentrification became worse?
That's tough but this is exactly how Miami was built. Without Flagler, Dorsey and others yall wouldn't have had a country to immigrate to. Yall act like yall actually BUILT something. So ridiclous.
Whats so funny is my family and I were in Miami a few weeks ago and we visited Little Haiti when, out of nowhere, my dad said something to the effect of "This is such a beautiful culture. They wont be able to survive here much longer" ...My mom and I just kinda got quiet with confusion until the weight of that statement blew over but damn it if he wasnt right. Smh
This is very true my older brother bought a few large lots in Little Haiti/ Wynwood in 2008 totaling about 300k at the time. And today because of rapid gentrification the lots alone are worth 5M+ . I think the greatest hedge against gentrification in the long run if possible is ownership. The main issue is for many persons the entry level cost of home ownership is often far too high varying on the area and cost of living
N3RDY Hoodlums Well Said
True, but that's why we need to practice group economics.
Afroria Watchu Got In Mind ? 🤨
This is happening all over South Florida from Palm Beach to Florida city. Soon enough we will have nowhere to live. So sad.
Very true I been in Florida for all my life for nearly 30 years and since then I see many places here are expensive. Even people here from the North kept coming here. And I call them false promise.
That's their plan, to weed you out.
@@jayrod9002 TBH though that doesn't even need to be something they're conscious of. Our system is institutionally fuc$ed enough for it to just be the path of least resistance. Build with a racist toolkit, you end up with a racist product.
im in ft.lauderdale and its happening here to
Why you abandoned your true country haiti where you can truely own something ?
DO NOT TOUCH LIL HAITI NOR LIL HAVANA IT BELONGS TO GOD AND HIS PEOPLE.
So let God kick the exploiters out or prevent them from encroaching into "his" neighborhoods and buying them out!!!
im moving to little haiti next week
its happening here in ft.lauderdale Florida to its not just Haitians its about being black,color or whatever u wont to call it but we have to keep fighting our father above have us
How can haitians outside Miami in Canada and new york help?
Good questions, but often they have their own struggels, live isn't easy. I suggest to support projects to support them, to stand there rights.
This was done without their community knowing anything. My friend exposed this. Make this known everywhere. One of the companies down their is Dragon Global. Make this get out in the news and tell people to make a big stink about this!
Rob Green -I wish them the best but let’s face and accept reality, if the Haitian diaspora has not been able to help their brethren back home I don’t see too much hope for the ones here. What we are seeing here is capitalism at it’s best. You can scream and holler all you want but in the very end the al’mighty dollar will prevail.
Rob Green What can we do?? buy up the property first and redevelop it for the community. Simple really, I’m waiting for everyone else to catch up to understand. Capitalism has no color. The only reason we see it as white and black is because the white have the money. If a group of black investors had money to develop new properties it would be the same thing and I wonder if people would call it gentrification
Marvin G. Marcellus -EXACTLY...!!!!
If you do not sell, they will take. Eminent Domain.
Its his property. Sounds like a good lawsuit. I thought Eminent Domain only applied to public use. Like a highway
@@Ayplus look up "little pink house"
@@Ayplus look up "little pink house"
@@emptybottleof151 you sound empty for real
Yup. Or they will flood them out. A fierce rainstorm man made. When the powers that be wants your property.
Great Content, great topic, great documentation. Thanks AJ+
appreciated!
AJ+ what’s your take on this? With honesty
Educate yourselves fast! It's not just a white thing! Foreign investors from China are pricing people out of Toronto!
Yes this is very true. In Ca as well. Everywhere!
Thanks Nixon for giving opening them up to the west and saving them from mao
This is going on everywhere in the US especially in the Black community. We must pull our resources together and push ownership.
Haitians aren't black.😂
I’m from Miami Overtown and it a high rise on every corner
Really? I left that area forever ago and it wasn't like that... are they building new ones there?
