Yep, lot's of water in S.FL, and that's why they want to build a huge pipeline from up here to down there to supply them with some decent (non-desalinated) drinking water.
The Gainesville area is surrounded with clean white sand bottom lakes for swimming and sking, beautiful pure water springs for swimming, diving, and tubing, and it's still only a 1-2 hour easy driving distance trip to either the Gulf or the Atlantic. Disney World or the Tampa Bay area is also only a 2 hour drive or an hour's drive to Jacksonville. It can take that long just to drive across Dade county, due to the nasty traffic congestion.
But the Gator players don't have to drive anywhere to be in the SWAMP or the Gators new IPF, or to enjoy all of the many other Top 10 in the Nations Gator Sports.
PS
Billboard seen on I-95 going north out of Mi-Am-I reads:
"Will the last American leaving south Florida, please bring the flag with you."
But hey, if you wanna be a scUM thug, then South Beach is the perfect place for ya....