Many have second thoughts after moving to Florida during the pandemic

[@mizzury54]

Notice how the real estate guy wouldn't admit high insurance cost and other inflation for the reasons.

[@CyrusTheVirus187]

Nahh the rocket scientist this is the same reason why women won't tell you how evil they can get and mean before getting together it sounds better if they don't bring up the problems they come with

[@rhodawatkins4516]

The politics is bad enough.

[@HamburgerMolester]

Florida doesn't have its own currency to print. You can thank the federal government for inflation. Maybe visit your local library for more information on how the country operates.

[@rhodawatkins4516]

​@HamburgerMolester I'm thinking corporate greed has the most to do with the continuously rising prices we're all (as in worldwide) having to pay, and stagnant wages.

[@HamburgerMolester]

@@rhodawatkins4516 or maybe a 34 trillion dollar debt and endless printing of money? Anytime you have more of anything it lowers it's value. That's why a bucket of diamonds is worth more than a bucket of sand. But no, you're right, I'm sure every business large and small had a super secret meeting to conspire about raising costs and somehow nobody let that information slip.... Ffs man, use your thinking brain, not your feeling brain.

[@Slide61]

A realtor will never say costs are the reason folks are leaving.

[@LovelyLady1111]

Facts, he conveniently left that out, when the whole rest of the video mentioned it

[@jasonjason5325]

Because he is a sales man they always lie

[@Lele-lq3tx]

Cost is the number one reason but politics play a big role.

[@urekmazino6800]

Yup

[@chubbywubby90]

And low paying jobs

[@joedavenport5293]

Living in Florida and vacationing in Florida are two completely different experiences. I lived in Orlando from 2005-2022 and moved up to Pittsburgh. Best decision I ever made. It's way cheaper up here and the people are nicer. And the winters aren't that bad. You get used to the cold.

[@JawandoOokomondo-cb7fm]

Great now all the jews will move to pittsburg now 🤣😂🤣🤣

[@rednose1966]

I love my florida life.

[@gregorypeterson9]

​@@JawandoOokomondo-cb7fmIs that a racist comment? Just asking for a friend.

[@kobyschechter8163]

As a New Yorker, I would never want to live in Florida. It’s too hot and humid for me. Homeowners insurance is also getting more and more expensive because of the extreme weather events the state experiences. Not just hurricanes, this past June, south Florida had an awful storm that dumped over two FEET of rain in Broward County causing flash flooding all over the place. It rains every day in Florida in the summer months. Long Island NY also sees a lot of rain, especially in the spring and fall. We can get snow in winter but we can also have very mild winters where not one snowflake falls. This past September was an absolutely incredible month. We went weeks straight without a drop of rain.

[@Sam-gs7yb]

Beautiful, but hot, humid, flooding, critters, hurricanes, flat, expensive and overrated

[@beanerbon]

and lots of usual suspects

[@mujkocka]

And full of sinkholes

[@tshaffer9681]

Don't forget the bugs. We have a very buggy State. I love Florida and I love living here.

[@MundiTaurus]

@@mujkocka And, mental sickness.

[@freddyrodriguez4732]

lol everyone thinks “Flat” is this bad thing- not for hikers and bikers!! meanwhile in California i hear people die all the time on cliffs, denuded mountains, snowdrifts, wildfires over all the forested surface area, and so on.

[@Holiday-sDad]

If you have children it’s not even about politics. The sweet dumbness is less cute when education and healthcare is involved and you have kids. This place is literally insane

[@ryanwalters6184]

Bless your heart! Sorry to see you leaving 😢

[@Evilskyworshippers]

Privatized healthcare will cost the US over 700 TRILLION in the next 100 years, universal would SAVE A MINIMUM of 350 TRILLION. You can argue that ENTIRE 700+ trillion is wasted as it ONLY helps Big Pharma, who Cons CLAIM to hate, Liberals are all about facts, Cons are all about political agendas. THERES NO REASON u would waste QAUADRILLIONS of taxpayer money. 1 bad Con idea will cause the entire US to collapse in 50 years. Medical debt is also the leading cause of BANKRUPTCY AND HOMELESSNESS IN MURICA. Cons are the GREATEST THREAT HUMANITY HAS EVER FACED.

[@benedibrava]

when you have kids, states which dont protect kids from perversion of homosexualism, is to stay away from

[@MundiTaurus]

Well, most of it.

