Florida, from top to bottom, is worlds apart
BY LIZ DOUP
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 12, 2008
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It's a civil war, Florida style.
Last week, North Lauderdale commissioners suggested dividing our sunny state into two parts: North and South.
Their complaint is with the Legislature. Too stingy with the South, they claim.
We don't bother ourselves with boring budgets. But we do know that North and South Florida are like two adopted kids. They've got different cultural DNA.
Two states? Heck, they could be two countries.
Consider ...
The North: Home to Crackers
The South: Home to (real, live) nuts
The North: Once known for really good tobacco
The South: Still known for really good weed
The North: Famous for controversial lyrics in Old Folks at Home
The South: Famous for controversial antics of old folks in condos
The North: Seminoles football team
The South: Real Indians
The North: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The South: Marjory Stoneman Douglas
The North: A bona-fide plantation — Kingsley
The South: A bona-fide city — Plantation
The North: Clogging!
The South: Salsa!
The North: Home to Allis-Chalmers (mighty fine tractors)
The South: Home to Aston Martins (mighty fine cars)
The North: I-10 death trap
The South: I-95 death trap
The North: Fashion statement — blue jeans
The South: Fashion statement — bling! bling!
The North: Speaks pure Southern
The South: Speaks Spanglish and Brooklynese
The North: Feasts on beer and barbecue
The South: Feasts on mojitos and pollo en mole
The North: Known for horse
country
The South: Known for horse hockey
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