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Old 12-23-2022, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by manaboutown View Post
What still throws me is many folks in Florida referring to the West Coast mean the West Coast of Florida on the Gulf of Mexico, not the the states such as California bordering the Pacific Ocean.
That throws me too, something I will have to get used, as being born, raised, and spending my early adult years in California, the West Coast always referred to the Pacific states. The Villages is definitely East-coast centric. When I say I am from the West, people seemed surprised.
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