If you grew up in Florida, you’re probably used to tourists, snowbirds, and plenty of transplants. Most of the time, we get along fine with folks who moved to our state, but some of them can have a few annoying habits. If you’re a native Floridian, we hope you get a chuckle from this list. If you’re a transplant and you wonder why your neighbors don’t invite you to their cookouts and pool parties, this list might help you blend in a little better:
- They wear T-shirts and shorts in the winter.
Flickr/Jeremy Keith And they probably make fun of you for getting cold as soon as the temperature drops below 60.
- They have an accent, or even use words completely wrong.
Flickr/Rex Sorgatz I don’t care where you’re from. In Florida, this is not “pop.”
- They’ve never been through a hurricane.
Flickr/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center So they still freak out every time one is in the forecast.
- They don’t understand your love of Publix.
Flickr/Rusty Clark Sometimes they even yearn for a “Kroger” or “Wegmans,” whatever those are.
- They freak out about every rain shower.
Flickr/Jed Scattergood Most Floridians don’t even bother with an umbrella most of the time.
- They think native Floridians are “strange” or “weird.”
Flickr/Richard Elzey …where did they get that idea?
- They still do touristy things all the time.
Flickr/Travis Seitler They haven’t scratched the surface of the “real Florida.”
- They won’t go on any outdoor trips with you because they’re afraid of gators.
Flickr/Trish Hartmann It’s true, there are gators everywhere, but most of them do not want to attack people. Be cautious, and you can still enjoy Florida’s great outdoors.
- They freak out about palmetto bugs…
Flickr/Cyndy Sims Parr
- …and mosquitoes…
Flickr/Sanofi Pasteur
- …and love bugs.
Flickr/Todd Lappin For native Floridians, these are all just a normal part of life.
- They put on sunscreen every time they go outside, even for five minutes…
Flickr/Peter Dutton
- …and somehow they still end up looking like this.
Flickr/Kevin O’Mara
- They don’t know how to drive in a storm.
Flickr/Joseph De Palma Native Floridians have driven through heavy rains and random storms their whole lives.
- They’re always talking about what they have or how they do things “up north” or “back home.”
Flickr/Peter Which makes us want to do this. We don’t want to hear about how great your seafood is, either, by the way.
- They feel the need to brag about how beautiful mountains are all the time.
Flickr/Michael Pollak We’re perfectly happy always being a short drive from the beach, thank you very much.
- They always get a little sad about not having any snow during the holidays.
Flickr/Gregory Tran We don’t need snow to go all out for the holidays.
- They can’t take the heat.
Flickr/rickpilot_2000 Don’t feel bad. We wouldn’t know what to do during a winter that was actually cold.
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Flickr/Jeremy Keith
And they probably make fun of you for getting cold as soon as the temperature drops below 60.
Flickr/Rex Sorgatz
I don’t care where you’re from. In Florida, this is not “pop.”
Flickr/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
So they still freak out every time one is in the forecast.
Flickr/Rusty Clark
Sometimes they even yearn for a “Kroger” or “Wegmans,” whatever those are.
Flickr/Jed Scattergood
Most Floridians don’t even bother with an umbrella most of the time.
Flickr/Richard Elzey
…where did they get that idea?
Flickr/Travis Seitler
They haven’t scratched the surface of the “real Florida.”
Flickr/Trish Hartmann
It’s true, there are gators everywhere, but most of them do not want to attack people. Be cautious, and you can still enjoy Florida’s great outdoors.
Flickr/Cyndy Sims Parr
Flickr/Sanofi Pasteur
Flickr/Todd Lappin
For native Floridians, these are all just a normal part of life.
Flickr/Peter Dutton
Flickr/Kevin O’Mara
Flickr/Joseph De Palma
Native Floridians have driven through heavy rains and random storms their whole lives.
Flickr/Peter
Which makes us want to do this. We don’t want to hear about how great your seafood is, either, by the way.
Flickr/Michael Pollak
We’re perfectly happy always being a short drive from the beach, thank you very much.
Flickr/Gregory Tran
We don’t need snow to go all out for the holidays.
Flickr/rickpilot_2000
Don’t feel bad. We wouldn’t know what to do during a winter that was actually cold.
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