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Fleeing Florida!

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Posted By: Mercedes44, 11/24/2024 4:25:58 AM

For a host of reasons, it became convenient for progressives to suggest that large numbers were fleeing Florida in search of a better life. When Florida governor Ron DeSantis was a GOP presidential frontrunner, liberal Democrats dug up every scrap of information suggesting he was an ineffective governor, noting that thousands were fleeing his state as a result of his supposedly poor governance. When Trump became the GOP nominee, the attack on Trump’s adopted home state continued. Hundreds if not thousands of articles were generated implying that Trump’s adopted home state was such a disaster that there was a mass exodus. The reality is just the opposite.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Venturer 11/24/2024 7:09:02 AM (No. 1841823)
People are leaving Florida? Did Nancy Pelosi sell her mansion there.?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: franq 11/24/2024 7:28:46 AM (No. 1841829)
Whatever a leftist says, believe the opposite. You'll be fine.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: chumley 11/24/2024 7:34:49 AM (No. 1841835)
I've been there several times and liked it pretty well, with an asterisk. The state is divided between the beach and sunglasses portion, and the redneck portion. I liked the rednecks just fine, but found the beach types to be very shallow and uninteresting. Thats despite the bikinis, which are wonderful. My biggest concern would be insurance rates, as the state seems to blow away every few years. My income cant pay that much.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: homefry 11/24/2024 7:48:26 AM (No. 1841844)
I wish they'd all gather in some spot, just get the hell away from normal folk.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 11/24/2024 9:16:47 AM (No. 1841891)
I first moved to Florida, to Key West, in 1961. Since then, every place I lived in the state, and those I visited have been steadily overrun by "Yankees" (as the locals used to call them) moving in by the millions. The state is a lot more crowded and there are a lot more Yankees, with their Yankee ideas (NY, NJ, Mass, and the rest of the dysfunctional NE states) messing up the state. And yet, the state still functions pretty well, and sanity seems to be prevailing. That's amazing. And if a few thousand leave.....YEA! Better for all the rest of us.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: stablemoney 11/24/2024 10:11:13 AM (No. 1841941)
The flight is from the blue states.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: felixcat 11/24/2024 10:37:44 AM (No. 1841964)
I grew up in South Florida - moved there in 1970 and would move back again (husband doesn't want to) but not to any coastal city. Whenever I drive down to visit my good friend who lives in Naples and who also grew up in South Florida after her family moved there from CT in late 1960s), the interstate and even the back roads I take to get to Naples - are clean. Can't say that about the states of GA, SC, NC and VA. Virginia may be a Southern state but in many ways, worse than FL for all the Yankees aka lefty Dems, who live here.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Sorosisbehindit 11/24/2024 11:13:23 AM (No. 1841978)
We were all wishing we lived in Florida during covid.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: red1066 11/24/2024 11:22:40 AM (No. 1841986)
During Covid, many D.C. swamp creatures who were all in on the shots for everyone went to Florida to escape the lockdowns and to experience some freedom. Once back, they went right back to the lock down mentality for everyone. Also, if large number of people are leaving Florida, it's not because of DeSantis. It's the increasing costs of living there. Between the hurricanes causing insurance rates to skyrocket, or the increasing cost of housing in general, many people who retired there who are on fixed incomes, just can't afford to live there anymore.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Vaquero45 11/24/2024 11:29:06 AM (No. 1841988)
I like to visit friends in Florida (especially during the winter, naturally) but I couldn't live there for a number of reasons. And these days, it's crowded.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: mc squared 11/24/2024 12:10:09 PM (No. 1842009)
Wifey & I moved to FL 21 years ago and never regretted it. The problem now (since covid?) is every piece of vacant land is being bought by developers. What were orange groves and cattle ranches are turning into housing or businesses. Fortunately, FL is still predominately 'red' but for how long? Don't Turn Florida into California or New York.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: dbdiva 11/24/2024 2:52:14 PM (No. 1842079)
I know of a few Florida transplants moving to my county in PA. The reasons given were to be closer to aging parents or because they wanted to live where the seasons change. Of course we also have one lib who moved here because......drumroll.....he hates Matt Gaetz. There's always one....
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