I lived in Homestead for nearly a year. I've never been subjectively hotter in summer or colder in winter.
When I lived there, Florida was a state that culturally become more northern, the further south you went. Key West resembled Maine, Miami had a lot in common with New York, but Jacksonville was definitely part of the old south.
I've visited or lived in 47 of the 50 US states. Not having visited Alaska and Hawaii is easy to explain, but Alabama was one of those things that just sort of slipped through the cracks. Well, I flew over it 3 times. ;-)
I cant say that I liked Florida all that much, Key West is an interesting place but I don't think I 'd like to live there although I wouldn't mind revisiting it. Miami seemed to be a totally phoney place full of posers and elderly retirees who flee north as soon as the temperature gets over 75. I did get a bit interested in buying a house in Cape Canaveral, a nice waterfront where you could watch the shuttle launch from the back yard, and at a good price too. If I had to spend the rest of my life in the US though, I think that it would be on the Oregon coast, the scenery and the people there were very nice.
Some years ago I was was on the 'tube' in London. There were some obviously American tourists nearby. I was hoping 'please don't say anything crappy' but on the way out of the station both wives complained about having to walk up steps instead of there being an escalator. All of about 15 feet rise I'd say.
Both looked like you could power your car for several hundred miles if their spare fat were turned into motor fuel.
Arny is plain right. And you could have had german as your first language, twice over, and you could have had to learn russian because that could have been the trade language on the mainland.
If you haven't read Churchill's "The Great War", then please do so - it should keep you busy for a forthnight and then perhaps we can have a lull in your postings so that the audio posters will come out of hiding, if there are any left.
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