Florida - A Great Getaway Or Trashy?

[Gvac]

Vacation time is rapidly approaching and I only have 3 requirements:

1) Warm weather

2) Beautiful beaches

3) Scantily clad women

Is Florida a viable option or is that too white trash? Should I look to the Caribbean or a more exotic locale?

Thanks for your input.

[Kris10]

I just envisioned Gvac on the beach with.....

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j91/julesyb1982/The-Golden-Girls.jpg

[underdog]

Where in Florida are you going?

If its Miami, then go for it. Otherwise, you might as well go to Alabama.

Plus, flying to the Caribbean has become pretty cheap. Go there.

[Furtherman]

I've been on the Gulf Coast, in and around Naples, and it was not trashy at all. In fact, it was a little too nice for my taste, BUT... there were good restaurants, some nice bars and beautiful beaches.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

I can rant, but in short

85% of Florida Sucks Balls

the locals are either implants from NYC , Seniors, Immigrants or Trailer Trash


You have Disney, the Keys (Key West Key Largo), Miami (South Beach, and Southerm Florida(Ft Lauderdale, West Palm Beach) isn't so bad, if you can get past the Cubans

The best people living in Florida are from Clearwater Beach and Tampa, they are most human of that Savage State

I only go to Florida for Disney, get on a cruise, or to visit my Gwandpa


Leave th Country if you want to "get away"

[Dingbat_Charlie]

A friend of mine is from Florida. Her theory is that crazy people tend to travel until they run into a barrier - either water or a border or something. Which is why Florida, Texas and California are full of crazy people.

[Brad_Rush]

A friend of mine is from Florida. Her theory is that crazy people tend to travel until they run into a barrier - either water or a border or something. Which is why Florida, Texas and California are full of crazy people.

So would that make Utah one of the most normal states in the US?

[TheGameHHH]

I would fly into Ft. Lauderdale, spend a day or two down here (obviously call me and hang out) then hop onto a cruise and head to the carribean.

[Ogre]

Lived in central part of the state. Orlando = Disney and rude tourists. Atlantic Coast north of Boca = Dirty.. Gulf Coast from St Pete and points south = Nicer the further south you go. Key West = Awesome time and I dont even take it in the ass. (nor do I handy, rimjob or tea bag). Stayed at the Pier House Resort at the end of Duval St. Had a great time and I am sober. If I was still a drinkin' I think it would have been a wild wild time. Key West you do not need a car, but by all means find a Hotel that is beachfront (there are not that many). The one thing was the prices of eating out were astronomical. Did the Bahamas thing and it just seemed like I was always on guard from the vendors and hustlers. Besides, I like staying in the country these days..just much less hassle.

How about Scenic Pinellas Park Fla ? I hear famous people are from there.

[TeeBone]

I'm a proud Florida native, but sadly most of our state is either too liberal, too influenced by the NorthEast occupation, a little more country than rock-n-roll or simply too black or too white-trashy. Its entirely swamp and concrete and I love it for all the craziness. It truly is an odd place and particularly the greater Miami area. Its like nowhere else in the country. What it lacks in confomity it more than makes up for in sleesey, Latin-inspired distugustingness as well as an overcrowding problem. Now the Tampa Bay, area I truly love. It has everything I need (except for a music scene). I've posted it before, but Tampa Bay is home to my absolute favorite place I have ever been to. I've worked hard to save money for travel and have been all over the world, but Ft. Desoto is my absolute favorite place in the world - and I mean that sincerely. It has been voted America's top beach most recently in 2005 and 2008. There is a reason; it is a State Park which means no houses and no hotels. It has the best fishing in Florida and again North Beach makes Fort Desoto the absolute best place I spend my time. I go almost every weekend. Tampa (the city and not the bay) still has a decade or so before it turns into every other city in Florida with the notable exception of Jacksonville. I'm proud to call Jacksonville my birthplace. It smells like a paper-mill and was routinely in the top 5 for Murders. Unlike most Florida cities that progressed significantly in the late 70s-80, Jacksonville has retained its blundering, rusty and drunken image and is nothing more than a large town full of rednecks, derelicts, black street thugs ('West-side, Best-side') and Naval personnel.
So YES, its trashy but what I personally love is that the place vistors should 'get-away' to is unaccessible for hotels.

SO Enjoy DisneyWorld, FUCKERS!!!!!
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:VNKjpNABemhcHM:http://z.about.com/d/travelwithkids/1/0/w/D/fort_desoto_beach.jpg

Seriously though, if you get a chance, visit Ft. Desoto.
Just don't stay too long.

[TheMojoPin]

Vacation time is rapidly approaching and I only have 3 requirements:

1) Warm weather

2) Beautiful beaches

3) Scantily clad women

Any hetero justification is negated by you being in a state shaped like a gigantic, flaccid wang.

[drusilla]

loews miami beach greatest hotel ever ever ever

[Bossanova]

Well didn't Fandick live there?

[TeeBone]

Any hetero justification is negated by you being in a state shaped like a gigantic, flaccid wang.


Its an old joke, but you left out the part about the Keys looking like piss, trickling toward Cuba.

