Caveat - typing this on my phone, so editing is suspect. Items below are listed in steam of consciousness order.....beware....
I was born in TN, but my folks moved to FL when I was 13. I like both places immensely and I've traveled a lot for business.
Here's my Florida, about 20 miles from Grassroots/Classic Motorsports headquarters. I live directly on the Intracoastal river/waterway near Ponce Inlet. I have dolphins, manatees, and sea turtles off my dock 365 days a year. I drop my boat in off my electric lift in 10 minutes.... Available almost 365; days a year. As a teenager, we would waterski during Christmas vacation regularly, I live 20 minutes from Daytona Beach International Speedway and have been attending the 24 hours of and on for 50+ years and race there (SCCA). Sebring is less than 3; hours away and I race there from time to time as well. I see most rocket launches form the Cape Kennedy from my front yard. The weather is heavenly for about 8 months of the year (summer is brutal). I had 100 mph wind in my backyard Wednesday night, bit we are already 95 percent back to normal two days later (lucky that way). Some of the best, if not the best surfing on the East Coast is two miles away as the crow flies (farther by car). I've had my highly modified bugeye Sprite for 50 years alongside my Lotus Elan and just sold my Lotus Europa to a friend in Santa Barbara. There's are many classics here (it's a muscle car stronghold). Good car club activity.
We have no income tax, our state is well run. You can do the Disney/universal/sea world thing if you like that (about 50-60 miles away). We have the largest university in the nation (some would say second largest, but whatever...) with an excellent school of engineering (I am a grad). Many engineers at the Cape graduated from UCF. The boating/fishing is outstanding.. I've seen many gators, many sharks, etc. We are tropical, so that's what you get. Comes along with bugs and snakes as wel. I actually live in the shark bite capital of the world (really), but no one dies, the sharks don't want you and they only bite when they mistake you for food in distress. 10000 freshwater lakes, many freshwater springs. Some good diving. Housing is reasonable and downright cheap compared to Cali. Politics? Pretty much TV news hype. Overpopulated? Only the Metro areas, many beautiful areas have low population.
Downsides... Hot as hell in summer, no curvy roads, no elevation changes, so not perfect. I really regret that as I am a twistt road guy at heart, that part is just sad.
Most laughable is Florida man stuff (I laugh too), but really, do you think that represents the state as a whole?
Could this changes? Yep, it's well underway, people streaming constantly and that threatens everything.