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Vermont

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Fri Jul 11, 2014, 03:39 PM Jul 2014

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For a native Floridian, Vermont is a visit to Bizarro World

I am a fifth-generation native Floridian, so I'm used to living in a gorgeous state where people trash the joint and treat it like a rented car.

In Florida, we use sinkholes as God's natural graves for old cars and dead refrigerators. A sand dune always looks better with a high-rise condominium on it. Let's go ahead and frack the aquifer because, you know, you can always go out and buy a new fresh-water aquifer.

The perfect metaphor for Florida is Walt Disney World, which paved over a natural swamp and wetland to build an amusement park and a fake version of an African savanna.

"Don't Save It, Pave It," should be the motto of my beloved, crazy, self-hating state.

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/entertainment/columnists/hinson/2014/07/11/native-floridian-vermont-visit-bizarro-world/12537859/

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For a native Floridian, Vermont is a visit to Bizarro World (Original Post) SecularMotion Jul 2014 OP

Good read tech3149 Jul 2014 #1

Vermont doesn't have any ethnicity but White yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #2

You're not wrong flamingdem Jul 2014 #3

Thanks. I enjoyed the info. glinda Jul 2014 #4

tech3149

(4,452 posts)

1. Good read

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2014, 04:37 PM

Jul 2014

More people like him in Fla may turn the state sane.

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)

2. Vermont doesn't have any ethnicity but White

Reply to tech3149 (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 11, 2014, 05:24 PM

Jul 2014

I would miss the different cultures. I visited there once from Maryland and found the place incredibly boring.

flamingdem

(39,942 posts)

3. You're not wrong

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 17, 2014, 07:54 PM

Jul 2014

and it can get boring. But it's beautiful and relatively unspoiled, so it's a trade off.

glinda

(14,807 posts)

4. Thanks. I enjoyed the info.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 11:29 AM

Jul 2014

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