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Discovering Key West's quaint charms and tropical trends

Key West never sought to be different. But by birthright, it simply was: a remote village with a defiant attitude and free spirit that attracted privateers, pirates, entrepreneurs, smugglers, craftsmen, pioneers, poets and writers.

It remains a place tolerant of idiosyncrasy. A place in which a soul can drop out, blend in or stand above. One that appreciates the old ways, revels in its difference...

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