[BlackKen]

There are alot of fine women down there, but i also seen a ton of filthy people

[WhistlePig]

Avoid Daytona Beach--that's the white trash capitol of Florida. I agree with others who said Tampa and Clearwater Beach are cool. Plus that's where Ron used to have his club, Luthy.

[TheMojoPin]

Its an old joke, but you left out the part about the Keys looking like piss, trickling toward Cuba.

It's only old the day Florida stops looking like a dick.

[Brad_Rush]

Avoid Daytona Beach--that's the white trash capitol of Florida. I agree with others who said Tampa and Clearwater Beach are cool. Plus that's where Ron used to have his club, Luthy.

Spent months down there over the past two years installing transit software for Volusia County... the downtown area of is kind of nice but there are definately more crappy areas than not.

[Marc with a c]

why don't you go to hell you crapbag

[Gvac]

why don't you go to hell you crapbag

That's not very Christian like.

[Marc with a c]

step off

[TeeBone]

It's only old the day Florida stops looking like a dick.

Good One.

[smiler grogan]

spent 5 days in the keys this past dec. it was enjoyable not earthshattering amazing but nice.
some great local food places thats for sure.

[Mike Teacher]

Borm in Miami here. I think the city is a teeeensy bit different then 1963.

Anyway as everyone else is saying, there are several Florida's, it's one state but there are regions that have little or nothing to do with each other

Your I-95 cities, these cities are most familiar to us coz its where we all end up, many dont stray far from here, so its familiar. Gulf coast is diff from atlantic, panhandle's diff from the res, and you just don;t even want to know about the interior part.

It really is a brutal unkind state, the weathers wonderful if you like constant oppresive heat and daily rain and no seasons.

Something like 1,000 families move to the state daily. Insane.

=

Wordy Wordyton with a wordy sidebar: When NASA had the space program going and they decided to build and launch the Apollo rockets from Florida as before, every sane person said, 'Hey! Great Idea! You want to build the heaviest buildings and flying machines ever known, so you picked a site where there's no solid land, and the weather is as unpredicatble as it is nasty. Great choice! You might as well put the control center a thousand miles away in another oppressive shithole, called Houston.'

[thepaulo]

give me.....
1) Cold Weather

2) Lots of rocks

3) Lumberjacks

[PapaBear]

It's a nice place to visit, as long as it's a beach area. I've lived there a couple of times for 4 months and a year, and HATED it. The summer is unbearable, it's too fucking flat, it's rednecks are worse than the rednecks where I live, old people can't drive for shit, and people are too conservative. I lived in Ft. Lauderdale, and Pensacola. I can't even imagine how awful it must be to live in a part of the state with no ocean or gulf.

[TheMojoPin]

To me, excessive heat and humidity is the most hellacious type of weather, which makes Florida like hell on Earth.

[A.J.]

Vacation time is rapidly approaching and I only have 3 requirements:

1) Warm weather

2) Beautiful beaches

3) Scantily clad women

Is Florida a viable option or is that too white trash? Should I look to the Caribbean or a more exotic locale?

Thanks for your input.

Try St. Maarten.

To me, excessive heat and humidity is the most hellacious type of weather, which makes Florida like hell on Earth.

Now I see why you left DC. Didn't care for the summers here, huh?

[TheMojoPin]

Try St. Maarten.



Now I see why you left DC. Didn't care for the summers here, huh?

It's not like I necessarily made a better tradeoff. Sure, I get the awesome Chicago winter, but it's cruelly hot and miserable here from the middle of July into the first few weeks of September.

Growing up and living year-round in hellishly hot places like Panama or Thailand, the heat didn't bother me because there were no seasons and my body just got used to it, so there's a good chance the same thing would happen if I lived in Florida all year.

[IamFogHat]

Florida blows.
Go to the Outer Banks, North Carolina. It's amazing, but will soon be too built up and cluttered by assholes who have been discovering it recently.

[grlNIN]

Dry heat doesn't really bother me, i can adjust and when i say adjust i mean lay out in the sun and ignore everything around me.

Humidity though is probably the worst thing in life. Summers in Jersey aren't terrible but i also live by the shore so i get the advantage of breezes. When it's humid i want to kill myself.

[underdog]

Try St. Maarten.

Oh my god. I can't second this suggestion enough.

You want hot women?

We were at Mullet Bay and a group of eight drop dead gorgeous Brazilian girls started playing soccer on the beach. In g-strings. Topless. I don't think any of them were older than 22. I'll never forget this for the rest of my life.

And there were girls who looked like them at every single beach on the island. Just none of them playing soccer (although there was one throwing a Frisbee).

[Furtherman]

We were at Mullet Bay and a group of eight drop dead gorgeous Brazilian girls started playing soccer on the beach. In g-strings. Topless. I don't think any of them were older than 22. I'll never forget this for the rest of my life.

Did you have a camera?

DID YOU?!

[underdog]

Did you have a camera?

DID YOU?!

Nope. I just stayed out in the water and watched. I even caught my wife checking it all out.

[A.J.]

Oh my god. I can't second this suggestion enough.

You want hot women?

