opinion of Orlando, FL

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I saw the Book of Mormon last night and I thought it was funny how Price said the place he wanted to go to was Orlando. Ostensibly its a fun place - 70-80 degree temps the whole year and a lot of amusement/water parks. And its also home to BRTD's favorite congressman.

Nonetheless, I've always felt its a shady place, similar to Las Vegas. It seems whenever you hear in the news about someone masturbating in public or a serial killer/child molester at large, it seems to be in Orlando, or at least Florida (see here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugmipPvTFE). It seems the type of place where there are a lot of scary transient types. Like many resort areas you have to stay "on the reservation" because once you leave, all bets are off.

[freepcrusher]

I like the fact that Orange and Osceola counties are trending D, but that's mainly because the region is diversifying, and sadly that seems to have increased racial tensions (Trayvon Martin). Seems to be a divide between the white retirees and the black/hispanic transplants.

Actually, Orlando used to be a hyper-GOP stronghold back in the day and sent republicans to Tallahassee back when everyone else was a democrat. Even controlling for race/ethnicity, the whites there are more dem then they were in the 70s or 80s (Obama in 08 got 45% of the white vote in Orange County).

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in the episode last Sunday of Family Guy where Brian turns stupid due to a tumor, one of the things he does with Peter is go to Orlando.