[Irishtom29]

And God bless you too, Buffalo Bill.

[wrema]

[quote=The b8nk;33482965]Maybe North texas but GA only gets snow like it did this year maybe once very 15 years or so...

If FL is some habitat mecca, then why during April-October noone is outdoors after 10am?[/QUOTE

So when are they able to be outside during april to october

[Fredesch]

Northern Virginia is full of transplants. People come here for work. Snowbirds and retirees go to the sun belt to avoid winter. That is part of the fabric of each place. What would the economy of Florida be if there were no snow birds, retirees or vacationers? Could the state survive on orange trees (now with citrus greening) and the spring break crowd?

Lighten up, at least you all are higher regarded than Alabama and Mississippi.

[vabuda1]

Originally Posted by season10

Actually, yes it does. Beats the snot out of Jersey.

Originally Posted by ChrisA70

Boston snobbery yes for sure, out where I am not so much(western MA) and without a doubt there are many NY'ers that think NY is the end of the earth. I USED to know a couple in perticular. If there is snobbery in FL, most likely they came from up here.... Sad but true.

Chris what part of Florida did you live again ? I ask because I live in Worcester and am moving to Clearwater, Tampa area and was curious what a fellow Worcester resident thinks about that area?? Family of four 2 kids. To give some background.

[Trigger-f]

Originally Posted by The b8nk

If FL is some habitat mecca, then why during April-October noone is outdoors after 10am?

Me thinks you must be hallucinating (like some others who bark daily against FL here). I prefer summers, as humid and hot as they can be. Actually I am waiting for the weather to become warmer so i can get in the water. There's many people who are active with the sea (boating, fishing, snorkeling, scuba diving, surfing etc..), which is why they moved to FL. All those are better from April to Oct.

And yes FL is a habitat mecca (only other place that tops it in the US is HI).

[ChuteTheMall]

Originally Posted by Trigger-f

And yes FL is a habitat mecca.

87 gazillion love bugs can't be wrong.

[Trigger-f]

Originally Posted by ChuteTheMall

87 gazillion love bugs can't be wrong.

Would you rather live in a concrete jungle instead? There you don't count the bugs, you count the gazillion bubble gums on the sidewalks. Try any major American city for that.

[ChuteTheMall]

Originally Posted by Trigger-f

Would you rather live in a concrete jungle instead? There you don't count the bugs, you count the gazillion bubble gums on the sidewalks. Try any major American city for that.

No, I'd much rather stomp on a cockroach that some bubble gum.

[LordHomunculus]

Originally Posted by Trigger-f

And yes FL is a habitat mecca (only other place that tops it in the US is HI).

http://www.natureserve.org/library/stateofunions.pdf

[Trigger-f]

Originally Posted by LordHomunculus

http://www.natureserve.org/library/stateofunions.pdf

???

With Marine biodiversity it easily comes on top in the continental US (3rd largest barrier reef in the world).

""(Almost 1,400 species of marine plants and animals, including more than 40 species of stony corals and 500 species of fish, live on the Florida Reef. The Florida Reef lies close to the northern limit for tropical corals, but the species diversity on the reef is comparable to that of reef systems in the Caribbean Sea.

There are more than 6,000 individual reefs in the system.""

Florida Reef - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Actually the Gulf of Mexico has more marine biodiversity than HI or CA (check the overview/middle chart below).

PLOS ONE: An Overview of Marine Biodiversity in United States Waters