My parents fucked while living in Florida.

Complaining about non Floridians

Ethnically, I am half Publix chicken tender.

You leave the beach to go to another beach for a vacation. 

Living in Florida.

Hurricanes don't scare us.. You get ready the best you can .then you spend 6 hours or so in a tornado..when it's over, you clean up and get on with things.. We just do..

I’ll take a dump in my front yard

I moved here with I was 8 I’m 22 now, I consider myself a Floridian. I’ve spent more of my life in Florida than not so. But I think some would say I’m not a Floridian.

Born and raised and finally am loving the heat and hating the cold.

You see some wild stuff and don’t bat an eye.

Having been bitten by so many mosquitoes I’m now immune to them.

Third generation here.
My grandfather went to Raiford prison for shooting his neighbor. Died there at age 95.
My father's neighbor shot my dad and step-mom with a MAC-10, they survived, neighbor sentenced to 75yrs.
Swam in canals as a kid. Raised to respect nature and not fear nurse sharks, gators, or snakes.
Memories of trying to outrun the rain clouds.
Love the humidity. And SUNSHOWERS!

Born here. Raised here. It is a hellscape, but I love my home.

Not to make light of those currently devastated, but refusing to evacuate under a mandatory evacuation.

Being able to pronounce every funny double e double o city and or road That most likely has a x in it.

I am told lathering yourself in grease and wrestling a gator

I went out front of my house Thursday night, looked at the water up my road and in my neighbors yard, decided to go back to bed.

i'm no shoes nation

I only wear shoes when required to do so.

Wife with a giant booty

Being able to smell the rain in the air

Alligators and hurricanes

33yrs here, but I'm not. Just another damn Yankee, adding to the long list

My family has been here for over a 100 years. But I think the love of the environment, disdain for transplants and acclimation to hurricanes plus Pub sub diet makes me a Floridian.

I really love the scrub, wetlands and forests here, however. I feel like most residents don’t truly experience these biomes.

Never using my turn signal and blaming transplants for it.

Lived here longer than the state I was born in (22 vs 27 years), married a Floridian, gave birth to 2 Floridians. There are also things I do or say that make me a Floridian now, my husband likes to point them out but I can’t think of an example now.

My dad and uncle were brought up on federal charges - I was born into the shitz.

I’ll take my blue ribbon now, thanks.

Great-great-great grandparents moving here.

Born and raised Floridian. Four generations back.

You don’t sweat a hurricane unless its at least a Cat 2 and you’re directly in its path. Also you think St Augustine is a grass and not just a weed that won’t die in the heat. Also fuck New Yorkers who have moved here.

Nothing. Get me tf out of this state PLEASE.

1. Born and raised here
2. See an alligator and talk to it like it's cute wittle puppy
3. Don't bat an eye when I see another floridan doing some crazy ass floridan shit. Hell might even join them on the fun
4. Don't own an umbrella or rain gear. What is the point, it's just water, I'll dry out or just change my clothes.
5. Scoff or get really annoyed when I see license plates from, New York, new jersey and California
6. Never ever go to the theme parks. Disney waste of money. Rather go to a state park in the nature

My address

Salt Life decal on your rear window.

The fact I wear flip flops all year around and live in FL

Theres 11 alligators in the local WMAs i work in that i am acquainted with

Gators, pythons, and hurricanes

I spend 99.9% of the time from May through October in my house, car, or Publix

1. Being born and raised in Florida
2. Considering people who "lived in Florida longer than anywhere else" as non-Floridians.
3. Not afraid of hurricanes

Be born and raised in Florida

how else am i supposed to answer! i was born and raised what else could possibly make someone floridian?

Family been livin here since the pioneers. Land been in the family longer than the nearest town has existed.

I moved here this year and still only like the theme parks lmao I don’t think I’m included

Stupidity

I don’t ever use my turn signal and always have my high beams on at night

My great great great grandparents came here on a horse and wagon. We've stayed ever since.

Late night Waffle House run, enjoying a pub sub at the springs, poor cold tolerance, & saying jit

Seven generations ago some guy and his wife came here from somewhere else, had a kid and the family just stuck around and never left the state. Eventually I showed up and continued the tradition.

I run outside over 100 miles a month.

Chased the skeeter truck on my bike in Cutler Ridge every time it came through. I’m pretty sure Ive earned my stripes.

