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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:18:05 AM EDT

So in the other Florida thread the Florida people make comments disparaging tourists.

I was under the impression that the entire states economy was based on tourism, is there some other export that I'm missing?

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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:19:33 AM EDT

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Citrus

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:21:19 AM EDT

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crazy lawsuits

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:21:22 AM EDT

[#3]

Stolen phones.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:21:45 AM EDT

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This... not sure how anybody could be unaware of it

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:21:56 AM EDT

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AIDS.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:22:38 AM EDT

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Oxycontin

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:22:42 AM EDT

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Used to be beef as well, not sure about that now.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:22:44 AM EDT

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Gunshine.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:22:59 AM EDT

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Teh crazy

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:22:59 AM EDT

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The Florida economy is Drugs, Haitians, Retirees, Tourists, and then Citrus.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:23:01 AM EDT

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Isn't it oranges and citrus?

Or tourism?

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:23:19 AM EDT

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Disturbing news stories.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:23:54 AM EDT

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And Derp based on a lot of the stories that get posted.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:24:23 AM EDT

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We export tourists who come here and tell us we suck.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:24:56 AM EDT

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Cocaine you can't forget that too.

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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:25:22 AM EDT

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So in the other Florida thread the Florida people make comments disparaging tourists.

I was under the impression that the entire states economy was based on tourism, is there some other export that I'm missing?

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I like tourists. Its the homegrown retards that I cant stand.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:25:35 AM EDT

[#17]

Potatoes

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:25:53 AM EDT

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None of you a-holes has mentioned meth and face-eaters yet.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:26:20 AM EDT

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Texas envy?

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:26:56 AM EDT

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Bad drivers

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:26:57 AM EDT

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OJ

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:27:36 AM EDT

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Mary Jane

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:27:45 AM EDT

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or fat Quebecers wearing speedos

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:28:25 AM EDT

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I haven't been able to get a firm answer as to whether or not tourism is the #1 industry in Florida, but there are a few that should be acknowledged as being at the top of the list:

1) tourism
2) shipping imports/exports (the larger cities nearer to the coasts all have ports)
3) agriculture (oranges in particular). Half of the state doesn't freeze during the winter, so hardy agriculture can occur during the winter months in the warmer parts.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:29:48 AM EDT

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Bath salts

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:29:59 AM EDT

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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:29:59 AM EDT

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Welfare purchases

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:30:38 AM EDT

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White trash.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:31:15 AM EDT

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Tourists *do* fucking suck though.

Also citrus.

And I think sand, there's a huge quarry by my old town.

EDIT TO ADD:
Forgot tomatoes and sugercane. Also rockets.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:31:19 AM EDT

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CItrus, sugarcane strawberries, tomatoes.

Phosphate mining is big, produces about 3/4 of phosphate needed by farmers.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:31:25 AM EDT

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in the old days...Florida had more cattle than Texas.

oranges
tomaters
sugar
phosphate
tropical plants and flowers
eggs and poultry

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:31:26 AM EDT

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Cubans?

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:31:46 AM EDT

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Idiots

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:31:56 AM EDT

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The problem with Florida is that it generates more "what the fuck" than it can consume locally.

sorry Mr. Churchill.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:31:56 AM EDT

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Dead Northerners being shipped back North for burial.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:32:55 AM EDT

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Weird crimes.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:33:05 AM EDT

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https://twitter.com/_FloridaMan

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:33:21 AM EDT

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Stupidity
Incest
Spousal abuse

Says the guy from Missouri

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:33:39 AM EDT

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Weirdness.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:34:00 AM EDT

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So in the other Florida thread the Florida people make comments disparaging tourists.

I was under the impression that the entire states economy was based on tourism, is there some other export that I'm missing?

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I like tourists. Its the homegrown retards that I cant stand.

Tourists always agitate the tards, and the tards go nuts. I hate the idea of tourists - the word itself is an insult to those that live in an area. They treat the location as their play-thing and think everything is solved with some money.

I REALLY wish we didn't have a tourist based economy - I have no wanting to bend over backwards for obnoxious or clueless foreigners, northerners, and windowlickers from fly over states. We have giant gobs of people in this state that work part time min-wage jobs (usually service or tourism related) and get welfare. The prime example of this is Orlando.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:35:10 AM EDT

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Hilariously insane news, courtesy of Florida Man.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:35:20 AM EDT

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Interesting I figured oranges were more of a marketing thing than anything, kinda like Idaho potatoes.

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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:36:23 AM EDT

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Don't forget the lovable and memorable party hard Florida Woman.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:39:37 AM EDT

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Is that an import or export?

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:39:54 AM EDT

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Bang Bus

Sex sells.... seriously.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:40:52 AM EDT

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I forgot porn, Kel-Tecs and Taurus guns. The porn is the best of those three...

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:41:29 AM EDT

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It's the apple of potatoes?

IIRC idaho potatoes grows something like 1/3 of all potatoes in the US. Not exactly *All* but not at all insignificant.

Posted: 10/3/2014 11:42:34 AM EDT

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Not oranges.

Was in Palm Harbor last week and a guy told me the orange crop is shit this year due to some sort of bug or something. Said they are importing oranges to keep Tropicana operating.