South Florida has always had a very special place in the minds of Americans, especially those who live north of The Ohio River and East of the Mississippi. In the dead of Winter with long gray days, many Northerners pick up and head to South Florida for a complete recharge. Many people decide to never leave and make a new home in the tropical paradise offered by the Sunshine State. Poor building inspections and weak laws that could have contributed to the condo collapse in Surfside may permanently alter that paradigm.