you're exaggerating. i've lived in florida since i was five and even though i don't love it, i realize that all the negative things you've mentioned are hardly reasons not to live here. yes, we have a few swamps, blah blah blah, most of them have been (illegally) filled and developed over. oh no, bugs! there's a reason for pesticides. tourism? you don't see tourists unless you live in lake buena vista. the only contact with tourists i regularly have is during bike week and biketober fest.
for me, the main thing that i dislike about florida is the rich dipshits that live here, who vote republican and perpetually try to fuck up everything from the legislature to the school boards. it's ridiculous.
edit: what is wrong with me, i just replied to boxing day in a serious tone.