This is a continuation of a post I did a while ago, which you can find here. It covers a lot of the more common reasons, like sunshine and Disney World, that I’m sure you’ll notice are missing from this list. I’ll keep posting these once in a while until I run out of reasons (if I ever do).

1. A view like this can change your day. A view like this every day can change your life.
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St. Pete Beach
2. There are dozens of breathtaking parks that don't have the word "theme" in front of them.
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Rainbow Springs State Park
3. We have real mermaids (and manatees).
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Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
4. Old Florida had cowboys before the Old West did. Some places still do.
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Clair-Mel City
5. We have the most beautiful natural swimming holes.
Julie Fletcher via Flickr/VISIT FLORIDA Editor
Ichetucknee Springs State Park
6. Would these adorn your lawn in any other state?
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Sanibel
7. We have people, places and things you won't find anywhere else.
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The Key Deer is a tiny deer about the size of a large dog found only in the lower Keys.
8. This is an acceptable Christmas tree.
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Key West

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9. And this could be our Santa Claus.
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Big Pine Key
10. If you lived here, this could be your college campus.
Daron Dean via Flickr/VISIT FLORIDA Editor
Flagler College, St. Augustine
11. Boiled peanuts are underrated.
Andrew Wardlow via Flickr/VISIT FLORIDA Editor
12. You can be outside year-round if you so choose.
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13. Even the Amish vacation here.
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Photo: Siesta Key Beach (the Amish community is called Pinecrest, and it's near Sarasota.)
14. We have the only living coral barrier reef in the continental US.
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Sombrero Reef, Florida Keys
15. Some brilliant people chose to have homes here (Hemingway, Edison and Ford, for example).
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Hemingway Home and Museum, Key West
16. There's natural beauty at every turn.
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Jupiter Inlet
17. We know we do things differently, and we like it this way. We don't really care if you don't.
Flickr/Lon Martin
Bay Area Renaissance Festival in Tampa

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