Washington State vs Florida

[American2020]

Where would you want to live and work ?

[Progressive Pessimist]

Washington state in a Mt. Everest sized landslide. And that's not even just out of being compared to Florida, Washington seems like a very nice place.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Florida is better for me in literally every category I could use to compare them (weather, existance of evangelicals, politics, closer to other places I would want to go, general culture, etc.)

[Mr. Smith]

The answer is never Florida. (in context of the U.S.)

[Progressive Pessimist]

The answer is never Florida. (in context of the U.S.)

This is possibly my favorite post ever.

[thumb21]

Washington because it is more mountainous.

[John Dule]

Literally the best state vs literally the worst state.

[Politician]

Washington

[Nutmeg]

Florida is better for me in literally every category I could use to compare them (weather, existance of evangelicals, politics, closer to other places I would want to go, general culture, etc.)

“Culture of Florida”

[JA]

Washington state, although Florida gets a much worse rep than it deserves on here (speaking as an ex-Floridian).

[spenny2444]

Washington.

[Del Tachi]

Florida, which is way more diverse and dynamic state than Washington.

The cultural/physical gradient in Florida (from north to south):  Kenny Chesney-land in Florabama, Deep South "Old Florida" based around Tallahassee, khaki country in Jacksonville, the hipsters of Ybor and Grand Central, the best beaches in the country in Southwest Florida, tropical New York presented in WPB, Wilton Manors, Cubano-Haitian Miami, glitzy Art Deco South Beach, and then Ernest Hemingway's Key West.  Of course I skipped over the unsightly welt on the state that is swampy Orlando, but still sounds pretty cool to me. 

Washington is pretty much a single, over-priced, boring post-industrial neoliberal  city (home to the most evil corporation known to man, btw) while the rest of the state is inhabited exclusively by rural hicks.  No thanks.   

[Wazza [INACTIVE]]

Definitely Washington.

[RI]

Florida, which is way more diverse and dynamic state than Washington.

The cultural/physical gradient in Florida (from north to south):  Kenny Chesney-land in Florabama, Deep South "Old Florida" based around Tallahassee, khaki country in Jacksonville, the hipsters of Ybor and Grand Central, the best beaches in the country in Southwest Florida, tropical New York presented in WPB, Wilton Manors, Cubano-Haitian Miami, glitzy Art Deco South Beach, and then Ernest Hemingway's Key West.  Of course I skipped over the unsightly welt on the state that is swampy Orlando, but still sounds pretty cool to me. 

Washington is pretty much a single, over-priced, boring post-industrial neoliberal  city (home to the most evil corporation known to man, btw) while the rest of the state is inhabited exclusively by rural hicks.  No thanks.   

You're doing WA a huge disservice with that overgeneralization.

WA first of all has a massive edge over FL with regard to geographic diversity. It has more biomes than any state in the country other than CA: sweeping coastal beaches, the lush temperate rain forests of the Olympic Peninsula, the islands and fjords of the Salish Sea, the agricultural river valleys which carve into the most prominent mountain range in the Lower 48, the flat farmlands of the Columbia Plateau, the otherworldly rolling hills of the Palouse, the great gorges of the Columbia and Snake, and desert vistas and sand dunes in the South Central. FL has one, maybe two biomes, all of which are flat, hot, humid, and either forest or swamp.

Culturally, WA isn't as diverse perhaps, but there's plenty of variation in WA. Yes, there's the tech-driven megalopolis of Seattle, but there's also a strong military and manufacturing tradition across the state; plenty of Native American influence and presence; unique German, Scandinavian, and Dutch pockets; highly Hispanic areas on the Columbia Plateau reminiscent of CA's Central Valley; large Vietnamese, Japanese, and other East Asian influence both in the Puget Sound and in parts of eastern WA (not even counting Canasians who flock to our malls); links internationally to Canada and across the Pacific Rim; tons of religious diversity...

Yes, we've got "hicks", but FL laps WA in that regard; it's called Florida Man for a reason and not Washington man (except that one guy in Enumclaw). Yeah, we've got some large, monopolistic corporations, but that's because WA is a great state for business and innovation. Boeing, Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco. What does FL have? Outback Steakhouse? Burger King? I'll take WA's contribution to the world over FL's seven days a week.

[TDAS04]

Washington.  Super easy choice.

[Pheurton Skeurto]

Is this a joke? I'd rather live in Syria than Florida.

[Xing]

Obviously Washington. RI summed it up pretty well, there's a great deal to see in Washington (mountains, forests, islands, the coastline is very interesting), and more cities than just Seattle. And I do get pretty tired of people sh*tting on Seattle for being expensive. Yes, it is a real problem, but it's an awesome city that does have a lot of cultures present, more trees and parks than you could imagine, and it's hard not to like the view of the skyline from Kerry Park. Also, LOL at the idea that Seattle is "neoliberal."

Honestly, weather is probably the only thing Florida has on us (if you're a Republican, politics as well), and even that depends on whether or not you like hot weather.

[Santander]

Washington sucks. But it's not Florida.

[Storr]

Here's a state "battle" I thought of: Montana vs. New Mexico. Maybe we could make this into a thread of these battles.

[Lechasseur]

Florida

[Strudelcutie4427]

Fl. Washington is too cold and it rains like every day. FL also doesn’t have the volcano earthquake and tsunami threat

[RI]

Fl. Washington is too cold and it rains like every day. FL also doesn’t have the volcano earthquake and tsunami threat

In my 25+ years in WA, we've had one notable earthquake, zero volcanic eruptions, and zero tsunamis. Florida has had dozens of hurricanes.

[Strudelcutie4427]

Fl. Washington is too cold and it rains like every day. FL also doesn’t have the volcano earthquake and tsunami threat

In my 25+ years in WA, we've had one notable earthquake, zero volcanic eruptions, and zero tsunamis. Florida has had dozens of hurricanes.

Yeah but you can see a hurricane coming a week away. Subterranean threats are by surprise. Cascaria subduction zone is locked and loaded and has been building stress since 1700. Rainier is looming large behind SeaTac and it’s not worth living in a place with 55° beach water and s constant cool cloudy clinate

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Fl. Washington is too cold and it rains like every day. FL also doesn’t have the volcano earthquake and tsunami threat

TIL that Washington is just Seattle.