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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sigh. The Gulf side used to be the best kept secret of Florida.

No more. Since the pandemic, it's been discovered and the entire atmosphere has changed.

There are A LOT more people visiting and A LOT of those people were former East Coast of Florida regulars.

The old rule of thumb was the East Coast of FL was for East Coast people (NY, NJ) and the West Coast was for Midwesterners (IL, OH, MI)

You could go to Gulf beaches even during high season and still find a space where there was 50 feet between you and anyone else. Not anymore.  Many beaches are packed like Coney Island and if you don't get there by 8 a.m. you will not get parking - the lots simply are not big enough to handle the new influx of visitors.

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Just going to say this. One of the unexpected impacts of Covid is that so many people have discovered how nice the Gulf beaches are. The crowds have gotten nuts. People would scoff at “The Redneck Riviera” and we’d just smile. I was hoping it was going to thin out when international travel opened up, but no luck so far. 
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 :roll:  :roll: so self congratulatory. I've been vacationing on the gulf side since I was a kid. they've always been popular. maybe they've gotten more crowded since covid, but I promise you that they were not a "secret" before. lmao. [/quote]

That's probably because you are a teenager, or at least communicate like one. The Gulf side of Florida (especially the southwestern part) was NOT hugely popular. And my family has been LIVING in the state for more than 50 years.

People rave about Sanibel and Naples now but if you mentioned it just 10 years ago a lot of people had no idea where they were. [/quote]

I’m 40, middle class, a lifelong Virginian, and I’ve always known about Sanibel and Naples.[/quote]
+1 49, umc, Pennsylvanian and have been going to Sanibel for years. Naples has always been known as a wealthy enclave. [/quote]

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