Naked Florida Man Shot and Killed by Passing Motorist After Having His Clothes Stolen

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34. “It’s the heavyweight champion of weirdness.”

I used to go to 1980s Miami in the winter every year for excitement.

It reminded me of Saigon right before Tet 1968

Hardly anyone you would run into spoke English

The homeless living under free ways in card board boxes

Rampant public urination by numerous intoxicated men and women

Every other car was either a Mercedes, Rolls, Ferrari or other extreme luxury car.

The rest of the cars were beat up junkers, that smoked oil and barely ran

It was warm and humid in the morning and a fog of exhaust choked the city

The smell of dead fish and rotting garbage washing up on shore

Boats touting gambling crowding the waterfront

Palm trees swaying in the Breeze

From the open hotel window at night the sound of Gunfire emanated from Liberty City

Pan handlers and squeegee men prowling the streets

The only thing missing were sand bag barriers in front of stores, hotels and restaurants

It was inexpensive if one was careful, exciting, unexpectedly dangerous and a reminder of my adventurous days of fighting for freedom in a foreign land and helping eliminate Kommunists and other anti-democratic peasants.

As I became older Miami became much more expensive and almost tediously going upscale for the uber rich