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Originally Posted by JesseFame
Lived in Jacksonville for eighteen years and spent a lot of time in Tampa as well. If I never see Florida again, it'll be too soon.
It's too fucking hot, the people are too fucking stupid, and everything rusts.
But I do miss the storms and good barbecue and Ginnie Springs.
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This about sums it up. At the time (2004 to 2010) I had a large studio in the ST Petersburg / Clearwater area and had to deal with lots of girls, their boyfriends, their baby daddies, their moms, their other boyfriend, and much more....
It was like living in the middle of the Jerry Springer show and we took to calling it "Springerville".
I have had photo studios for 28 years (Denver, Las Vegas and the Clearwater building). The only break-ins I ever had happened in Florida during those six+ years and it was about a dozen times. Each and every incident was related to a girl I shot... usually her boyfriend either demanding I give him the photos because I didn't get his permission or the boyfriend demanding that I pay her more because she is so much better than "blah, blah, blah"...
I wouldn't do it again in a business situation.... But, just living there and enjoying a simple life (without college age models to deal with) it wouldn't be bad. Beach bars, sail boats, rum.