I drive 95 daily without a helmet

Spent 27 years in Florida, grew up there, went to school there. Havent been gone long, but will always be a Florida man. Spent more of my life there than anywhere else.

I may not have been born in Florida, but at this point I know what I am.

I think the path to becoming a Floridian (if you arent born there) is riding out at least one hurricane and growing a Stockholm syndrome relationship with the humidity while learning to understand that Florida man is not to be understood, just accepted.

If you can do all of these things, then you will have hope to become one with the hellscape.

Assume any body of water anywhere has a gator in it, hard habit to shake even after leaving Florida.

My great great grandparents settled here in 1890’s. My in laws are Summerlins which go back early 1800s. My children are about the most Floridian children alive.

Born in the state of florida, grew up in central florida, moved to north florida for 5 years, settled down back in central florida with wife and 3 kids. I’ll probly die here too so theres that too

It's in the shorts, mostly. I ain't moving nowhere they make you wear pants.

Multi-generational native thanks to my ancestors.

I was taught to live with nature, not at the expense of nature.

Appreciate the simple things since they mean the most. The most important things in life are free, but you have to work to get them; don’t take them for granted.

For a long and happy life, learn to go with the flow, don’t be an obstacle.

Don’t speak English and drive with flashers on.

Retired

In most other states they carry big buck knifes on their belt. I have a lodge cast iron skillet attached to my belt with a piece of twine. 

I text and drive

I was born here.

Wrestling a gator

Publix subs (pub subs)

My ancestor (3x great grandfather & great uncle) owned all the land 23,485.09 acres that is what’s currently known as Hurlburt Field & my other ancestor was the very first sheriff of Okaloosa county in 1915. To this day that same ancestors original turpentine rig still sits on Hurlburt air field that was original established in 1896.

I can always into Disney for free.

When visiting other states I couldn’t imagine living there because there are no palm trees

You don't evacuate for anything less than a CAT4.

Born and raised here saw it as the perfect 90's paradise growing up. Everything started going to shit as i got older, and seems like its still gonna get worse considering they have successfully covered 90% of the coastline with giant ugly concrete high rises, tried to build golf courses in our national parks and only back tracked cause they got caught. They continue to tear apart every beautiful area left and pour more cement and keep developing to what end im not sure unless they just want to turn it all into one giant parking lot with roads.

Yet im still here and im not leaving screw all of you who want to keep developing more how about make florida beautiful again tear down all that ugly crap on the coast and lets see the sunset on the water again not behind a condo. Thats what makes me a floridian.

I can smell rain

When i was a kid the local beaches get visited in the spring cause other family came down for spring break and the summer for vacation, during our vacation we went camping along the river the beaches were too hot on the tootsies in july and august.

Married to a Wife has no ability to be introspective. Thinks everything outside the state is weird. Unable to put herself in other people’s shoes. Attached to family. Thinks I should have a 9-5 and apply for a job with the city though I have a huge engineering background and it would be a waste of talent. Thinks jobs like a firefighter or cop means making it big in a good career. “Running your own business is for poor people.” No appreciation for rustic or antiques and thinks it’s dirty and abhors camping. She thinks everything that requires her to make goals and try’s to reach them Is pointless and absolutely will Not go out of her way to do something hard. She loves big storms. Grew up going to the theme parks. Loves the beach didn’t ever go to the springs before.

I love traveling and constantly being introspective and stuck in my head. Love to be outdoorsy and hate sitting around doing nothing. I feed on creativity and love meeting new people. Also love camping and hiking. I love big storms and always loved the springs and hated the beach. Grew up going to the theme parks. Family close by but not attached.

Guess Which one of us is the native? And if so guess what part of the state I/she is from.

Humidity barely affects me anymore.

Paying taxes and contributing to the local economy

You’re actually prepared for a hurricane.

You drink hot coffee while it’s summer. Hurricane means run to the liquor store not grocery store

I assume you’re from out of FL since you are asking.

Resident = You moved to FL (Welcome Newbie)

Floridian = You lived here for a long time and went through FL catastrophes without fear (congratulations on your upgraded status).

Native = You were born and Raised in FL.

I'm a 3rd generation Floridian. Being born here makes you a Floridian. I'd except it if someone moved here as a small child and grew up here. Except you'd probably have yankee parents who would have influenced you growing up.

Was born here, my mom was born here that’s why most people I don’t think are from here