Oh, it gets better. The
University of South Florida (where my office is that I'm sitting in right now) in
Tampa is in the
center of
Florida on the west coast. That always confuses people, who seem to think when they hear the name of USF that I'm in
Key West or
Miami or
Ft.Myers, all far south of here.
My pet theory is that when USF was founded (
1956), this
was South Florida, essentially. Florida wasn't really settled heavily until
air conditioning was affordable and commonly available. Tampa was the end of the
railroad line (
Teddy Roosevelt and his
Rough Riders got off the train and sailed to
Cuba from here).