Post something you like about Florida.

[flvegan]

That's right, suckaz, end game just got here. Zero responses, here we go.

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. The news.

[TZ]

2. You can go snorkeling there.

I love snorkeling!

[yellowdogintexas]

9. me too! Did my first snorkeling in the Keys and loved it. Loved it so much

we took our next vacation to Cozumel to snorkel some more.

Snorkeling is so relaxing, just lie in the water and watch the fishies and enjoy the pretty corals.

[XemaSab]

98. I have only ever snorkeled at the Dry Tortugas

It's EPIC. Swimming around looking at colorful tropical fish...

The problem was that as a Californian, not only am I not used to snorkel equipment, I'm not used to swimming anywhere with waves and I'm not used to swimming in salt water. I kept having to stop and spit, and after the first time diving to look at a fish? I didn't do that again. x(

[Inchworm]

3. Politics

and scantily clad laideees!

:P

[mcctatas]

4. It is like the leauge supporter in darts...

it makes the rest of the teams (or states) feel superior? :hide:

[madinmaryland]

5. Actually their beef is quite good.

:shrug:

Something you wouldn't expect from the state with the worst pizza in the country.

[underpants]

6. Key West

that's all I got
and they don't really claim Florida

[yellowdogintexas]

10. Key West is fun. All Hail the Conch Republic!

Hemingway's Home for Multidactyl Cats
fresh seafood
day trips to the Dry Tortugas (don't miss that one if you have the chance to do it, and take your snorkeling gear with you if you do.)
Key Lime Pie

[GoneOffShore]

7. Miami is over 1200 miles from Philadelphia AND

according to Google it would take sixteen and a half days to walk there.

Fine with me.

[suninvited]

8. I love Pensacola

and a lot of things about it.

I love the education I got there. The cost of living is very reasonable. My children went to school there, and got a very good education, my daughter was IB at Pensacola High.

I love the beaches. Who could NOT love the beaches?

Also a lot of activities every night there. Art galleries, WUWF recording live, Seville night, the bars, the EVERYTHING!

I loved my job and my life in Pensacola, FL. Life pretty much sucks for me now that I am not there. God, I hate Texas.

[Boojatta]

11. The weird news and the vegans

[BeachBaby]

12. Swimming with the dolphins!

It doesn't get much better than that.

[TZ]

15. My younger sister did that.

I'll have to dig up the pics for you!

[Fire Walk With Me]

25. Going around smashing car windows and eating but not leaving tips at Denny's with the dolphins does.

At least they said they were dolphins. I was starting to doubt them when they wanted me to rob that bank for them.

[JTG of the PRB]

13. The sun, the sand, the warm rain, the tropical breezes...

I enjoy going to Florida. No way I'd want to LIVE there, but visiting is hella nice.

[PaddyBlueEyes]

14. all the bad drivers from ny

move there..

[BeachBaby]

17. +1

[LeftyMom]

16. You, the pups, that cheesecake I got with dinner, and wow, I'm already out of things.

[ghostsofgiants]

18. Against Me

[JeffR]

19. That even though I'm from there

I don't live there.

[Aristus]

20. The thing I like best about Florida is

there's an entire continent between me and the state. B-) :hide:

[Demoiselle]

21. Carl Hiassen novels and palm trees. (eom)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

94. What's your favorite Hiassen? nt

[petronius]

22. Whenever I draw a map of North America on the board in class, I get to

add on a weird dangly appendage in the lower right and make an off-color joke. (Baja just doesn't cut it in that regard...)

[no name no slogan]

33. That's because Florida is America's Wang™

Which is one thing I like about Florida.

The other is the Redneck Riviera

[seemunkee]

23. Manatees

[jobycom]

29. A toast to the most graceful ugly beast on the planet!

You beat me to the manatee, but that's alright, because it's all about the big, happy beasts, ain't it?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

100. Check out Blue Springs in Volusia County this time of year.

The manatees flock to them in the winter because the water temp is a constant 72 degrees. One of the coolest experiences I've ever had in my life was swimming with the manatees there and petting one (until the park ranger reprimanded me for doing that, but hey, it was still an awesome experience).

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. Everything and anything. Best state in the union.

Okay, Hawaii looks pretty awesome, I'll admit.

Best state in the Lower 48. Nothing else comes close. I'll always love Maryland for sentinmental purposes, but there's no where else I would rather live than in Sunny F.L.A.

