I love this thread!! I have never been on the other side of the Mississippi, but I have traveled all up and down the East coast and the differences are like
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I personally say soda, althought I do not drink it.
North Fla is VERY MUCH the South, some of it is just as country as any where in rural GA or AL.
South FL is like another country all together, it is just a mixture of Caribbean cultures and old folks.