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[[File:Map of Florida Regions with Cities.png|thumb|400px|Florida's regions and major cities]] |
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The Sunshine State and primary [[Weirdness Magnet]] for the United States, '''Florida''' is mainly known for a few things: weird stuff that happens [[Only in Florida]], lots of beaches, illegal immigrants (primarily Caribbean rather than Mexican), and lots and lots of elderly northerners. |
The Sunshine State and primary [[Weirdness Magnet]] for the United States, '''Florida''' is mainly known for a few things: weird stuff that happens [[Only in Florida]], lots of beaches, illegal immigrants (primarily Caribbean rather than Mexican), and lots and lots of elderly northerners. |
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On that note, here's a quick way to distinguish natives from immigrants en masse: when a cold front hits and drops temperatures below 70 degrees F or so, natives will be the ones bundling up and talking about how it's freezing. Yes, this ''does'' qualify as cold in Florida. The flip side, of course, is that temperatures in the low to mid 90s with extremely high humidity are considered perfectly normal conditions by natives, and opening the front door anytime between May and September has been compared to walking into a sauna. |
On that note, here's a quick way to distinguish natives from immigrants en masse: when a cold front hits and drops temperatures below 70 degrees F or so, natives will be the ones bundling up and talking about how it's freezing. Yes, this ''does'' qualify as cold in Florida. The flip side, of course, is that temperatures in the low to mid 90s with extremely high humidity are considered perfectly normal conditions by natives, and opening the front door anytime between May and September has been compared to walking into a sauna. |
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[[File:Flag of Florida.svg|thumb|border|400px|Flag of Florida]] |
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Today, there are three distinct Floridas within the state's borders. Old Florida, a proud part of the Deep South, is in fact alive and well - it just occupies inland and northern Florida, i.e. the parts of the state tourists don't see. Coastal Florida exchanged its man card and Southern credibility for lots of money, lots of sprawling suburbia, and lots of northerners. Southern Florida, especially around [[Miami]] has a distinctly Latin tinge and a working knowledge of Spanish can be a big help. [[You Should Know This Already]], but tourism is Florida's biggest industry these days (but only just ahead of Agriculture) and is, along with California, one of the classic spring break and summer vacation destinations in the United States. Agriculture and phosphate mining are also common, but again are parts of the state that tourists usually don't see. |
Today, there are three distinct Floridas within the state's borders. Old Florida, a proud part of the Deep South, is in fact alive and well - it just occupies inland and northern Florida, i.e. the parts of the state tourists don't see. Coastal Florida exchanged its man card and Southern credibility for lots of money, lots of sprawling suburbia, and lots of northerners. Southern Florida, especially around [[Miami]] has a distinctly Latin tinge and a working knowledge of Spanish can be a big help. [[You Should Know This Already]], but tourism is Florida's biggest industry these days (but only just ahead of Agriculture) and is, along with California, one of the classic spring break and summer vacation destinations in the United States. Agriculture and phosphate mining are also common, but again are parts of the state that tourists usually don't see. |
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