[@MundiTaurus]

@@ryanwalters6184 Here's some now. LOL!

[@reneeparker7475]

I left Florida for Oregon, six years ago, after living there for 31 years. Two of my former neighbors just moved from Florida to West Virginia, two days ago, after living there for 36 years. We got out because of Florida's politics under Ron DeSantis and the Republican legislature...they brag about loving freedom, while taking it away from those who disagree.

[@virgo-in-cyn1537]

I left for Oregon after 45 years in Fla. I’ll NEVER look back!! 👌🏼Vote Blue

[@bobs182]

Freedom means the freedom to oppress others.

[@CPATuttle]

@@virgo-in-cyn1537why not move to California? It’s democrat. I guess politics isn’t the reason

[@xbulsara]

@@CPATuttleTypical shallow Floridian response

[@W.J.M.]

@liversuccess1420 you're easily duped. go to California where your kind thrives on chaos.

[@thomasbeach7436]

I bought a mobile home in 2017 with a lot rent of $420. Today the lot rent is $850 and when I sell the next owner has to pay $1050. The lot rent has raised so high that I will have to sell my mobile home for a loss because nobody wants to pay that much for lot rent. Real Estate Investment Trusts are buying up mobile home parks and doubling the lot rents. It doesn't matter if you've lived their for years, you can be evicted in a short amount of time. In Florida there are NO safety nets. If your family can't or won't help and your church won't help you will be homeless! Welcome to Florida!!!

[@pamelasmith514]

Same here in NJ. We are owned by Legacy.

[@DwightStJohn-w1l]

A freedom fry state. Who would have thunk?? Mobile parks have ALWAYS been a holding property: like Drive-Ins back in the day. The land value is huge now, which is why these Trust are scooping them up with KASH. End of an era.

[@urekmazino6800]

That's disgusting

[@bobwoods1302]

Churches don't give people money they take peoples money

[@julieb7785]

So troubling...

[@thomaskim5008]

The other side looks greener but it is not greener. People moved to Florida and Texas. Many of them are moving out of them

[@masenko41]

We never wanted you here in the first place, Good riddance.

[@KSAnsley]

Barely hear that on the news eh? All a farce.

[@Twitch760]

Maybe the grass seems greener on the other side because you’re not over there screwing it up?

[@Cauldron6]

Because they saw what GOP politics do to a state….

[@Baebon6259]

@@Cauldron6 you mean they move from blue state to a blue city in red state. Suddenly red state is bad. Nah buddy. It is the Democrats that ruin everything they touch.

[@jh748]

I have lived in FL ten years now. It used to be a great vacation location but as a resident it has become incredibly divisive and styfiling. State politicians are far more interested in passing corrosive legislations which do not help any Floridian with insurance crisis, homeless, home prices, inflation and the worst medical fraud in the nation. Useless state governing is the result when you have the Governor and the majority of the same party. I am a Republican but I am a disgusted one at that.

[@MedoExpress]

Which part of the insurance crisis, home prices and inflation do you want a state legislature to tackle? Going against PRIVATE insurance companies and telling them you can only charge so much, what will they do? Insurance companies will pick up and leave. You cannot force them to stay. This is a national issue, has to be done a national level in order for it to be beneficial for everyone. Even with that, they are actually working on ways to help Floridians, a bill being drafted is to have your insurance premiums be pre-tax deductibles on your income, saving you a decent amount of money, its not perfect but its something they are wanting to help. Home prices, you expect the legislature to do what exactly with this? We live in a free economy, as demand goes up, so does the cost. Lastly, inflation, what do you expect the state legislature to do, inflation is a global problem and national problem, thank your old pal Biden for that. Homelessness... this problem is worsening and its a major national issue, instead of sending billions to other countries, we could easily solve this to help our people on a National level.

[@ButterfliesZebras77]

@@MedoExpress 💯... I would only add one thing! Homelessness in the Sunshine State is largely attributable to down on there luck folks fleeing the brutal cold, and perhaps more importantly, the opioid/addiction epidemic. Neither of these are exactly new problems of course, but anyone failing to acknowledge the marked increase over the last few years simply isn't paying attention!

[@joshuastuckey2177]

@@MedoExpress What a great response

[@sharonodonnell2147]

Well bye .

[@reubenhandel210]

Actually they are known for resisting calls for regulation during the covid hysteria. I guess if you were a drag queen trying to throw parties for children it might be a problem there but other than that mot so much

[@mangographics225]

The Environment is why they came but the Real Estate Development is destroying it with no Protections ... and very lousy Public Education

[@kyle6209]

They just preserved land the size of Connecticut in Florida….

