"Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to define a common identity and create a sense of community that reaches beyond our neighborhoods to all corners of our state"
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The subtext is about governance more than culture. In a state shaped by migration (Latin America, the Northeast, the Caribbean), sharp regional divides (Miami vs. Panhandle), and constant demographic churn, "community" becomes a policy argument: you need statewide buy-in for education, infrastructure, disaster response, and tax priorities. "Beyond our neighborhoods" gestures at the fact that Floridians often live in tight, self-contained worlds, segmented by language, class, age, and even insurance risk. The line implies that local identities are strong enough to compete with the idea of Florida as a shared project.
Contextually, this reads like the post-90s, early-2000s Florida narrative: an aspirational "melting pot" pitch tempered by the realities of culture-war politics, rapid growth, and the state's perpetual swing-status anxiety. Bush frames unity as a civic task rather than a cultural conquest, inviting consensus while quietly asserting that consensus is slipping.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Bush, Jeb. (2026, January 15). Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to define a common identity and create a sense of community that reaches beyond our neighborhoods to all corners of our state. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/florida-is-a-place-of-unparalleled-diversity-of-154635/
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Bush, Jeb. "Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to define a common identity and create a sense of community that reaches beyond our neighborhoods to all corners of our state." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/florida-is-a-place-of-unparalleled-diversity-of-154635/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to define a common identity and create a sense of community that reaches beyond our neighborhoods to all corners of our state." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/florida-is-a-place-of-unparalleled-diversity-of-154635/. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
