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malaise

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4. Theories?

Reply to BannonsLiver (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 24, 2021, 09:16 AM

Jun 2021

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I merely asked about the money source since we all know that drug money was laundered via real estate. The Miami Herald and other sources have quite a bit on the drug money and the real estate boom in Miami.

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How many of these Condos were built with money from the Cocaine Cowboys [View all] malaise Jun 2021 OP

Here comes the theories. BannonsLiver Jun 2021 #1

Theories? malaise Jun 2021 #4

Yes, drug money fueled Miami XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #5

Built in 1981. Butterflylady Jun 2021 #34

So cut to the chase: tell us what it was. marble falls Jun 2021 #29

Cocaine Cowboys by Jan Hammer Earth-shine Jun 2021 #2

Thanks malaise Jun 2021 #7

Sad one is dead XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #3

One? malaise Jun 2021 #6

One XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #10

Don't many snowbirds lease their places out to vacationers in summer? KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2021 #18

Yes because one man said his friends from Argentina are missing and malaise Jun 2021 #22

And in the middle of the night.... dawg day Jun 2021 #32

They had no chance malaise Jun 2021 #35

About 50 reported missing, if I remember correctly from this morning. JHB Jun 2021 #45

Frightening malaise Jun 2021 #46

All of them superpatriotman Jun 2021 #8

Truth be told the corrupt don't give a shit about us peons malaise Jun 2021 #39

Building finished 1 year before new regulations on safety checks. machoneman Jun 2021 #9

I posted this in another thread, but lack of maintenance seems to be the most likely candidate Amishman Jun 2021 #11

Supposedly there was a building inspector on the roof the day before... Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #12

The 40 year malaise Jun 2021 #15

Thanks man malaise Jun 2021 #20

I wouldn't call myself an expect Amishman Jun 2021 #25

LOL malaise Jun 2021 #26

The Mayor got me thinking malaise Jun 2021 #13

I suspect the collapse was caused by a sinkhole, probably the result of rising sea levels making sop Jun 2021 #14

Virtually the whole peninsula is a potential sinkhole... Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #16

Same shit here malaise Jun 2021 #17

Money talks...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #19

DeathSentence on now n/t malaise Jun 2021 #21

it's 7-11 feet above sea level XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #30

No, it was probably galvanic corrosion of the reinforcing steel in the building's concrete. Towlie Jun 2021 #28

Sea air is hella corrosive to most types of steel/iron... Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #31

I lived in a waterfront condo on Brickell where all the balconies facing Biscayne Bay, supported sop Jun 2021 #33

Curious: Did you get a better deal from the moonscape Jun 2021 #47

Everyone got much higher offers from the development company that purchased the property. sop Jun 2021 #48

Putting modernity aside, I surely would have preferred moonscape Jun 2021 #49

Things that make you go .... Hmmmmm UpInArms Jun 2021 #23

Precisely malaise Jun 2021 #27

The drug dealers weren't building these condos, they were just laundering their cash through a sop Jun 2021 #38

The "boom" before the S&L bust UpInArms Jun 2021 #40

Thanks for this malaise Jun 2021 #43

Wonderful summation XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #41

Nailed it malaise Jun 2021 #42

For reference, here's a Google Street View of the building that collapsed. Towlie Jun 2021 #24

Watch this malaise Jun 2021 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Jun 2021 #37

Wonder if the Coke Cowboys are legally responsible/liable for their collapsing crack stacks? Blue Owl Jun 2021 #44