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miznotebook said:
Does that mean that we are Upper Florida? I think that could catch on!
LA is a great way of referring to South Alabama, and if the latter has become a no-no, I apologize. I did grow up in Alabama, but lots has changed since we moved to Florida.
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South Alabama and LA are synonymous. I grew up on the LA/Fla line and it's not a no-no in any way.:wave: You were correct to call it SA.
 
Ha. I know that Lower Alabama literally means southern AL and that Florida is a whole other state. I'm talking about the bumper sticker usage of LA.

Folks playfully refer to this part of FL as Lower Alabama much like they've used the unflattering term "redneck riviera".

With that in mind- is all of the panhandle LA or just north of the bay?

:)
 
I guess the positive spin you could put on it is that even though Bama is 47th or 48th in comparative educational standards in the U.S., at least he IS putting an emphasis on learning?
 
Geo said:
It was explained to me that LA referred to our area of FL north of the bay. Where can we get this all clarified?;)
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maybe people have different definitions on LA, but I have always known LA to mean Panhandle of Florida - mostly from tallahassee to Pensacola. It doesn't even refer to Alabama at all. Just Florida Panhandle. In other words, the Panhandle isn't really part of Florida since it is such an extension of Alabama in many ways. Even the rest of Florida knows little about the Panhandle.

I am not bothered by being in LA at all! South Alabama is just that - the southern portion of the State of Alabama. Lower Alabama is located in Northwest Florida/Panhandle. its quite simple!:biggrin:
 
LA refers to the portion of FL which is below AL. It got the name after AL Governor George Wallace tried to claim it as part of Alabama.
 
Tootsie said:
maybe people have different definitions on LA, but I have always known LA to mean Panhandle of Florida - mostly from tallahassee to Pensacola. It doesn't even refer to Alabama at all. Just Florida Panhandle. In other words, the Panhandle isn't really part of Florida since it is such an extension of Alabama in many ways. Even the rest of Florida knows little about the Panhandle.

I am not bothered by being in LA at all! South Alabama is just that - the southern portion of the State of Alabama. Lower Alabama is located in Northwest Florida/Panhandle. its quite simple!:biggrin:
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That is way too simple and correct. Now, please translate that into Spanish, German, Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, etc. and we can please make this thread a little more complex, and most important, politically correct. :floor::floor::floor:
 
LA to me has always been anywhere South of Montgomery in Alabama. I never referred to the panhandle of Florida as LA. Wow..who knew? I don't care what you call it, I still love it. :cool:
 
kathydwells said:
LA to me has always been anywhere South of Montgomery in Alabama. I never referred to the panhandle of Florida as LA. Wow..who knew? I don't care what you call it, I still love it. :cool:
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I didn't know the panhandle was LA or the Redneck Riviera until I moved here. then I heard it referred to as LA many times and after living here a while I knew it was true. In fact, it is the reason I wanted to be here. Being back in the south was what I truly needed, after living in central Florida for several years - which has its southernness as well but not nearly as much.

LA is slang for Florida panhandle but also used to describe southern parts of Alabama such as Mobile.
 
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