We were at Mullet Bay and a group of eight drop dead gorgeous Brazilian girls started playing soccer on the beach. In g-strings. Topless. I don't think any of them were older than 22. I'll never forget this for the rest of my life.

And there were girls who looked like them at every single beach on the island. Just none of them playing soccer (although there was one throwing a Frisbee).

I stayed at Sunset Beach. The Sunset Beach Bar lets topless chicks drink free. I enjoyed my vacation.

[Tall_James]

To me, excessive heat and humidity is the most hellacious type of weather, which makes Florida like hell on Earth.

QFT. And of course my parents had to move down there.

[Kris10]

Florida blows.
Go to the Outer Banks, North Carolina. It's amazing, but will soon be too built up and cluttered by assholes who have been discovering it recently.

I LOVE the Outer Banks!!! Fuck, I'm happy in Wilmington, NC.

[nate1000]

How bout Sanibel?
Heading down there in 3 weeks- any suggestions?

[underdog]

I stayed at Sunset Beach. The Sunset Beach Bar lets topless chicks drink free. I enjoyed my vacation.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/72480844_4c93e8ee7a.jpg

[SouthSideJohnny]

How bout Sanibel?
Heading down there in 3 weeks- any suggestions?

Bring something to read and buy bug spray. Sanibel's nice but very quiet without alot to do. Other than sitting on the beach, the best thing to do is rent bikes and go fishing. It's known for its shells, but be careful in the water since there are tons of stingrays. Shuffle your feet in the sand as you're walking.

[Dingbat_Charlie]

How bout Sanibel?
Heading down there in 3 weeks- any suggestions?

that's where I proposed to Mrs. Dingbat Charlie!


:wub:

[SouthSideJohnny]

HHH had it best. Spend a few days in Lauderdale / Miami and then cruise to the Caribbean. If you want scantily clad women, your best bet is South Beach in Miami.

If you're not into cruises and don't want to pay to go to the Caribbean, fly into Miami or Lauderdale and stay for a few nights. Drive down to Largo or Islamorada in the keys (less than two hours) and stay at Holiday Isle for a two days. Lots of booze and great fishing, diving, or snorkeling.

Then drive down to Key West for a day or two. Somebody else had it right - stay at one of the beach hotels. They're expensive (probably not by Manhattan standards) but worth it. Most of the restaurants and bars are within walking distance. There are alot of day cruises or fishing/dive charters out of Key West or you can rent jet skis.

I will tell you, that the beaches in the keys aren't the greatest in the world, but the booze, fishing, and diving makes up for it.

If you decide on Florida, PM me if you need more info because I'll forget to check this thread.

[nate1000]

Bring something to read and buy bug spray. Sanibel's nice but very quiet without alot to do. Other than sitting on the beach, the best thing to do is rent bikes and go fishing. It's known for its shells, but be careful in the water since there are tons of stingrays. Shuffle your feet in the sand as you're walking.

Sounds perfect- going down with the wife and kids- don't need a lot to do. Thanks for the heads up on the stingrays.

[Jughead]

I stayed at Sunset Beach. The Sunset Beach Bar lets topless chicks drink free. I enjoyed my vacation.

Ive stayed at sunset beach..about 3 times..Love the oysters in Calabash!!

[ralphbxny]

I stayed at Sunset Beach. The Sunset Beach Bar lets topless chicks drink free. I enjoyed my vacation.

I AM ON MY WAY THERE NOW!!!

[TheMojoPin]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/72480844_4c93e8ee7a.jpg

That young lad is clearly too young to be in a bar.

[Freakshow]

Oh my god. I can't second this suggestion enough.

You want hot women?

We were at Mullet Bay and a group of eight drop dead gorgeous Brazilian girls started playing soccer on the beach. In g-strings. Topless. I don't think any of them were older than 22. I'll never forget this for the rest of my life.

And there were girls who looked like them at every single beach on the island. Just none of them playing soccer (although there was one throwing a Frisbee).

So... what you are saying is go to Brazil.

[Gvac]

Try St. Maarten.

Oh my god. I can't second this suggestion enough.

You want hot women?

We were at Mullet Bay and a group of eight drop dead gorgeous Brazilian girls started playing soccer on the beach. In g-strings. Topless. I don't think any of them were older than 22. I'll never forget this for the rest of my life.

And there were girls who looked like them at every single beach on the island. Just none of them playing soccer (although there was one throwing a Frisbee).

I stayed at Sunset Beach. The Sunset Beach Bar lets topless chicks drink free. I enjoyed my vacation.

St. Maarten it is!!!

Thanks boys.

[underdog]

That young lad is clearly too young to be in a bar.

Well, it is St Maarten.

[underdog]

St. Maarten it is!!!

Thanks boys.

STAY ON THE DUTCH SIDE.

The French side is pretty nice, but unless you know French, it can be tough to communicate. The Dutch side speaks English and the people seemed nicer.

[TeeBone]

How bout Sanibel?
Heading down there in 3 weeks- any suggestions?

Keep driving until Captiva-----Much more relaxed and less congested. Naturally, you will have to have a 'Mae West' at the ever-gaudy Bubble Room.