Was in Port St. Lucie earlier this year visiting my wife's family. Seemed like a pretty nice area. Didn't feel overpopulated like so many parts of Florida.
My cousins who I moved down there are still there (though one recently passed) with told me it`s way different than it was when we moved there in the early 90`s.......back then it was pretty small and the locals would tell us not to tell our friends about it as they didn't want a ton of people there fucking it up.
They had some great gyms down there and I did quite a few contests all over Florida...........awesom
e place!
I got to know Tim Gardner,Deke Warner, and trained with IFBB pro Dave Marinelli a couple of times.....also met Vince Taylor and Darrem Charles a couple of times....saw Dexter before he was a pro IIRC, and Tom Prince looking insane, along with Kovacs among others.........great times for me,until some broad dropped a dime on me about having a small amount of gear.........but that`s another story.
Sorry `bout the rambling !