I'm still considered 'cityfolk' by older residents of the peninsula, having moved here from Houston just six months ago. I live in a drafty house which faces the Gulf of Mexico, even though my particular strip of coast is known more for crusty fishermen than nude sunbathers. The aesthetics of the place are great. I'm somewhat isolated from the tourist path, and this encourages wildlife. Porpoises splash in the surf.
Fiddler crabs dart across the sand.
And the endangered brown pelican makes its home in Gilchrist. All very nice. But there's another, darker side to the peninsula. Strange hopping spiders appear as if from nowhere. Feral cats seem much too interested in one's comings and goings.