@@richardflorida9610 Yes rapidly gentrifying
This needs to be heard to be stopped.
They have done enough in south Beach, now the sea rise against them......
Haitians don't need to cry for a bread, while they will have ownership of the whole bakery....
We know the nations are tripping, four corners.
These new "affordable" apartments are what they are: the projects. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Smh.
Whether or not they build these apartments the gentrification will continue so while it is not a full on solution to the problem it's better than nothing because the majority of these homes are going to get replaced so either they have nowhere to go in the area or they can live in this affordable housing. The term is a little misleading because it's not going to be affordable to every single person but it's still cheaper than any apartments you will find on the regular market (with very few exceptions)
Put up all these raggedy highrise apartments that are not gonna get full residency and building pools on top of them that leak. The Stupidy!!
And apparently collapse too.
Great content and a great subject. This gentrification is going on all over Dade County in Black communities.
Yep Lil Haiti Liberty City Overtown and West Coconut Grove
SOUND LIKE BROOKLYN ! WE ALL BLACK PEOPLE GOT TO STICK TOGETHER !
Very important & insightful topic! 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
Little Haiti is in prime real estate that is undervalued. Nothing to do with sea level rise.
Gentrification is happening In every major uS city
The Gee Money/Blvd Quick murals is definitely New Orleans. Got to do your research. 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Where do all these rich people who are doing this to the poorer communities come from?
Maybe the Liberal strongholds of NY, NJ... You would think they would be more sympathetic.
Republicans like Trump....do your research
You got it.
It's called a land grab! They even changed the name to Magic City. Wherever you see that word "Magic", remember it's only magical for the elites.
I remember in the mid 90's when they did this on "Sistrunk Blvd" N.W. 6th ave in Fort Lauderdale.
Insane, luxury housing only for the happy few, what's wrong with with the system 😕🙏
Racist and its broken
The mistake these people make, is that they 'rent' instead of 'buy'. So when the developers come in, they virtually have no power.
Thats not the mistake its a low income neighborhood for a reason its unfair that these people just come in because its the flavor of the month
alot of those haitians own their houses
Im from miami and when i saw that they were rebuilding in the hood and making things look nice i already knew what time it was
Are you still in Miami or did you move?
I've lived in Little Haiti and I am not Haitian, I am Hispanic. I loved my time there even and it saddens me that is is under the threat of a seemingly stoppable force (gentrification, private development, displacement of long-established communities). They will need all the help they can get to fight this, and even then it seems like the toughest fight they have yet to face. This is happening all over Miami :( Soon we'll just be a tourist destination and the history will be lost.
I've been to Haiti. You guys know how to come together.
The native people was forced out, since 1500's
Why they even bother. The elevation won't help once the real hurricane season starts. They will need at least 10-20 feet elevation to be safe for a mild sea surge. When severe hurricane season comes, Whole Miami pretty much under water.
I have a sister that lives down there and have been telling her the exact same thing: it's only a matter of time! For those currently residing along coasts now is the time to start planning on moving.........time/environmental events are increasing.
Would be very nice to see all the wealthy Haitians or Haitians in general to invest and build up back Haiti like their doing in Miami it's a quick reminder Miami is not really your home but some people believe in building someone else's house and that's not good
if I was them I wouldn't sell yet, wait till the shit really hits the fan in about 20, 30 years, those properties are going to be priceless. I wait till then and work out royalty deal.
That's assuming they will be able to afford the property tax that is going to skyrocket, also assuming they will be able to afford the price of the products sold there, water, electricity and everything they can now afford. Remember, that is a poor community most people live with the minimum wage if all those things increase they won't be able to afford and would have to move out, even if they don't want to sell.
@@colombiantom don't listen to this oligarch shrill, he just wants to you to settle for less. find yourself a good lawyer, trust me the blood sucker knows this is money, they'll probably work pro-bono to. you're sitting on a gold mine when climate change hits the fan.
