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26 Things You Know to be True if You Were Raised in Florida

"The Sunshine State"

Courtney Saunders
Oct 10, 2016
Quincy, Florida
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26 Things You Know to be True if You Were Raised in Florida
  1. If you touch the metal part of the seatbelt in the middle of summer, you will pretty acquire third-degree burns
  2. You are either a gator or a Seminole. (Or a bandwagoner)
  3. Snow days may not exist…but hurricane days do
  4. Publix subs are better than a Subway sub any day
  5. Wondering how your hair grows exponentially in size when you step out the door because humidity is a lovely thing
  6. You know Publix like the back of your hand… have you ever just gone into a Publix that’s not “your Publix” so you just stand there scared and confused
  7. Anything below 70 = cold
  8. Sandals are a winter, spring, summer, and fall wardrobe staple
  9. When it’s hot out and you leave your phone in the sun, your phone overheats
  10. There are 5 seasons: Hurricane season, football season, love bug season, snowbird season, and summer
  11. Aloe has been there for you when no one else was after a day at the beach
  12. Florida is the only state where you need to go North to go South (North, Central, and South Florida are not the same)
  13. Always wanting a basement
  14. Best middle school field trips! NASA, theme parks….
  15. You love A.C. more than life itself
  16. You’re not easily impressed by just any beach
  17. It’s not the closest parking spot you’d fight for, it’s the shadiest one
  18. At some point, you’ve probably gone up north and asked for sweet tea and ended up disappointed
  19. Gator “tastes like chicken” – every self-proclaimed food critic in Florida
  20. It’s bizarre that some states don’t have lizards everywhere
  21. The weather can go from sunny to torrential downpour to hurricane to sunny in the span of 10 minutes
  22. Touching the steering wheel after your car has been sitting in the sun is agony
  23. The beach Is fair-game any time of year
  24. Most of the weird and unusual crimes happen in Florida
  25. Sunrises and sunsets never get old
  26. You wouldn’t want to live anywhere else!
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