[@AGuy-x3d]

I lived in Florida for 5 years. Hated it and moved back to Illinois. Jobs were scarce, pay was crap and the people were trashy

[@wvhillgal]

where did you live that there were no jobs? Central Florida had plenty

[@kitskivich]

@@wvhillgal Income in Florida is the second worst of all states, with only Alabama having worse incomes. White-collar jobs are indeed difficult to find and those that exist pay poorly.

[@thatoneguy94512]

​@@kitskivichI make 135k a year working from home. Everyone I know here makes 6 figures. You need new friends

[@SF-oq1qx]

People come to Florida thinking is going to be a breeze.

[@jacobmartinez5461]

Yes min wage still 7.25

[@mkultra8244]

Perfect, everybody get out! It’s driving the price of rent back down in my local area with so many people leaving

[@s.tanh9818]

Yes ...Go back to NY and CA... I'm sure they will love it there.

[@Anniebee3300]

@@s.tanh9818curious, can you find insurance and if you can, can you afford it?

[@martina21953]

I love it in Florida but I've implanted myself in the history of the region where I live so I don't think I'll be moving back. Maybe when I retire.

[@RealityHurts923]

@@s.tanh9818 Thats what I say about people leaving California. Yes perfect get out and go to Florida. A little less traffic.

[@raystevens3527]

@RealityHurts923 don't send your damned democrats to us though we already have too many

[@Heavilymoderated]

If they watched the news they would’ve had second thoughts about the prospect of moving there in the first place.

[@stuwest3653]

The problem is the fact they watch the news.

[@JC-fd8ho]

What news?

[@Heavilymoderated]

@@JC-fd8ho anything that starts with “Florida man”, for starters.

[@PacificForage]

​@@Heavilymoderated Nailed it

[@JC-fd8ho]

@@Heavilymoderated seriously man what is wrong with Florida?

[@colinwithonel]

Yeah when all my friends who moved out for Florida were like, "cmon down here, it'll be so much better," I was like "but then I'd have to live in Florida..."

[@bubbagasm1]

All the Floridians appreciate you feeling like that and not coming!

[@VNtheOnly]

Exactly come to California, it much better

[@dannyfrog]

​@user-pi2lq don't be a loser troll all of your life.

[@naturelover2292]

Born and raised in Florida and we have it no better than anyone else. We have to work to pay bills just like anyone else so I don’t know what they know that I don’t know

[@anthonyarchibald9331]

Rent in FL has doubled in the last 10 years, the average workers wage didn't. I just accepted I have to work twice as long now.

[@AshishShrivastava-q6i]

What is "in-migration" and "out-migration"? The English language already has words for these concepts, "immigration" and "emigration" respectively. A news organization should know better.

[@bakerkawesa]

"Immigration" is a dirty word these days.

[@marismith2416]

Thank you, colleagues, for passing students who speak improper English 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Irina-iw5ji]

Ok thank you , because this is the first time in my life I hear " in" and "out" migration. Always knew it to be emigration and immigration. Feel like dumbing down our language using the other terms.

[@c22d]

It's also about clarity and understanding. Both words sound very similar. Also, both words are more typically applied on a country-scale. Americans very rarely refer to other Americans as "immigrants."

[@Astrobucks2]

NBC isn't a news organization. They're corporate propaganda. They are journalism the way that Taco Bell is food.

[@donnadixon289]

Hard to believe that any politician would think that it’s more important to concentrate on a fight with Disney, LGBTQ and education rather than deal with astronomical increases in insurance and HOA rates.

[@Jurian2004]

He is doing that because that specifically is attacking children. If you don't like it, then just don't move there.

[@gregphillips4900]

Insurance costs have increased across the entire country, in case you missed that. But yes, DeSantis spends 10 hours a day on the phone yelling at Disney. 😂

[@kingofthedots3835]

The Gubner has no authority over HOAs ......and Disney is no longer Disney ....its just one of those manipulative BIG CORPORATIONS that need to pay it's fair share ...........that's called Guberning 😂😂😂😂

[@cruxdevill9127]

Omg dude HOA fees need to go I’ve seen houses with 800 + Fees like how can anyone have fun money after paying their 2000$ mortgage and 800 fees plus ins

[@galemartin9155]

Wait until the next hurricane hits. I dare them to ask for help.

