Is living in Florida a tropical experience?

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northmiamibeach1975

If, by tropical you mean nasty and humid, then yes.

brillantnut

Oh yes. It's hot and humid. Lush and green. Plenty of sunshine and sometimes lots of rain. Mosquito's that come in swarms and snakes as long as cars. Not to mention the alligators. I enjoy the long summers though.

Heatmizer

Miami and the Florida keys are... the rest of Florida is sub-tropical.

Ren

I grew up in the middle of the everglades. I swam in a rock pit that had alligators and snakes. As a child I never really was afraid as long as I could see the gators or snakes across the rock pit. The swamps or woods as we called them were my playground and imaginary world or anywhere I wanted to be. I crawled up guava trees to pluck ripe sweet fruit to eat or grabbed a grapefruit or orange. I walked the railroad tracks to learn to balance. I hunted with my Father when I was so small he had to tie snake leggings to my legs and off we'd walk back in the glades and hunt. The real hunting like stalking, looking for tracks or rutting places. I have seen ghost orchids and just admired them as an unusual flower. I have canoed with my Dad down Turner River to fish and was scared to death when I heard an airboat go by (they are very loud). I was with my Dad hunting when we came upon a native American Seminole cutting palm fronds for his chickee (their house). As usual I was barefoot running around finding something to play with, when all of a sudden I was swooped off the ground by the bigger than life INDIAN!!! I watched TV and saw them as the bad guys that scalped white people. Even though these people where friends of my Father. I screamed and he apologized to my Dad but I almost stepped on the fangs of a skeleton of a rattle snake. He explained I would not have died but there was still enough venom to make me very ill. Still scared me half to death! To answer your question yes. If you are in the true everglades it is a very tropical experience. But please let me warn you, get a guide. I was told as a child at green corn dance when the Seminole judge their people the death penalty is carried out by taking the offender back in to the swamp without knife or gun and leaving them. If they manage to make it back to the village all is forgotten but not many ever make it back alive.

Brian

If you're in a desirable beach community, then **** yeah!

But, if you're inland, away from beaches, then it's very boring and average.

Chablis F

miami is the best...i adore that place!!!!!

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Yes, I lived near Orlando for a year and liked it very much. Love the thunderstorms in the summer and the warm humid nights. Great excuse to run around naked, lol.

55yrsnholdin

Technically it's semi-tropical. Visiting in Florida is more of a kick than living there. Unless you are independently wealthy, you still have to work and pay bills. Cost of housing is high considering pay scales are average. Humidity stays high most of the year. Traffic sucks. If you like sand and bugs then it is a paradise. I lived there for 30 years. It's way over rated.

sethsdadiam

From Orlando/Tampa south, probably. Otherwise, no.

Frank F

Depends what you mean by that. Florida is in the Tropics; you do not need winter clothes--if that is what you mean.

Frank F.

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