[Chan790]

26. South Beach.

Hot women in bikinis in January.

[ThomCat]

27. No offense, but I'm stumped.

:shrug:

[flvegan]

30. You

Why you try to hide it...:shrug:

[Shell Beau]

36. Do you like beaches? Amusement parks?

Pretty scenery?

[ThomCat]

43. I liked Universal Studios but not Disney.

I couldn't stand the constant heat when I was down there. Even when I was down there on business in December it was muggy and humid.

I have a large segment of my family down there, and everything I've ever heard about the schools and the politics down there makes me wonder why people don't march on the capital, fully armed. :(

[XemaSab]

50. Excepting the keys

Florida is the least scenic state I have ever been to. :shrug:

It's just so FLAT! x(

[Tommy_Carcetti]

84. Flat ground means more room for blue skies.

It's all a matter of perspective. And there's nothing like summer skies in Florida and watching the cumulous clouds build up.

And "least scenic state"? Are you kidding me? You ever been to any of Florida's natural springs?

[jobycom]

28. The beaches, manatees, and DisneyWorld.

That's right, sucka, I said DisneyWorld. Never has such man-made plastic and plaster phoniness worked so hard to create a magical illusion for no other purpose (aside from making money) than to make you smile. Yeah, just like your favorite Hollywood personality, it's fake, but it's beautiful, too.

[Bryn]

31. Stuck in Arkansas, homesick for my native Florida

:(

I loved living in Homestead/Florida City. I loved bougainvillea and other tropical plants. I loved going to the Everglades. I loved how they protect Florida panthers. I miss Florida Marlins, Miami Dolphins. I miss the smell of ocean from both east and west. I did not leave because of hurricanes. I left because of insurance companies!!! They raised from normal 379.00 to over 2,000 on my house and also car insurance went from 1,600 to 700 per year when I moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas.

I miss working for the Miami Herald and its employees. Most of them were very friendly. I miss South Beach, Key Largo and Islamorada and Key West.

I moved here to look after my Mom. I don't know if I can ever go back because I'd have to go back to work since costs of living in Florida..too high. I can manage on my SSDI and pension from the Miami Herald here, but I probably won't be able to in Florida.

On edit: look at my avatar: Florida White Ibis. They'd often visit my yard. Loved them! As well as doves.

[Arugula Latte]

32. Everglades!

I felt like I was back in the dinosaur times. Kinda like a real life Land of the Lost.

[Pierre.Suave]

34. Don't worry

I will think of something...


:P

[Shell Beau]

35. The Keys! The beaches! Disney World! There is lots about

Florida that is awesome!

The Golden Girls were lived in Miami! Hello!

[madeline_con]

42. Death to Mickey Rat. The REAL Florida is awesome, tho. n/t

[Shell Beau]

45. The amusement park, for us park lovers, is a huge plus.

Mickey Mouse aside. But that is not all Florida is to me. But I do like it.

[Forkboy]

37. Good death metal.

:thumbsup:

[crimsonblue]

38. I like the fact that I don't live in Florida. n/t

[ogneopasno]

40. Oh CRAP, you beat me to it!

[RebelOne]

109. Beat me to it, too. I was going to post the exact words.n/t

[ogneopasno]

39. I don't live there.

[Robeson]

41. St. Petersburg Times.

[FloridaJudy]

44. Congressman Robert Wexler

We're not all proto-hominids.

[Left Is Write]

46. Well, you, of course.

But where the hell were you when I was in Florida 11 months ago?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

47. Has anybody mentioned the interior

and all the horse farms and orange groves. Fuck the people. I love the geography and history of Florida.

[Witchy_Dem]

48. Besides the fact everyone's drunk? Anna Maria Island and Bradenton.

Beautiful down there!

[enigmatic]

49. Charlie Pickett And The Eggs

[XemaSab]

51. The birds

When you can find them. x(

[MrSlayer]

52. I love Disney World and Universal Studios.

[Roon]

53. My Father lives there!

And every other year or so I go visit him. I love getting "mothered" by my step-mother and we always go to Disney world.

[Heidi]

54. There's lotsa stuff I like about Florida. The short list:

Gainesville: very cool town; love the Civic Media Center: http://www.civicmediacenter.org/
St. Augustine: can't believe it's only 33° there as I type this! http://www.staugustine.com/
Key West, where my little sister lives: Duval Street, White Street Pier, to name just a couple. http://www.keywest.com/

Lots to love about Florida! :hi:

[JCMach1]

55. Swimming with the Otters at Salt Spings

[Tommy_Carcetti]

62. I've done that too!

It was right after Hurricane Charley had cut through right to the south. The place was deserted, except for us and the otters. Great experience!

