I forgot. So many people don't understand the difference. I actually grew up minutes from Miami so I was in the heart of one of the stereotypes. We used to go to the beach every day after school.
I've literally never been to Miami and when I moved away from Florida people were amazed I didn't go there all the time.
I am ten minutes from the beach, 45 minutes from the space center, and an hour from the theme parks. I actually never even went to Kennedy until a few months ago.
You guys are talking about Georgia Florida and Florida Florida, but I live in Naples and I consider Miami to be a completely different universe.
Just thinking of someone swimming in jeans makes me uncomfortable. I don't even like when wrestlers fight in their street clothes. Doesn't seem fun in the least.
I-4 Corridor (Clearwater-St Pete-Tampa-Lakeland-Orlando-Daytona) is completely different than South Florida and North/Panhandle too. Some people talk about there being "two Floridas", but really there is three or four Floridas
the real answer early morning isn't the best for the beach is because the tide is at it's highest in the morning and lowest in the evening. In Florida best time to go to the beach in summer is halfway between morning hightide and evening lowtide. Around 1-2pm is perfect.
Also as a Floridian i beg all midwesterners in here, please for the love of god if you go to the beach don't feed the seagulls. If you wonder while you're doing that why all the locals around you are giving you dirty looks, you'll know why 5 minutes later.