@avclub-410987637793620466d1b0732bd7ed6d:disqus As scary as Celebration is (see above thread) it doesn't hold a candle to the Ave Maria University city further south.  Because replacing Disney with terrifyingly conservative Catholic action groups was about as successful as you'd expect.

Yeah, I spent a lot of time when I was younger bitching about the area, but I've become (as seen) bizarrely protective since having left.

Yeah, I spent a lot of time when I was younger bitching about the area, but I've become (as seen) bizarrely protective since having left.

The negatives you list aren't exactly exclusive to Central Florida, and (as someone who has spent far too much time in the midwest) are definitely not even all that extreme.
A lot of the area is undergoing reinvention.  It's taken awhile to materialize, but a massive entertainment/nightlife/media project is planned for…

The negatives you list aren't exactly exclusive to Central Florida, and (as someone who has spent far too much time in the midwest) are definitely not even all that extreme.
A lot of the area is undergoing reinvention.  It's taken awhile to materialize, but a massive entertainment/nightlife/media project is planned for…

The summer after I graduated high school I worked as a political canvasser.  As one of the only guys on staff, I routinely got sent to some of the worst neighborhoods in Orange County (FL not CA), and knocked on the doors of homes and trailers that were clearly filled with crack addicts and meth labs.
Still, the…

The summer after I graduated high school I worked as a political canvasser.  As one of the only guys on staff, I routinely got sent to some of the worst neighborhoods in Orange County (FL not CA), and knocked on the doors of homes and trailers that were clearly filled with crack addicts and meth labs.
Still, the…

Disney isn't in Orlando.
Orlando is its own city with its own downtown.  Disney is in Kissimmee, about 40min from Downtown and an hour from the airport.  Tourists can spend a week around the Disney without realizing they've never actually seen/been near the city itself.

Disney isn't in Orlando.
Orlando is its own city with its own downtown.  Disney is in Kissimmee, about 40min from Downtown and an hour from the airport.  Tourists can spend a week around the Disney without realizing they've never actually seen/been near the city itself.

Creepy… just rewatched that episode today.

Creepy… just rewatched that episode today.

Stylistically speaking this HBO thing has much more in common with An Inconvenient Truth than anything by Spurlock.  As in, a lot of boring powerpoint style graphics and even more boring talking heads.  So, yeah… An Inconvenient Truth for obesity is pretty valid in this case.

Stylistically speaking this HBO thing has much more in common with An Inconvenient Truth than anything by Spurlock.  As in, a lot of boring powerpoint style graphics and even more boring talking heads.  So, yeah… An Inconvenient Truth for obesity is pretty valid in this case.

And Lord of the Rings

And Lord of the Rings

This season, you can just say best teams

It was Florida (Everglades).

Oooooh. Have fun, it's great.

Requisite "fuck yeah" for every positive Speed Racer reference:

Concordia.
I know, 'cause I was on it.  Dinner party stories!