[@k_escobar917]

I’ll tell you the real reason. Everything is EXPENSIVE. 2/1 homes starting at minimum $500k (at least in South FL) and the pay is horrible…you can have 10+ experience as an Electrician, Plumber, HVAC - you’re lucky if you make $20 an hour. EXTREMELY LUCKY…if you work in Corporate??? $16-19/hr…..who can afford a “starter” $500k home making $20/hr?! Who?!?!?!?!?! Whooooooooo?????!!!!! Everyone down here is just fed up

[@ginzo666]

Facts. Companies open up offices in Floriduh, because they know they can underpay there AND there are zero worker protections.

[@ph-vf5hx]

Capitalism baby this ain't no charity event. Strap in. Enjoy the ride.

[@user-st6nt4ou6f]

I figured as much from what I read about Florida in legitimate newspapers that report news. Texas is another draw that people are flocking to. Wait until they see what it's really like to live there. These two states are corporate havens., people's? Not so much

[@martensdcm]

Truth.

[@novadhd]

those are trades. Im sure most corporate makes more than that. What about all the doctors, lawyers etc that are there?

[@kentpass]

Ever since I moved into my condo 2.5 years ago my maint has increased $325 per month. My car insurance for my corra is now over $2k per year. The traffic is horrendous and they are charging you to drive on roads that were already paid for and in some case depending on the rate of traffic it’ll cost you $15 to drive 8 miles. You want Fla come and get it.

[@Astrobucks2]

Cool story. Ever been to the northeast? They also charge you to drive on roads that were paid for decades ago, but also haven't been repaired in decades. I moved away from the NE to Miami, and I couldn't be happier. Yes the traffic is bad, but the traffic is horrible around NYC. At least in Miami, you get better weather.

[@diane8885]

No thanks. I am not stupid.

[@geraldpatterson3903]

Florida and Texas.....OVERRATED

[@demonddearing6550]

I think its ironic that people are leaving these places around the same time people are moving to these places.

[@nicholas121]

wrong, you will see soon

[@ranew33]

Your momma!

[@BigRed-MWA]

And where do you live ..🥴🥴🥴

[@MundiTaurus]

@@nicholas121 See what? Too scared to say? Don't worry, YT does not delete your type of posts.

[@ncasti]

DeSantis said during COVID, come to the free state of Florida. So what did they do? They came. They bought, at high prices, inflating the real estate market. Higher home prices, high insurance premiums follow. Higher real estate taxes. More congestion. Overcrowding. It was bad before they came down, but now it's worse. It has become very expensive to live in South Florida. I really feel bad for the young people, who won't be able to buy affordable housing. Crime levels increasing. Thanks, COVID.

[@oofballz4328]

More like thanks, lockdown governors in other states

[@Landshark2020]

Thanks China

[@naturelover2292]

Mind boggling how so many people just uprooted their lives. Probably where they were already comfortable but just couldn’t help following the heard like sheep

[@wvhillgal]

My son bought in Hillsborough county and the taxes are ungodly there on his 600,000 home. Not too smart to live near the coast at all. We had no issues living 50 miles in.

[@viktorrhee]

I don't. Best young people don't live there. Only thing in Floriduh is a waiting room to die.

[@pauljstod8804]

Lived in SWFLA for a decade, I’d rather go to jail than move back 😮

[@Ulysesg182]

Overall expensive and you got a insecure Governor that focuses on none existing issues.

[@SuperRosepat]

He is focusing and is Law & Order

[@lf3541]

@SuperRosepat No. He luckily inherited a Republican supermajority and wielded it like a cudgel, picked fights for clicks and likes, unalived his own people during Covid and has watched us get buried alive under the highest inflation rate in the US...he couldn't even muster enough personality to get traction in a POTUS campaign he was practically gifted AND he caved in to Trump...twice! He's weak. Petty. And he's out after this term ends. Good riddance.

[@bigdreams5554]

​@@SuperRosepat Is that he calls his white cowboy boots?

[@YabbaDabbaDooooo]

@@SuperRosepat It’d be nice if he would address the insurance crisis, low wages, and high COL.

