If you leave Miami at 3:00 PM on a Friday, that 3.5-hour drive becomes a 6-hour existential crisis. You’ll pass the same orange grove five times, because Florida highways are like a M.C. Escher painting designed by a retired go-kart racer. During spring break, the drive stretches to 8 hours, mostly because someone in a rental Mustang forgot how to merge.
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Fun fact: Lakeland is closer to the Gulf of Mexico than the Atlantic Ocean, but neither coast cares. The real question is: why is Miami obsessed with traffic, while Lakeland has roundabouts that locals treat like a yoga class? It’s a mystery wrapped in a chicken tender basket.
