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JoetheShow

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2. I lived in Pensacola for about a year. It was great.

Reply to Goonch (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 11:45 AM

Oct 5

The city itself was nice and we were close to New Orleans and Alabama. My folks came down to visit from Kansas since they had never been to Florida. They traveled down and around the Keys and back up. Their car was covered in these huge, black, mosquito like bugs. I decided then and there that I never wanted to live in the Keys no matter how great it looked on TV.

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Truth About Living in Florida No One Talks About [View all] Goonch Oct 5 OP

I visited Florida once in the mid-1960s on holiday leave from the USAF. That was enough for me even then. usaf-vet Oct 5 #1

I lived in Pensacola for about a year. It was great. JoetheShow Oct 5 #2

Those are lovebugs. carpetbagger Oct 7 #11

Thanks. This was in the mid 70's when I went to Naval school in Pensacola. JoetheShow Oct 7 #12

It's an adjustment down there to be sure. carpetbagger Oct 8 #13

I met my husband in the Florida Keys in 1974 Give Peace A Chance Oct 5 #3

It's kinda obvious to this Floridian that the narrator/creator does not know much about Florida. He paints a picture mitch96 Oct 5 #4

I had a great summer at the University of Florida in Ganesville IbogaProject Oct 5 #7

And I had a great time as a kid playing in snow drifts, ice skating and skiing. Coming home to hot chocolate was great. mitch96 Oct 6 #8

FL is a hell hole for sure -misanthroptimist Oct 5 #5

Not for me.. "tweech" is own.. BTW there did you wind up? nt mitch96 Oct 6 #9

ME? -misanthroptimist Oct 6 #10

I moved to south Florida in 1977. My parents, sister, and BIL lived there. I lasted sinkingfeeling Oct 5 #6

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