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Showing Original Post only (View all)state by state speak your mind about...florida [View all]
this is my state
i am mixed in my feelings
this place is at once the most beautiful and ugliest place there is
she is an enviromental dream being turned into a nightmare
she is the love of my youth
a place where the fish jumped and the animals ran
where you would hide in the sea oats in the summer to see the turtles make their yearly pilgrimage
we lived on the edge of the future and the past here
we are a troubled place
all the worlds ills are represented here
she is mine
my flowery lands
my florida
i love her
i hate her
i love her so
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There's a documentary out called "Cracker Crazy," it's the hidden history of Florida
Warpy
Feb 2012
#11
Tallahassee is my home town. Born there in 1957 and left 30 years later. I loved it there and hope
Lochloosa
Feb 2012
#18
Yes, it is and I say this as a native Floridan, there is no other place like it on earth
catzies
Feb 2012
#56
Oh, and Christine Cervenka was a native Floridian too and knew Paul Reubens in Sarasota
catzies
Feb 2012
#60
I haven't been there since 1958, but it always seemed too hot and sticky for me.
Cleita
Feb 2012
#44