My mother had a pet three legged alligator as a kid. She lived in Downtown Tampa.
23 Reasons Florida (Yes, Florida) Is The Best State In America
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My mother had a pet three legged alligator as a kid. She lived in Downtown Tampa.
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Things got down to 15 here in southern Mississippi. It wasn't limited to the north. Florida's surrounded on three sides by water, which moderates its temperature more than is typical for the south, and it was also right on the very edge of the polar vortex anyway. Only the panhandle got something close to what I got here (moderate it may have been compared to what they got up north), southern Florida (where most Floridans live) was totally out of its range.
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The Almighty
You should have just listed those two... it makes a far better case.
Your number one is false. Not jealous of FL weather in the least. We have more to do here outdoors than you do in FL.
Your humidity sucks ass.
You have a shit ton of old folk F'in up every road because they think they can still drive.
The people there are not smart enough to vote on their own. Hanging chad's anyone?
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I have been to all 50... I agree on your assessment... all they have is the coastal areas. The rest of the state sucks.
There are some very beautiful inland areas of Florida. I've been to all 50 and I would not say Florida is the prettiest state. I would say that in the winter I think it has the best weather save Hawaii.
Colorado is a nice state. But I would argue your point that you have more to do outdoors. Outside of weed, hiking and skiing you don't have much to do that is better, though I am sure the fishing appeals to those frightened by skinny teenagers, more than Florida's. Plus, a lot of it can't be enjoyed for much of the year. The numbers don't lie and the dumb tourists who have never really seen Florida, like you, pay our taxes.
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Can't say I'm a big fan of Florida, but to each their own. There are happy people everywhere. Same thing with unhappy people! I love New York.
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Snow shoeing
Rafting (class IV/V whitewater)
Climbing
Hiking
Skiing
Road biking
Mountain biking
Zip lines
Repelling
Trail running
Fly fishing
Elk hunting
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I was in Florida this time of year back in 2000. It was pretty sweet, but I would never want to be anywhere near it in the summer. I thought it was weird going along the roads and seeing alligators aligning the roadsides. Also, when you're so used to the evergreen curtain of the NW, palm trees everywhere is pretty fun.
Ooooh zip lining. We have that here too.
Most of those you can do here, do something very comparable here or are pretty much included in hiking and skiing. For instance, trail running, is pretty much running while hiking. I gave you hiking because without variation in elevation ours is obviously inferior to yours. You can run trails here or on a beach but its really just running or being on a beach/trail. Trying to count it as a separate activities is sort of silly.
You can fly fish anywhere and again yours might seem exciting to those who are afraid of skinny teenagers and tarpon.
You got your mountains, which are great, but your water activities just don't compare. Scuba diving, snorkeling, para sailing, kite/sail boarding, sailing, surfing or just sitting on a beach are all going to be better here. We don't have many rapids and nothing approaching those but there are plenty of great places to paddle.
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Yeah, but yours is in Flat terrain. Ours are in the mountains. The only way you get drop in FL is if you build a tower. We have mountains.
LMAO... they are included in hiking and skiing? Ok... well then everything to do with water in FL is the same. Right?
Come out and try trail running. You will see the difference.
Yes, and you can sky dive anywhere... but it is better here.
Sorry, but all of those are just variations of playing in the water. It is silly to count them as more than one thing.
Wow... sitting on a beach... great 'activity'. We can sit on top of a 14er. Kinda crushes your sitting 'activity'
Long story short, zip lining is stupid.
I would probably put many of our water sports together. For instance, kite boarding and sail boarding are different but the same sort of thing. Kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding all pretty much the same. Trail running is not really different than hiking. We can run on a beach here, ooh wow, it's not a much different experience than walking on a beach. To try to count it as a separate activity shows desperation.
Long story short, tourists pay my taxes.
i gotta say, as elitest as I am, I can't knock colorado. it's just too good.
only prob is not near an ocean. I like being near water.
I agree, its a great state and probably has fewer massholes than.even Florida. But I don't think id care for all that snow.
Yeah a bunch of fun things, you can walk on a hiking trail, run on a hiking trail, bike on a hiking trail, ride a horse on a hiking trail, zipline over a hiking trail.... sf, the Forrest Gump of hiking trails, knows a million of them.
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NY > FL
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We have PLENTY of water in MI, and the best breweries in America.