[Phentex]

56. It's close to Georgia!

There are nice beaches.

My crazy sister lives there.

I have good friends in Gainesville & Jacksonville.

Relatives in Naples. And Clearwater.

Soft-serve ice cream tastes better in Florida. :)

[peekaloo]

57. WMNF for the earholes. Wildlife, particularly around the lakes, for the eyeholes.

Republican gubmint for the assholes. :-)

[Lyric]

58. Clearwater Beach, Lowry Park Zoo, the MOSI, Key West, the 'Glades, you,

and your pack.

:hi:

[JitterbugPerfume]

59. my two daughters

and 8 grandchildren , and CrewLeader lives there! If Crew is there it has got to be a cool place to be


Also the Dali museum in St Pete and the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, and of course the ocean and yummy citrus


Florida is a cool place !

[1gobluedem]

60. I'm going to be there in two weeks

Out of the cold and causing trouble with my best friend in Coral Gables. The pool at the Standard on South Beach is the BEST.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

83. If you like swimming pools and you'll be in Coral Gables, check out the Venetian Pool.

I love that place.

[1gobluedem]

90. My friend lives across the street from the Venetian Pool

It's beautiful.

[Midlodemocrat]

61. You live there.

[lizziegrace]

68. +1

A guy who would do anything to rescue an abused or neglected dog makes Florida a better place.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

63. Where do I even begin?

The springs. The thousands of miles of beaches. The warm weather, all year round. The palm trees. The springs. The Keys, and the Seven Mile Bridge. Bahia Honda state park.

The fact that everything there is so lush and green. That's why I love the humid and rainy summers, no joke. Other hot places are always going up like tinder boxes on a yearly basis. Not Florida.

The Everglades. There is no other ecosystem in the world like it. It's like an organism all of itself.

The Ocala National Forest. Central Florida and being dotted by hundreds upon hundreds of small lakes.

The springs.

St. Augustine, perhaps my favorite town in America. Jacksonville, a surprisingly underrated city (no joke!).

The way the puffy cumulous clouds expand against the crystal blue sky during the summer. They create mountain ranges in the sky.

The fact that the oceans and Gulf are swimable year round in most places. You don't get that in most places, even supposedly "warm" places.

The springs.

Wacky South Florida. A bit congested, but its still home to me.

Manatees. Alligators. And all the wildlife in between.

Did I mention the Springs?

I love this state. I'll put it up against any other state except perhaps Hawaii and it would win hands down.

[Phentex]

69. and armadillos!

gotta love 'em! :)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

79. Saw one today, as a matter of fact.

Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge was having Everglades Day. There was an armadillo just rummaging right under the board walk. Pretty cool.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

80. Oh, and I love it's general lack of topography.

Don't get me wrong. Hills and mountains are great. But there is something to be said about looking out and just seeing all that blue sky from horizon to horizon to horizon, without anything in that way. Especially in places like the Everglades.

That being said, there are some nice hilly regions in Florida to the west of Orlando.

[Starry Messenger]

64. Travis McGee!

John D. MacDonald, Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard. The Conch Republic. The art school funded by a circus is rad. It sounds like a fun place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live in hurricane regions. I'll take a nice little earthquake any day.

[JSK]

65. Randi

n/t

[graywarrior]

66. I like that I'm not there anymore

[DarkTirade]

67. The fact that I'm no longer there.

:)

[Turbineguy]

70. I'm in Florida right now!

Ft Lauderdale. Working. My class is taking a test and I'm DU'ing The Lounge.

[femmocrat]

71. Flamingoes. nt

[TK421]

72. Can't think of anything except my sister and her family live there

other than that, I'm sure glad I'm not down there

[GoddessOfGuinness]

73. When I was a kid, we'd visit my grandparents in Ft Pierce every summer...

When we'd go to the beach, we'd see the tracks left by sea turtles in the night, up to the place they chose to lay their eggs, then back to the sea again.

I would dearly love to see the little guys hatch and make their journey to the water.

The natural beauty of Florida is breathtaking!

