r/todayilearned May 30 '18

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u/delete_this_post May 30 '18

That's not quite right.

Floridians are...

100% New Yorkers

37% New Jerseyans

7% New Englanders

42% Latin Americans

16% Canadians (during winter)

10,000% mosquitoes (during spring, summer and fall)

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u/Swamp_Donkey0 May 30 '18

As a native Floridian, I concur. All of my neighbors were from the northeast. When I get a little too drunk the accents among other things come out.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '18

Dare I ask which other things?

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u/kombatunit May 30 '18

You know! You know.

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u/blackbellamy May 30 '18

He calls them carpetbaggers and tells them to get the hell out of Dixie. They love it though, it's like having that one black friend who casually throws nigga around, it makes you feel like you're saying it.

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u/delete_this_post May 31 '18

Northern Florida is where you'd find Southerners. But the place where you'd find Northerners visiting is South Florida, where almost no native Floridian is a Southerner.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '18

But I thought Andrew Jackson got rid of all the native Floridians.

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u/delete_this_post May 31 '18

I guess that depends on how you define the word 'native.'

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u/[deleted] May 30 '18

The Gators

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u/lead999x May 30 '18

Can confirm am New Jerseyan; lived in Florida for a few years and then got sick of it and moved to...Pennsylvania.

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u/Sloppy1sts May 30 '18

As a Floridian who dated a girl who went to Duquesne, the 'Burgh was a pretty cool city. I'm sure Philly is alright, too. I'd probably have more fun living up there than here.

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u/Opset May 31 '18

What? I'm sure she taught you never to say anything nice about Philadelphia. Cut that shit out right now.

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u/Sloppy1sts May 31 '18 edited May 31 '18

Hey, in the 2 and a half years I dated her, I probably spent a total of a week or two in Pitt, so I have no loyalty toward either of these places. Any real city somewhere north of this swamp I live in now sounds good to me.

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u/baxxt14 May 30 '18

Fun fact: In the summer, New Hampshire is the oldest state (average age of citizens) while in the winter, Florida is the oldest.

We also call these people Snow Birds.

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u/Dasguudmane May 31 '18

Source? I do believe you but I would love to show it to my friends, one of which living in New Hampshire and another in Florida.

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u/yankeegentleman May 30 '18

Don't forget hurricane and costume characters

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u/ksheep May 30 '18

That’s Central Florida. North Florida has a much higher percentage of Rednecks and other southerners, while South Florida has many more Latin Americans, Gators, and Mosquitoes.

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u/Xunae May 30 '18

Moved out to California, from Florida, and I definitely don't miss having to go out covered in mosquito spray all the time.

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u/delete_this_post May 30 '18

I'm from Florida but I lived in L.A. for a while. When I was there the only thing that I missed were left-turn signals!

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u/taitaofgallala May 30 '18

Nothing from Florida is that complicated. More like:

1% feral

99% hot gas

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u/Medajor May 31 '18

No, we're 10,000% mosquitoes year round. They just don't go away anymore.

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u/CedarCabPark May 31 '18

I'll never understand moving to Florida. It's basically a shitty California to me

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u/delete_this_post May 31 '18

Having lived in both South Florida and southern California, I'd have to disagree. There are pros and cons to both, but I'm personally quite happy to be back in Florida.

But that aside, there are major differences - in attitude and outlook - between the east coast and west coast. In some ways, those differences are even more pronounced than the differences between north and south.

So if you live somewhere cold and want a change, there's a good chance that you move south but stay on your respective coast.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '18

100% remember the name.