Heat and humidity man, heat and humidity! Nothing good about either!

Florida is the best. I love it here

If that's your thing, enjoy it man...

This!! **** the Midwest. It's literally the toilet bowl of the US. So glad I got out of that area as soon as I possibly could.
The beach>any lake
Our winter>their winter
Our summer>their summer

I'll never forget my roots, but I ain't going back there.

Funny, I've said the same thing about the beach, heat, and humidity.

You'd rather swim in a lake that the gulf or ocean??

And that's just the start of the list. You couldn't pay me to live in that ****ing state. It's like the armpit of the USA.

Yes. I grew-up surfing (East coast swells!!) and I dive, and I don't find blue-water/saltwater diving interesting anymore. And now that they've seen all the pretty fish when I take the kids diving I prefer green water diving. Saltwater has its place, but I can fly to it whenever the urge/need arise. But simply put, yes, I'd prefer fresh water over salt water. And I prefer thick, lush, soft blue grass over blue water and sand any day. And 90 degrees and 70% humidity just sucks balls.

Maybe someday when I'm old and my body can't produce heat I'll head back to the beach, or Arizona prolly, but not right now.

What I've learned in life is that, in no particular combination, three things tend to make people assholes; heat, humidity, and lack of soft green grass to cut and walk in. Think about it for a bit before you discount it... And while it's not always 100% true, it's a pretty good rule. Think of how the ****tards in the middle east might be/act if they had grass? Would Central America be less of the shit-hole in Shitsville and its inhabitants not trying to escape if it wasn't a disgusting wet-sauna with jungles instead of grass? Lord knows they need something to improve the place! Now take a trip 1.5K miles north of Cancer, or almost anywhere south of Capricorn; and you'll find awesome people who aren't likes-to-fight-guy 24x7. Again, not 100% accurate all the time, but I'd take a Danish vacation over a trip to the Bahamas any day. Simply more interesting in every way possible.

Oh, and I love snow...

Great post!!
Undoubtedly, Florida isn't for everyone. But I can say this. St Louis (where I'm from) has had MANY more 100+ degree days than Tampa Bay (where I live now). I dislike, no HATE snow and cold weather. Nobody seems to be able to remember how to drive in snowy conditions, myself included. Cold weather sucks to me. When the temp gets to 70 here, then I'm too cold and complaining. I never liked the cold, and was never really able to get used to it when I lived there. I love the heat, I usually work outside in it, and then when I come home I occasionally jog in it. I never complain about the heat, I'd rather sweat than be cold. But admittedly I'm not right in the head so that may have something to do with it??
We took a trip back to St Louis about 4 years ago. My Father in law lives in Lake St Louis, and we went on his boat. Got in the lake and it was hot like bath water, and so brown and gross. That will hopefully be my last swim in a lake. It was just gross, I'd personally rather swim in the gulf or ocean, but different strokes...
I will gladly take this tropical environment over anywhere that I will have to wear a coat, or get that cold. I'll take 70's for the highs in the winter (although I'll bitch about it). But if everyone was like me then this place would be even more full of people and there'd be nobody north of I-10

Cool. And 70 is where I start bitching too - just from the other direction. But I'm always open to compromise.. Winter in Southern Italy or Spain, Summer in the Scotland, Norway, Sweden and/or the Alps?

I miss living in Florida from October to May. Whenever I fly back to KC from Florida, I always come out of the clouds over the Missouri river and I realize how beautiful the clear/blue water is in Florida.

No sharks in a lake. :D

In case you missed it:

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Now how did THAT get there?
(CNN)It doesn't get much more "Florida" than this.

During a recent traffic stop in Loxahatchee, Florida, fish and wildlife officers found an alligator foot sticking out of the ashtray of a truck.
Officers had stopped the truck in the Corbett Wildlife Management Area -- a swampy expanse northwest of West Palm Beach -- to check the driver's day pass. Instead, they found a scene out of the horror movie "Jeepers Creepers."
Alligator parts were scattered around the cab of the truck. The driver first told officers he had hunted the gator several years ago, then confessed to killing it a few days earlier -- without a permit.

Then, a few days ago, some guy in Florida got arrested for throwing an alligator in a drive through window. The incident prompted Tony Kornheiser, on PTI yesterday, to say "all the good stories begin with these three words: A Florida man......" Made me lol thinking of this thread

Ah ha! I think we've discovered the problem