Overview

Even before visiting, most people have an image of Key West. Some picture Jimmy Buffet crooning about lazy days on the water, others envision Hemingway crouched over a typewriter. Still others picture throngs of Spring Break revelers. In truth, Key West is all of these and more. About 25,000 conchs � as the locals are known � live here year round. The next largest are the seasonal residents who stay for up to six months at a time. These are the two groups to thank for Key West's lively arts and entertainment scene including a world-class symphony orchestra and several theater companies. This is arty, laid-back Key West. It is the tourists who give the island its liveliness. Intoxicated by margaritas and sunsets that the natives take for granted, the casual visitor to Key West inevitably embraces the city with a contagious joie de vivre.

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