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Like an aquarium here. >> your front yard backyard is all atlantic ocean? >> that's correct. there's a little bit of isolation but i don't feel claustrophobic at all. >> back in the 60s a shirtless president lyndon johnson vacationed here. that's him with the flipped up hat. islandia is and always has been more of a roos than a city. >> there is no courthouse no city hall. in fact there's not even a mayor. >> it was a classic get rich scheme to get taxpayers for bridges and development. the incorporated status remains creating an annual bureaucratic headache for nearly 50 years. >> they have n...

Super-rich. hideout for pirates and prohibition bootleggers and even presidential vacation spot. shirts were optional. south of miami in biscayne bay sits florida's smallest city, call it islandia or call it paradise. >> it is paradise. >> reporter: deb johnson is one of five people that call it home. >> i have my neighbors pete there. all pelicans are named pete. water is like an aquarium here. >> reporter: front yard, backyard is all atlantic ocean? >> that's correct. there is a little bit of isolation but i don't feel claustrophobic at all. >> reporter: back in the '60s a shirtless presiden...

>> reporter: back in the '60s a shirtless president lyndon johnson vacationed here. that is him with the flipped up hat. islandia has always been more of a ruse than a real city. this was the only intended road. there is no courthouse. no city hall. in fact, there is not even a mayor. it was all just a classic get-rich scheme to pry florida taxpayers for bridges and development. then lbj signed islandia into biscayne national park but incorporated status remained, creating an annual bureaucrat headache for nearly 50 years. >> they have never filed their state papers. they do not cash checks th...