Non-American Posters: What is your "Florida"?

[Push R Truth]

In America whenever there is a story that makes you question "How can this even happen here? OR Why are people so screwed up?", there's about a 50% chance the story is coming out of Florida. _{#NOT-INTENDED-TO-BE-FACTUAL}


So, I ask the non-American posters here, do your mother countries have similar areas that just seem to be a hotbed of "Strange and Terrible" things?


Or does everybody around the world look to Florida as a source of strange and terrible news every morning before they go to work?

[Zombie Mod]

nope, florida doesnt cause 50% of weird/strange news that comes out of the usa.

[CM Parish]

It's New York.

[Deleted]

Cardiff. You know, the only place in Wales.

[Jiren]

Feb 12, 2013 10:53:33 GMT -5 Zombie Mod said:

nope, florida doesnt cause 50% of weird/strange news that comes out of the usa.

True

As for England we don't really have one specific place for crime as the whole plce is a shithole

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

in Ontario it's Scarborough. huge gang problems there.

[Banecat]

What about us Florida posters? Australia is who seems to post the most WTF news stories usually.

[triplethreatmark]

Everybody knows that some of the most depraved things that happen in human society only occur in two locations: Germany and Florida. Hell, there was even a Loveline game about it years ago.

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

Marseilles isn't very strange, but it has a history of violence and even these days, we frequently hear stories of gang crimes and stuff like that.

And then there's Corsica, where people learn to keep to themselves and stick to their own. There are also frequent problems with mafias and separatist groups.

As far as weird goes, Paris can be very strange at times, especially if you wander around the less well-known parts of the City. There's definitely still an aura of the Cour Des Miracles in some places, what with the catacombs full of skeletons among many things.

[The OP]

I'd say Michigan is a lot weirder than Florida. And I've lived in both states.

[Lila]

Feb 12, 2013 11:16:29 GMT -5 Banecat said:

What about us Florida posters? Australia is who seems to post the most WTF news stories usually.

As a Floridian, s*** always seems to happen around the Orlando/Orange County area. Nothing barely happens in this town.

[Push R Truth]

Feb 12, 2013 11:27:27 GMT -5 Lila said:

Feb 12, 2013 11:16:29 GMT -5 Banecat said:

What about us Florida posters? Australia is who seems to post the most WTF news stories usually.

As a Floridian, s*** always seems to happen around the Orlando/Orange County area. Nothing barely happens in this town.

So Florida has it's own Florida...


*head assplodes*

[Lila]

Feb 12, 2013 11:33:51 GMT -5 Push R Truth said:

Feb 12, 2013 11:27:27 GMT -5 Lila said:

As a Floridian, s*** always seems to happen around the Orlando/Orange County area. Nothing barely happens in this town.

So Florida has it's own Florida...


*head assplodes*

;D Seriously, I live about an hour east of Orlando and none of the horrible stuff that happens there happens over here.

[Vanilla Gorilla]

www.twitter.com/_floridaman

[Push R Truth]

Feb 12, 2013 11:56:37 GMT -5 Vanilla Gorilla said:

www.twitter.com/_floridaman

Florida Man With Sex Toy In His Rectum Arrested For Rear-Ending Another Vehicle, DUI

LOL

[The Sam]

Feb 12, 2013 11:16:29 GMT -5 Banecat said:

What about us Florida posters? Australia is who seems to post the most WTF news stories usually.

Our Florida is Darwin, if their newspaper is anything to go by.

[Wolf Hurricane]

Feb 12, 2013 11:24:39 GMT -5 The OP said:

I'd say Michigan is a lot weirder than Florida. And I've lived in both states.

As a Michigander, I don't know if I agree. For the most part, my state is pretty dull; the weather is about the craziest thing here.

[darbus alan]

I think I've seen more crazy shit coming out of Arizona than Florida lately. They're both really similar when you think about it. They're both extremely hot and have a ton of old people from other states. Just one's a swamp and the other's a desert.

[Deleted]

I live in Florida and I agree with the poster that said a lot of the weird crap is happening in the middle of the state. I'm 90 minutes north of Miami on the coast in a rather safe and tame area but we got some odd pockets that you really see some weird stuff and people, particularly the drifters that look like they've been out in the sun for the past 30 years straight. The weird news though is all inland. The transplant areas seem to just attract awful drivers and harmless old timers.

[The OP]

Feb 12, 2013 12:13:57 GMT -5 Wolf Hurricane said:

Feb 12, 2013 11:24:39 GMT -5 The OP said:

I'd say Michigan is a lot weirder than Florida. And I've lived in both states.

As a Michigander, I don't know if I agree. For the most part, my state is pretty dull; the weather is about the craziest thing here.

Where in Michigan do you live? I have met more crazy people in Michigan than anywhere else, by far. And I don't mean crazy like "wild and crazy guy" I mean like, creepy.