@@didipanda7739 Why would you need a lawyer if you are not selling or being harassed? if other people sell, prices will continue to go out until they are priced out. How would a lawyer help with that? How would you even afford a lawyer?
@@didipanda7739 What the heck are you talking about? If real estate prices skyrocket people that make in average less than $25,000 a year will lose their property. That's how gentrification works. It's not just that people buckle and sell. The issue is they will inly have 2 choices...sell and get what you can or hold out and lose your house when you can't afford to pay your taxes. How is that so damn difficult for you to comprehend?
I am fighting the same situation now I own a condo they kept sending us a letter to sell we refuse now they are charging us $ 8000 for special assessment we need help
I'm sorry
First they went after Little Havana. Now they are in Little Haiti. It is so sad.
Little Havana is still the same only more Salvadoran people moved in. Little Haiti is up for grabs because Haitians live there and white people in nearby Midtown (which used to be black years ago) see them as a legitimate threat.
i feel there pain i am a home owner and i get people who want to buy my home all the time they just don't stop no respect at all
Where do you live ?
@@chaosswa-ee-ty5911 I live in new jersey
Doing same shit in Nashville they were gentrify any way
Yeah like inglewood
Respect my Haitian people please!! All is love from 🇧🇸
Happened to Stamford CT.
Real Talk
They need to come together as a community and have a meeting. Talk about the situation.
I watched it happen in Washington D.C. - Baltimore, MD will be next
The people here should talk to each other, find out how much their land is currently worth, go to the banks together as a group and say they want to sell at double the going rate. My guess, this climate gentrification will result in a whole lot of new multimillionaires walking out of the bank. Meantime, Miami looks destined to be the first city to go underwater, our own New Atlantis.
-
www.miaminewtimes.com/news/dutch-sea-level-rise-expert-miami-will-be-the-new-atlantis-a-city-in-the-sea-7628340
What would be the point of moving there if the rest of the city is flooded? If anything,they should lease out the land for big money.
Time to run for a local office to have some say! I would bet not many are politicians!
Interesting fact. Not all white Americans are rich. We are working class to. And we are feeling the pressure of no affordable housing in Miami to. It's like I'm being told I can work in Miami but I can't live in Miami. It's really bad here in South Florida
Y’all should have did one this about Richmond Virginia
Churchill
They need a revamp tho
Maryland and DC
Lester Lester we have plenty here in DC.
This is a true sign we are going to experience a major market crash. For us rich people to buy up this land
I love Haiti and Haitians. My wife is Haitian and has a great family
I used to live in lil Haiti. That magic city development is abandoned now it’s just empty. Plus that area is nothing but high violence crime and drug dealing. Trust me ALOT of murders
This is real life Step Up 4: Miami Heat right here.
That's how they did Wnywood. Happening to Little Havana, and now Little Haiti. Crazy.
I knew that little Haiti was gentrified when they opened a panther coffee there.
Developers better provide Long Term Good Paying Jobs and Benefits for the Locals. Also, include Haitian Small Shops into their Retail Spaces so the owners can continue with their business and gain new clientele as well. Lastly, Developers should contribute to More Affordable Housing Complexes for the Locals. Much Blessings to All Involved and Effected by Change.
Haitians aren't the local culture Americans are the local culture
I'm born and raised in miami. I can tell you it's not the rising waters.. it's the rising population that is buying out more Nd more affordable areas to turn in to luxury apartments. The places on the coastal lines are just fine. Prices arent dropping. At 3mm rise a year, there is alot of time...
where my zoes at???? i was raised there in da 90s
Gentrification, new word made up for this project. These big bankers do this type of stuff all over the world, force the sheeple to low level areas where just a few know how to swim then flood the area. So, Just get ready to move sheeple because you will see fake laws changing daily in the bankers favor until they get what they want from you. Their sales pitch is always the same, better housing for the sheeple which always turn out to be the projects, more job opportunities which always turns out too, hiring sheeple from other states because the contractors are cheaper, and the sheeple that lives in the area will still be out of work they won't be qualified or lacking in the skills they need when the project takes off. Then after the project is finished it won't be easy for the so called poor sheeple to move back in that area to live and thrive because the price will be double to pay, the idea is to get you out and keep you out of that area.
