Gainesville is a liberal bubble in a county at the border between North and South Florida – North Florida being south of it and South Florida lying to the North. Growing up sired by academics in the heart of liberal Gainesville (see The Laboratory posts for example) Southernness was something I rarely encountered but in my short forays to neighboring schools or in the halls between classes at my magnet programs.

There’s warmth, incredible hospitality, and friendliness. The patrons wore their hair long and