After moving to Florida “from up north”, I was immediately struck by the sheer boring-ness of everyday Pinellas County. One strip mall oozes into the next while dense traffic slowly lumbers along between slow changing traffic signals. I knew there must be more to this place, both culturally and ecologically and I set out to the local library to dig into some material that pre-dates the 1970’s era homogeny that plagues this and so many other sub-urban counties.
