I thought Pensacola was in Florida.... And how is Florida in Alabama??
It was a expression of we are different. Like in the 70's when asked what is your account number, folks would reply back I am a name not a number. In the 80's folks might just say I am not like the other girls or I am not like the other guys and so forth. Now a days folks are inked up and will be willing to explain how they are different by telling you what their ink means to them. Or instead of wearing a coat of many colors they display hair of many colors.
In the 80's of course Miami Vice was one of the most popular tv shows. So folks not from the state had a overall or general picture of what Florida was like based upon what they saw from electronic media.
So was just a humorous way for the folks in Pensacola to say we are not like what tv says we are and that night life and faddish vain lifestyle portrayed. The image associated with Florida as a whole. So it was just them saying we are not like that we are more akin to what is portrayed as Alabama. Laid back, like to hunt, make vegetables lose all nutritional value by adding bacon grease to cook them in.........LOL.......and so forth.
So was just there way of saying don't believe all the hype we are different culturally, morally, and in lifestyle, and have views that are not what is generally seen on a screen or read in print.