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steve2470

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2. I've lived here forever and agree with you SwampG8r...

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 06:15 PM

Feb 2012

There is much natural beauty here, once you get away from the strip malls and billboards. I can cope ok with the insects and the hellish summer heat. If the politics were considerably more liberal here, it would be a much better place but that won't happen any time soon.

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state by state speak your mind about...florida [View all] SwampG8r Feb 2012 OP

When I was young (4-14) Florida was a beautiful place to grow up and enjoy. BlueJazz Feb 2012 #1

Exactly right... as Florida native too, it feels like the state was stolen JCMach1 Feb 2012 #67

How true. Interesting fact. If you look back at the "Rankings" back then, BlueJazz Feb 2012 #68

Education is usually worse... 47th, 48th, etc. JCMach1 Feb 2012 #78

I've lived here forever and agree with you SwampG8r... steve2470 Feb 2012 #2

My home state. I don't think I could ever leave. Lochloosa Feb 2012 #3

every fry the mullet backs? SwampG8r Feb 2012 #4

That was always reserved for the cooks....*S* Lochloosa Feb 2012 #17

lol i am one of the cooks SwampG8r Feb 2012 #38

Back in the day when it was legal, my Dad "snatched" Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #85

OMG that reminded me OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #8

A breakfast of pan-fried dove, dredged in cream gravy, Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #84

When I was a kid, that's where people went on vacation. For years it was my raccoon Feb 2012 #4

There's a documentary out called "Cracker Crazy," it's the hidden history of Florida Warpy Feb 2012 #11

found "Cracker Crazy" on youtube Go Vols Feb 2012 #27

I lived there for a time. Right after landing there from TwilightGardener Feb 2012 #6

I barely remember the Florida I was born in OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #7

yes to the last sentence SwampG8r Feb 2012 #15

I have so many good memories from all phases of my life OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #46

Tallahassee is my home town. Born there in 1957 and left 30 years later. I loved it there and hope Lochloosa Feb 2012 #18

I meant to say OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #37

lucy ho SwampG8r Feb 2012 #39

Gators and Rick Scott flamingdem Feb 2012 #9

I am but a transplant, but one with roots onethatcares Feb 2012 #10

lol at gibsonton refrence SwampG8r Feb 2012 #16

My grandma on my mother's side OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #42

gibsonton florida is SwampG8r Feb 2012 #40

America's Wang Son of Gob Feb 2012 #12

I understand how someone could love such a place Generic Other Feb 2012 #13

Seems like we might make it there someday because there are so.... Tikki Feb 2012 #14

Yes, it is and I say this as a native Floridan, there is no other place like it on earth catzies Feb 2012 #56

Oh, and Christine Cervenka was a native Floridian too and knew Paul Reubens in Sarasota catzies Feb 2012 #60

Hey catzies....Hello Lady.... Tikki Feb 2012 #63

Pythons and anacondas freak me out a bit. Bosso 63 Feb 2012 #19

The first thing that comes to mind for me is� Little Star Feb 2012 #20

awesome i am in SwampG8r Feb 2012 #43

Don't forget OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #54

scott says he is from winter park now? SwampG8r Feb 2012 #69

Hey I may have inadvertantly maligned Carrot Top's character OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #75

I used to love this state RockaFowler Feb 2012 #21

yes, I join you in missing Lawton Chiles onethatcares Feb 2012 #23

i can name a dozen that i miss SwampG8r Feb 2012 #47

I've visited Florida more than any other state RZM Feb 2012 #22

anoles SwampG8r Feb 2012 #48

There's one that lives in our bathroom OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #55

haha i had a cat named SwampG8r Feb 2012 #70

Florida! babydollhead Feb 2012 #24

I've been to Florida several times. I like fishing there. MineralMan Feb 2012 #25

yay fish! SwampG8r Feb 2012 #49

well... shanti Feb 2012 #26

I love Florida greytdemocrat Feb 2012 #28

sarasota is the setting for tv's cougartown SwampG8r Feb 2012 #50

I lived in Tallahassee from 2003-2009 The Genealogist Feb 2012 #29

Florida reminded me a lot of California XemaSab Feb 2012 #30

Grew up there. RebelOne Feb 2012 #31

Hot, steamy, jampacked with creatures with 6 legs. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #32

Moved here 20 years ago mcar Feb 2012 #33

Ahem tawadi Feb 2012 #34

I wondered the same thing. lonestarnot Feb 2012 #36

she has been fucking me since 1959 SwampG8r Feb 2012 #71

You got me there tawadi Feb 2012 #80

Sister-in-law just moved down there from Brooklyn. annabanana Feb 2012 #35

cypress gardens is SwampG8r Feb 2012 #51

I'm a huge Disney and Universal fan. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #41

I haven't been there since 1958, but it always seemed too hot and sticky for me. Cleita Feb 2012 #44

I've lived in a few non-flat states OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #57

i met jerry mathers SwampG8r Feb 2012 #59

?!?!WOW! OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #65

It's always funny when a DUers post derisive Floriduh comments Renew Deal Feb 2012 #45

i understand their feelings SwampG8r Feb 2012 #52

Palm trees. Beaches. Flat land. Lenais. The Golden Girls. Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #53

Well, Florida clyrc Feb 2012 #58

Because it's true that home is where the heart is OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #66

i thought i recognized you SwampG8r Feb 2012 #72

lol! sorry... OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #76

take her for a drive on SwampG8r Feb 2012 #77

Yikes! I don't if I could do it OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #79

i lived in wpb for 3 years SwampG8r Feb 2012 #81

OT... but why does the St. Johns River flow north? cherokeeprogressive Feb 2012 #61

That was quite a lovely poem. Blue_In_AK Feb 2012 #62

barnum and bailey is SwampG8r Feb 2012 #73

Fernandina Beach/Amelia Island, Florida has good fishing, beautiful beaches, mfcorey1 Feb 2012 #64

Love Florida Whiskeytide Feb 2012 #74

Been here 40 years, raised 2 kids here quaker bill Feb 2012 #82

I love this State. This is the State I have wanted to live. Giantsfootball10 Apr 2012 #83