Wednesday, November 22, 2006

There Is Plenty of Open Space in Florida

The "central" part of Florida is sure a lot different than either coast. It is flat as a table and covered with orange groves and grazing cattle. There is plenty of open space if you don't mind no beach, no ocean and no "there there".

Florida ranks 12th in the nation in the number of beef cows. Cattle were introduced into Florida in 1521 by Ponce de Leon. Who knew?!
It obviously ranks 1st in the country for orange and citrus production. Florida and Sao Paulo, Brazil account for 90% of the worldwide orange production.
Photo: Orange trees in central Florida.

The Left Coast is starting to look like the East Coast... massive building projects, high rise condos, grid locked traffic and skyrocketing real estate prices. Here come the Baby Boomers!

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