Sometimes it seems like everyone wants to put Florida down, but we just roll our eyes. You see, we know quite a few things that they don’t about our state, and we know how much they’d miss us if we really were gone.

  1. Some of the best beaches in the world would be gone forever.

Flickr/Robert S. Donovan What a shame.

  1. Where will the old people go to stay young?

Flickr/Don Johnson 395 And so patriotic?

  1. O.J. prices would skyrocket.

Flickr/Mike You might not realize how much of this we’re really responsible for until it’s too late.

  1. Say goodbye to the best Cuban sandwiches out there.

Lara Cerri via Flickr/VISIT FLORIDA Editor Seriously. Without us, you might have to go to Cuba or something.

  1. No more gorgeous, crystal-clear springs.

Julie Fletcher via Flickr/VISIT FLORIDA Editor That’s right, kid. They would all be gone.

  1. All of the crazy animals we’ve been containing for you would be released on the rest of the country.

Flickr/DODO DODO We’ve really been taking one for the team all these years.

  1. The world’s best Key lime pie would be replaced by a jiggly, bright-green nightmare.

Flickr/dannebrog Are you in tears yet?

  1. The world would be a little sadder without the happiest place on Earth.

Flickr/Joe Penniston Yeah, there’s Disneyland, but ours is better.

  1. Some irreplaceable wildlife would be gone forever.

Flickr/Kim Seng Not everyone gets the beauty of our humid, swampy home, but it has wonder you won’t find anywhere else.

  1. The beautiful and wacky Florida Keys could never be replaced.

Flickr/Evangello Gonzalez

What are your favorite things about our wacky and wonderful state? Please share them with us!

Flickr/Robert S. Donovan

What a shame.

Flickr/Don Johnson 395

And so patriotic?

Flickr/Mike

You might not realize how much of this we’re really responsible for until it’s too late.

Lara Cerri via Flickr/VISIT FLORIDA Editor

Seriously. Without us, you might have to go to Cuba or something.

Julie Fletcher via Flickr/VISIT FLORIDA Editor

That’s right, kid. They would all be gone.

Flickr/DODO DODO

We’ve really been taking one for the team all these years.

Flickr/dannebrog

Are you in tears yet?

Flickr/Joe Penniston

Yeah, there’s Disneyland, but ours is better.

Flickr/Kim Seng

Not everyone gets the beauty of our humid, swampy home, but it has wonder you won’t find anywhere else.

Flickr/Evangello Gonzalez

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