[Mike 03]

74. Jennifer Capriati? I used to have the biggest crush on her. Didn't she live there, or at the very

least train at some famous tennis camp there?

My heart still skips a beat when I think of her...

[quakerboy]

75. The way it hangs makes US look well endowed.

Just sayin.

[TK421]

78. It's not circumcised n/t

[trof]

76. No sales tax on groceries.

We're just across the border in Alabama.
:-)

[BarenakedLady]

77. There is a really hot animal-loving guy there

Or so I've heard.

[Bertha Venation]

81. the water

sublime

[Tommy_Carcetti]

86. That teal blue aqua of the ocean is heavenly.

I remember my last drive through the Keys after I got home I would close my eyes and still see that beautiful, beautiful water.

And it's not just the ocean or the gulf. Check out the freshwater springs in the northern inland part of the state:

[Bertha Venation]

87. Wow.

Just wow.

[DevonRex]

82. I'll be there on Wednesday to visit my father-in-law. nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

85. Where abouts? nt

[AlCzervik]

88. my bil lives there and not here.

[KG]

89. well, i kinda like it here. it rocks.

[elleng]

91. Walking along the beach in the evening,

any time of the year.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

92. Pompano n/t

[Tommy_Carcetti]

93. The beach or the fish? nt

[TheCentepedeShoes]

99. The fish

I only went to Pompano Beach once, to meet with late father in law's attny
Mr 'pede asked the guy at the fish counter at the soopermarket here if he could get in some pompano, guy had no idea what he was talking about

[Skittles]

95. the love of my life lives there

[OmahaBlueDog]

96. 1. Disneyworld

2. The Dali Museum in St. Pete
3. The Ringling Museum and Estate near Punta Gorda
4. Naples at Sunset
5. "Panthers SCORE!"
6. The cut rate Disney store in Sawgrass Mills mall near Marshall's. A great place to get Xmas gifts.
7. In the very early morning in Belle Glade, the steam blowing off of the sugar mill makes the street smell like molassass. Generally speaking, I love looking at the sugar fields, even if the owners are -- how shall we put this -- flawed individuals.
8. Miami has some of the most beautiful women in the world.
9. Near the Oakland Park Blvd. exit of the Sawgrass Expressway is a strip plaza with a little family-style Cuban place called Don Carlin. Really nice Lechon Asado and Bistec Palomillo at very fair prices -- served up with Maduros (sweet plantains), black beans, and rice.
10. All my friends and family there who I miss every day

[LSdemocrat]

97. Warm weather beaches within the continental US, what's not to like?

My family often vacations in the St. Pete Beach/Treasure Island/Madeira Beach area outside of Tampa/St. Pete, we love the uncrowded, warm beaches, decent dining, and variety of lodging options (hotels, condo and house rentals) in the area all at a price that's generally much lower than traveling outside the continental US.

[Strong Atheist]

101. It's warm. It's WARM.

And did I happen to mention


IT'S WARM ?

[zanne]

103. No---It's HOT, it's HOT

And humid and sweaty--miserable.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

104. During the summer, yeah, but so what?

Still keeps everything lush and green and from drying to a crisp. It only makes the wonderful oceans, springs and lakes feel all the better. Which forever beats trying to regain feeling in one's extremities in some frozen hellhole.

And right now, by the way, it is perfect. Just perfect. 75 degrees and sunny.

[Strong Atheist]

107. It's cold here. I hate you.

x(

[Strong Atheist]

106. Humid has zero effect on me - seriously, I never notice when other

people complain about humidity.

Florida is WONDERFUL.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

108. Me too.

But perhaps that comes from the fact that my dad had an aversion to air conditioning and we never got central air in our house (in Maryland) until I was 16 or so. So I'm well adapted to that.

[raccoon]

102. Carl Hiaasen and Jimmy Buffett (OK, so he's not really FROM FL. He should be.) nt

[kwassa]

105. Nice place to visit, I wouldn't want to live there.

I did live there for about six months, and I visited frequently as a child.

I like Key West and would go back for a vacation. I enjoyed Miami.

The climate is too hot and humid for me. I do like the warmth and clarity of the ocean there, and the beaches. Aside from that, there is virually no culture, a highly transient population, except for the retirees, and the inland areas are just ugly and featureless. It is tract America, with little to recommend it, and almost nothing unique.

[dropkickpa]

110. I was born there

[KamaAina]

111. Cape Canaveral

the launching pad for U.S. space exploration.