RevDrucifer
Fractal Fanatic
Yep. I grew up in Northwest Florida. The beaches were nice, but a disproportionate percentage of the people were awful.
When talking to people who have known me for a while (IE-they know I'm not a cocky individual) I generally speak of Palm Bay- "The whole time I was there I felt like I was the smartest person in the entire city. 15 years later and being a little less cocksure than I was then, I still think I was the smartest person in that city." (Which really, isn't giving Palm Bay a lot of credit at ALL)
I felt like I was going back in time about 15-20 years, socially. It was very odd trying to assimilate and go to work. I was working at a Chili's at the time and I can roll with any conversation from any walk of life after working with the general public for so long, but it was really different up there. I've experienced it in really small towns in Maine as well. Where it just feels like time moved on everywhere else but those cities/towns.