I think this video is partially incorrect, people are moving there because of higher ground but mainly because wynwood is near by and it is a growing part of Miami so stores want to expand.
This is happening here in St.Pete,FL.
This is crazy I live in Charlotte NC and we are seeing the beginning of this....or is this all a "Black" trail of tears?
Nah, we're stronger than the Indians...and sadly, we were the only strong race to handle American slavery. We ain't never gonna be exiled. They tried crack, HIV, prison, sickle cell...to no avail. And every 5 seconds a white woman gives birth to black man's child.
I was just about to say that!! Charlotte, NC has gotten ridiculous!!
@@lastshallbefirst5516 LOL
Stop isolating it to a specific culture, they are doing this to all black people everywhere, it’s always been open season for black all round this earth.
Did it to the Scotts & da Beans and now lil Hati
9:01 that pastor from walking dead was Haitian 💀😂😂😂. 👀👀👀
So before the Haitian refugees come who live there?
407Khmer -Good point.👍
Predominantly-white millennials have gentrified much of downtown and inner-cities, driving up living costs for predominantly black locals who are then forced to move to more affordable suburbs.
The resulting demographic shift has led to tensions between black and white neighbors.
This is the once in a lifetime opportunity all the founding families of Little Haiti have to get out of poverty, get advisors & sell their properties at abnormal rates & move their culture to a different area where they can re-establish themselves with much, much better quality of life, education for their children, health care & more! Do not paint this as a tragedy. The reality is the man who received all those letters is the smartest of us all, “they pay small money & make big money”... once they pay him big money to make big money he’ll smile his way to his new home!
The entire west coast and Hawaii is facing this as we speak. Vegas is next on the list.
My childhood was spent in Lil Haiti 🥰🥰🥰 I miss home so much!!!! I miss the food.
It was white peoples neighborhoods first, they are taking it back.
Richard Florida :) and before them???
Can't get comfortable and think things gonna stay the same!
they doing this in TORONTO ONTARIO TOO
the bad thing is we cannot get anyone to help us
Terrible how when those with more funds want to take over an area...they do just that with no regards to the lives that are already there.
Let’s not solve climate change. Let’s just *PUSH* Miami somewhere else
This is how the homeless crisis we’re seeing now happened. Force out low income people to places they cannot afford to live to make room for “new development”
You realize in life if u want something done u have to fight for it everything u have to fight for freindship companship jobs but the sad thing is your own neighbors are against u its not even the so called oppresors.
lol Haiti bout to be Lil Cuba
this is from a black American the more they build these condominiums in Florida the more is going to sink ,,,, it's too much weight these people already know that s*** anyway
Growing up in Miami Beach my entire life watching this gentrification is astonishing.....I remember when Wynwood was the hood...
Robyn Ragone what's the hood mean
Wynwood is still the hood to some extent lol
Yep few years back nothing but empty buildings now its popping down there
Born and raised in Miami, little Haiti is in excess of 5-7 miles from our beach or ocean.. we miamians don’t see anything different about the sea level
How is it displacement if the people there are taken care of first
They're destroying the middle class!
That's not middle class..
SEA LEVEL HAS RISEN LESS THAN 1" IN THE LAST 30 YEARS IN MIAMI.... THIS IS PROPAGANDA.
Haiti - Its over South Beach... I Have the high ground.
SOBE - You underestimate my power!
Haitian people finding out they are black 🤣🤣🤣🤣
So they're only going to allow people of Haitian descent to live in that affordable housing apartment mentioned near the end of the video? That is also a form of discrimination in itself, especially if you're low income and not Haitian.