re: Is Florida the trashiest gulf coast state?

You hear the 'I dooooo' part?

Mississippi is trashiest. No nice areas.

Florida is a large mix of high end housing/attractions mixed with trash.

Our Governor seems to be just that, turning Florida into a Third World country, a modern day version of the plantation society based on cheap labor, non-existent healthcare, a docile, uneducated population and tax burdens entirely shifted from profitable corporations to a hard-strapped, diminishing middle class. His plan is working, too.

Gulf panhandle is full of deep southerners looking at the beach once a year

You hit the nail right on the head. Doesn't florida have a specific place like under a bridge or some beach that all convicted sex offenders live at? I'm pretty sure I read something about this a few years ago.