The reason that most of the “real” South doesn’t claim Florida is because it is full of snow birds from up North, Mexicans and Cubans. I grew up there from age 2 to age 13 due to severe asthma and not able to live in TN until I was older. No good meds at that time. There is nothing Southern about Florida. In fact, I was even bullied due to my Southern accent. Yes, I lived there but my Southern roots ran deep with a father from Chattanooga and a lot of time in summers in Chattanooga with my grandparents. We moved back to TN in 1968 and I never looked back. I’ve only been to Florida on vacation once in 44 years.
No way I would give up my TN mountain home for Florida!
I might add that I lived in Ft. Lauderdale in South Florida. I didn’t get very much exposure to North Florida except to travel through there to TN so I shouldn’t judge the Northern part of the state so harshly.
that’s you but even on here many do not agree with you.
I suggest you get to go to the north of FL, or central FL and you saying you were picked on way back decades ago in FL might not have something to do with your accent as there are many here right now who have accents, southern accents and they have no problem.
But like you said you’ve only bee to FL once in 44 years and yet you think you know the state