[@wasabiginger6993]

Just another neocon puppet

[@lindacollins903]

I moved to South Florida in 1983. Back then it was a paradise and everything was less expensive. Fast forward and just as this video says, prices for everything have exploded, plus Governor DeSantis is nuts. For those of you who dont know, he recently passed a bill that makes it illegal for people who work outside to get rest and water breaks. He should try working on a roof sometime. I had my fill of the summers getting hotter and lasting longer every year and dont forget the threat of hurricanes for 6 months of the year. I sold my house and moved back to the northeast. I had no idea how much I missed the change of seasons.

[@gregbrown5129]

He didn't pass a bill that makes it illegal for people who work outside to get rest and water breaks. Didn't happen.

[@jeffc1347]

This is NOT accurate. He signed a law making it illegal for a municipal government to set their own laws regarding heat breaks employers have to follow, preventing each city/county having different laws. As much as I dislike Desantis I actually agree that would have been a complete nightmare. And I am liberal and work outside.

[@fordtruckman80]

@@jeffc1347 There are so many people who can't wrap their head around the fact that DeSantis doesn't come up with the bills. If people hate what he is signing, they need to take issue with the senators and representatives in the Florida government. They're the ones drafting these bills. They're the ones granting approval for insurance hikes. They're the ones fighting abortion access. It's not DeSantis even though we can all agree he makes stupid claims from time to time and sometimes wears stupid white muck boots. Where do you even find those?

[@rhodawatkins4516]

​@jeffc1347 So what was wrong with the way they were doing it? Did he think they were giving too many breaks or too few?

[@lindacollins903]

@liversuccess1420 If you can, don't wait too long. It's still a beautiful place to visit, but I don't think I could ever live there again

[@toothlessseer3153]

After the Surfside (Champlain Towers) collapse, any building more than 25 years old & within 3 miles from the coast need extensive inspections. And expensive repairs (given the rising sea levels). _Many retirees simply cannot afford to spend additional hundreds of thousands of dollars in one-time fees, so they get evicted... And leave_ (Similarly, many homeowners cannot afford flooding and hurricane insurance)

[@choossuck7653]

You lost any credibility

[@surfrescue3232]

LOL 'rising sea levels'. Ok.

[@archibaldslack4357]

Don’t forget floods, hurricanes, and extremely hot “summers” that can last six months

[@jbar_85]

More like 9 months in south Florida.

[@aus.0608]

South florida hasn't been hit with a hurricane since 2005 buddy. And we can handle the water, so it doesnt flood at all

[@Nonameforyoudangit]

People who say that FL weather is nice has ice in their veins. It's dangerously hot after early a.m. hours most of the year in South FL. Expect that to become norm in the state in near future.

[@aus.0608]

@@Nonameforyoudangit duh we are close to the equator, lived here my whole life rather deal with the heat and the freezing cold

[@jbar_85]

@@Nonameforyoudangit exactly!

[@tom23245]

I lived in Florida for 7 months. Aside from Winter and early Spring, and I'm assuming late Fall, the rest of the year was disgusting temperatures and humidity. For those who've never experienced above body temperature air with 98% humidity, I can only say you've been spared.

[@SOLDOZER]

Please leave!

[@tom23245]

@@SOLDOZER Already done that! 🤣

[@freddyrodriguez4732]

Not true, now buhbye.

[@deeandrews7051]

If you can't stand the heat, move to Alaska.

[@joemonteirosportsshorts3343]

Lol i work outside in the heat, yall are called snowbirds for a reason. Cant handle the heat🤣

[@d3r3kyasmar]

Its not a good place to move if you are a nurse.

[@ohthatpaul]

Or a human.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Low pay and few benefits?

[@BlackPowerRanger1112]

Florida is full of homelessness, and life feels tense. I want to move to Minnesota, where it's more free and open-minded. Florida is full of all the wrong fights.

[@Sirius39170]

I guess Minnesota has a lot more white people.

[@RasiRobi]

Homeless now all over America

[@Sirius39170]

@@RasiRobi That's Bidenomics.

[@Korzacks2nd]

can't wait to have you here. It's wonderful in MN. FL is sinking into the sea, I wonder if the conservative voters down there will go with the ship, or swallow their policies and accept a helping hand...?

[@jonnym4670]

@@Sirius39170 dont you recall trump fighting the feds to get interest rates low when a session was coming no likes those rates rise but you do it to combat inflation

[@Impozalla]

Florida has some of the most ridiculous home prices, on top of that good luck finding home insurance. And if you could find home insurance, are you ready to pay $20k plus premium every year on top of your mortgage payments? No, Florida has become very expensive. It's even more expensive than California.

