Why can't Florida have subways?

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Sure we have water on both sides we'd flood or if I'm not mistaken it doesn't take much digging to reach water I'm not sure. But if you remember how the earth and countries were created EVERY STATE is on water so is there anything that makes say NY different than Florida besides the water on both sides? I'm not sure if when you dig you reach water quicker that was just a guess. Thanks. Also it's just an idea that popped into my head. (BTW googling= the restaurant chain BOO!)

Its in a swamp

The closest you got to a subway in your state I believe is the monorail at Walt Disney World. However it only travels between Magic Kingdom and Epcot cause it was too expensive too add on.

It probably has to do with the soil/water table. This is why Texas doesn't have them, either.

The geology of Florida is mostly porous limestone, and a high water table, a lot of homes
have no basements in Florida, its also one of the reasons they get lots of sinkholes in that
state.

Move to Alaska and travel by dogsled .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska#Transportation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogsled

Subways are incredibly difficult and expensive to dig. They are only a cost-effective solution for extremely dense cities that already have structures built on the surface such that the trains have to go underground. Anyplace that has plenty of open, undeveloped spaces like Florida will always have above-ground trains, if they have trains at all, simply because it's cheaper and easier to build them that way.

"Pangaea", 'tis.

There's two effects at work which change the shape and position of land masses - the continents themselves move (slowly) because they're sort-of floating on magma a looooong way down, and the global sea level goes up and down depending on how much of it is liquid water and how much is ice (much faster). Right now the Earth is relatively cold so there's a lot of ice and sea levels are low, meaning there's a lot of land. This is (we're still technically in an ice age) an interesting look at the way they've changed over time. I find it fascinating, 'cause you see how temporary a thing the current shapes of the land are.

There is a lot of water under the land but it's mostly held within porous rock rather than being free in underground rivers.

I'm not sure why Florida should be significantly worse than New York, or any other coastal place (like, say, London, or the Channel Tunnel). Maybe the type of rocks in the ground there aren't strong enough for making tunnels?