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Well, I too have lived in N. Fla for a minute. I think once you get past Tampa (where I also lived for a while) and Orlando, you are in South Florida. The culture is just DIFFERENT. In N. Fla, it is SOUTHERN, like the traditional Southern that usually conjures up images of Georgia and Alabama. This includes the Panhandle (where I am right now), and all the rural areas surrounding.

Once you hit Tampa, the population gets WAY more diverse (in terms of ethnic origin, not race). My family that lives in Tampa is Cuban and some of them barely speak English. When I used to live down there near Ybor City (which was not the tourist trap it is now, btw) nearly all the signs, grocery stores, whatever, were in Spanish. If you got lost down there and didn't speak Spanish, it sucked to be you.

Orlando is not even close. There are so many different kinds of people there, it isn't even funny.

When you start getting into Miami (the area that I am familiar with at least), it becomes basically an extension of the Caribbean. Haitians, Jamaicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, you name it. If it is an island, there is a large representation in Miami.

Here in Tallahassee, many of the students are from S. Fla. Anyone can tell you how different it is.

Also, I am from Atlanta and moved straight to Tampa before coming here. I know the South, lol. South Fla ain't it.

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Originally posted by librasoul22
When you start getting into Miami (the area that I am familiar with at least), it becomes basically an extension of the Caribbean. Haitians, Jamaicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, you name it. If it is an island, there is a large representation in Miami.

Not just the islands...much of South America too: Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil....well, you all know your geography, right? <ahem!>

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I know the South, lol. South Fla ain't it.

Thank God for that!!!!

I keep saying, when I left Miami for UF, I went through culture shock: I had never been around so many gringos in my life (and I'm one too!).

And of course, right after graduating, I moved right back down. Hey, some like it, some don't.

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Originally posted by kdonline
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Dade & Broward. Since you're from PB, perhaps you can tell the difference immediately - obviouly by the rest of your msg, you can. So then, why do YOU want to be included in "South Florida"? You're in the "Treasure Coast" area.

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That depends what you think is "better." And, why are you starting this "this is better than that" anyway? Who cares? You live in the Treasure Coast with your parents and you seem to think that's better. Great. Woohoo for you.

In one message, you're saying "yeahy South Florida" and now once you realize you don't REALLY live here, you get all insulting.

Like I said, whatever!

Coral Gables. What part of WPB are you from?

Annie,

West palm is only ONE of the treasure coasts....Boca Raton is the other.

I'm not starting anything. You said West Palm is not S-Florida when in fact it is.......it's just the nicer part of South Florida. And I don't live with my parents.....only in the summer.

As for where my family lives......SPB.......