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Originally Posted by epitome
It probably has the 3rd highest gay population in Florida.
There is a fucking Dali museum. It doesn't get much more yuppie than that.
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I went to St Pete eons ago. my first part time job I saved up to take my mom on a vacation, the continent was all I could afford so we ended up there. I love Dali, have his prints all over my walls so you know I went the full tourist route with impunity.
I get what you mean in that it's not 'rube' territory, but still, holy fuck I was in shock. We went for a walk one day in search of vegetables and ended up walking by a huge trailer park, abutted on each side by a liquor store and gun shop respectively. It was like the white spacialized equivalent of a PE track and I was amazed. Poverty, booze, weapons; what could possibly go wrong?
Everything I've ever read about Fl since just reinforces that formative experience for me. No disrespect to anyone intended, honestly, but I think of Fl as the US equivalent of the crazy Russian videos on youtube - no fucks given and wash down that gunfire round down with a cold one. Except it's only funny till a teenager gets murdered walking home from the store, and no doubt others that weren't quite so newsworthy.
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Originally Posted by epitome
St. Pete is far from being the "deep south." That's why something like this made the news.
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^^^I agree with you there