The tropical paradise, Key West, "The end of the road", only 145. km from Cuba, is the southernmost point in the continental USA.
Pastel clapboard houses, hibiscus and bougainvillea plants, year-round tropical climate and gin-clear waters attracted Tennesse Williams and Ernest Hemingway along with all the tourists.

The natives call themselves for "conchs". Non-natives who've lived here for several years are "freshwater conchs". Tourists are all called "foreigners". Conchs call the Gumbo Limbo tree "tourist trees" - they turn red and peel in the sun!
The town's tombstones have epitaphs like:
"I told you I was sick."
Or this one, evidently written by the angry widow:
"At least I know where he's sleeping tonight..."