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
I know it as well as I care to. If anything it has only become worse. When I was there it wasn’t as full of gangs, etc. No way I would live there now any more than I would live in Chicago. There are places in TN that I wish weren’t, such as Memphis, but I would not live there either.
I admitted that I have never spent any time in North Florida and admitted that it might be a nice place to live but never will I again live even close to Miami or any other Northern stronghold. As far as the North goes, I have never been any further North than Ohio and don’t intend to.
Yes, I was extensively bullied about my accent. They made sure I knew it was the cause of my antagonism. My younger years in South Florida around so many Northern transplants made me determined never to live there again, even after 44 years. If it has changed, it has only been for the worse. I’ll stay in my slow talking, polite friendly South. Even though it has changed some over the years, most of us still have manners.