i mean that's the pop culture image that most people get, it has a lot of truth to it but its also missing quite a bit.
basically there's massive old people developments that don't interact much with the rest of the population. gated communities and such. they pay for the privilege of retiring in peace.
then there's orlando which is basically disney + all the other competitors he drew out into the middle of the swamplands. it's a party town somehow too despite existing in a muggy beach-less ****hole part of the state. honestly white people wouldn't even live in florida all that much prior to air conditioning. there's a good reason those 13 colonies stopped at georgia.
then there's basically only 3 metro areas to speak of. 1) south florida (wpb-miami) which is full of immigrants and retired new yorkers. lots of crime because of the crack epidemic + cramming 25 different south american cultures into one place. 2) tampa is a slightly milder version of this, in my experience. and then 3) jacksonville which is just yet another southern city. it's so close to the border it might as well be georgia.
but the whole florida = crazy thing is mostly a meme that gets repeated. it probably does create a lot of crazy stories cause it's one of the biggest states in the country population wise and damned near everybody who lives there isn't from there. you know that can't be a good combination.
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