Tallahassee has nothing to do with the idea people have of Florida. Here, no endless beaches or turquoise water: the state capital spreads across hills, among pine trees, university campuses and government buildings. It is an inland Florida, slower, more political, less touristy.
Tallahassee's flag reflects this institutional identity, but in its own way: it is not a crest, it is the city's logo, a blue disc crossed by a stylised star, with its name in black capitals underneath. Nothing flashy, nothing tropical, just the graphic identity of a local authority.
You feel a different energy here, more local, more authentic.
The flag flies over a city that doesn't need palm trees to exist. Tallahassee governs Florida from its hills, with a surprising blend of calm, tradition and student fervor. A capital unlike any other in the Southeast.