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[BPerone201]

I don't know.
I've spent a good amount of time in Florida and it can definitely be tied to southern culture.

I spent time in Fort Myers, and no not the ritzy part. I'm talking about the Tice neighborhood, and though it isn't so redneck around there (more so ghetto) you will see houses that look like shacks in a jungle, but once you take a trip over the Bridge into North Fort Myers around the Suncoast trailer park/walmart you will see that it resembles the deep south, and the people show their southern pride very well down there.
Lehigh Acres is another one that has a similar vibe yet more polished.

Northern Florida in general is very southern culturally.

The east coast of Florida may have less of the southern culture, but the west coast can get pretty southern once you go a bit more inland from the Gulf.

[WestbankNOLA]

This is how I see it. If we go by what comes to mind as " southern" ( which nobody can agree on), then the 1st thought of Miami or Texas to some people. If we compare them to other areas in the regions, however, the similarities are undeniable. That's the problem, everyone has a kind of common idea of what "northern" and "midwestern" and everything else is, but everyone has a different idea of what the south is supposed to be.

[ReluctantGardenStater]

Florida is definately more Southern than meets the eye, and that is a very positive thing in my opinion. Northern Florida is culturally considered part of the Deep South along with GA, AL, MS, LA, SC, and East Texas. Pensacola and Tallahassee are beautiful cities. Northern Florida feels very similar to southern Georgia and Alabama. As far as central Florida is concerned, I still get a Southern feel from Tampa and Orlando, but they have overdeveloped themselves and attracted far too many transplants, particularly those from New York and New Jersey who move for cheap property and then proceed to bash all things Southern and Floridian. The inland portions of South Florida are quite Southern, but once you get to the far southern coast, Miami, and the Keys, it takes on a strong Caribbean influence and feel.

[MasterRattler]

I think the I-4 corridor from Tampa to Orlando to Daytona Beach is what separate culturally Southern Florida, from the culturally Caribbean Florida.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by MasterRattler

I think the I-4 corridor from Tampa to Orlando to Daytona Beach is what separate culturally Southern Florida, from the culturally Caribbean Florida.

The people in Clewiston, Belle Glade, and Pahokee disagree.

[Ben Around]

Having lived in Miami when growing up, I agree that there is definitely Southern culture in Miami. It's in the old established families who've been there longer than most of the Cubans and Caribbeans and NYers and other Northerners who have overwhelmed the place. It's still there, you just have to look for it. You won't see it as a tourist.