Uh, what kind of FREEPER responds to a post addressing this one:
"Yeah, but aside from a few crackers in North Florida, EVERYBODY IN FLORIDA IS EITHER A TRANSPLANT OR A CHILD OF A TRANSPLANT! There hasn't been a "southern accent" in Dade, Broward or Palm Beach counties since, like, EVER!"
And claims that's all about SOUTH Florida? The point was that there were people in Florida well before any Virginians decided the place was worth visiting if only it were drained, and certainly well before any damnYankee determined it'd be livable with a deli and better air conditioning.
And FYI, oh great judge of what is Southern, check out http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/maps/1800/photos/geog25.jpg. South Florida used to have all of three counties, and Alachua was one of them. Anything south of Okeechobee is South Florida to a native, my dear Massabuttinski, even though we have a special place in our hearts for the hell that is Miami, and you damnYankee types consider Miami all there is in Florida worth bothering with.
