Reply #54: I grew up in Florida. Find the beauty: [View All]

Take up birdwatching. It's better there than anywhere else in the country.
Go canoeing in its rivers and swamps. It's got a stark beauty. At Myakka State Park I've seen flocks of magenta-and-pink roseate spoonbills against an azure blue sky.
Go tubing at the Ichetucknee river. Jacques Couseau went diving there once, and said "visibility is..forever".
Take up some water sport like windsurfing. There are beautiful calm intercostals where you can learn your sport.

It's heartbreaking for us "florida crackers" to see the state distorted by Jeb and overrun by Republican imports including the cults.

PS I completely sympathize with your feelings on this, however. If you decide to leave, please do your part to clean up Florida by bringing at least 5 Jeb-supporting end-timers or greedheads with you. You can leave them in some interim state on your way back to your chosen destination. Florida used to be a really cool state..