[@mea3665]

Have you looked at Wisconsin home prices 😂😂😂

[@TheAS687]

Definitely not more expensive than California

[@gonzalobeltran4234]

Come see California were 424,000 can get you a studio with possibly a sink if your lucky lol 😆

[@patrickm6012]

@@gonzalobeltran4234not many studio apartments here in Florida. I own a home, but the insurance and taxes here are outrageous. The challenge with Florida is we have California housing market with substandard wages.

[@dadvssoncocopuffs9187]

It's not even close to California.. trust me..but I hear lately Florida has skyrocketed in insurance and home prices

[@martinc8084]

Climate change (and the Governor's inability to even acknowledge its existence) certainly doesn't help

[@jelambertson]

What do you want the Governor to do? Stand over you with a fan?

[@Melrose51653]

Promote responsible responses to a changed climate. Denying it is MAGA magical thinking.

[@MiltJohnson-sw9lc]

Climate changes all the time, 😂😂😂

[@eroica2392]

Yes, there is for sure climate change: Spring, Summer, Winter, and Fall. Talk to me about chem trails before you talk to me about "climate change."

[@alejandromolinac]

Well Al Gore told me I was gonna be underwater 10 years ago….

[@jonlj77]

I’d say that the bigger truth is that property insurance and property taxes are skyrocketing.

[@bobs182]

Lawyers are getting rich off of homeowners insurance. The laws need to be changed to keep these bogus lawsuits from ruining insurance companies. Florida has far more homeowners lawsuits than the rest of the country combined.

[@soapgirlsrule]

The kids that grow up in Florida won't be able to be competitive in the workplace for where things are going.

[@davidthaler7018]

They also won’t identify with anything non-white. “Black History Month? We don’t have that in Florida.”

[@BM.167]

TF are you talking about?

[@JBoy340a]

Yep. When you refuse to have debate on topics in schools, and then take away money from public schools to give to private schools with an agenda you have a recipe for creating under educated working class and a closed-minded upper class. But I suppose this is the idea

[@cherylberk4593]

Excuse me, the Daily Mail ran a story earlier this month Florida public schools are #1 in this nation. We have public and private universities that have such high standards most people cant quallify on SAT scores. You are just flat out wrong. We dont put up with bad nehavior in this state, you get arrested, charged, etc.

[@Astrobucks2]

@@cherylberk4593 They don't like that. Remember, the woke need things to be chaotic and out of control to bring about the communism they want. That's why they're not arresting people and defunding the cops. That's why they're trying to indoctrinate kids with gender confusion and hyper sexuality. It's the rules for radicals and gramsci theories in action.

[@NativeAmericanSwag]

Regretfully grew up here, got my freedom and moved my family away and came back like an idot! 🤦‍♀🤣 Top ten reasons I can't stand this state: 1. Crowded with bad drivers, it was bad 5, 10, 15, 25, etc. years ago, but it's getting outta control reminds me of a mini Dallas or a mini Atlanta! 2. The cost is ridiculous from food to having a roof over your head, I remember when you could buy food, pay bills and live like a king or a queen. I know everything has gone up everywhere, but it's outrageous here! The homeless population is growing faster. 3. Storms / Harricanes 4. Can't find insurance because all the companies are leaving in some form or another ( I was also an insurance agent as my 2nd job, I know firsthand the pain from both sides) trust me insurance agents can't always get to insure their stuff either! 5. PEOPLE ARE RUDE!!!! Back when I was a kid people would help each other a lot more and have respect for one another, heck people would even wave to strangers. NOT ANYMORE, not sure if it's because there are so many people not from here who have brought their ways with them and the attitude is spreading or what but it's so sad, it wasn't this bad 5 years ago, let alone 2! 6. Because of the cost of living getting out of hand I find myself relocating more than ever before, I come from a family who lived in a home for over 47 years, now I'm moving every 7 mos, to a years because of the cost. 7. Jobs pay terrible here, and it's incredibly hard to find a good job, always has been. That was the number one reason why we moved in the first place was for better opportunity. And I did really well getting promoted to ops management before my mother got sick, causing us to come back... 8. Low pay but high rent! I mean the math ain't mathing at all. These jobs are making plenty of profit from all the people moving here so why not pour back into their workforce? 9. It's impossible to find health care here let alone anyone who will take decent insurance even if it's from your job! I have a Dr appt for my mother for her cardiologist for JAN 2025!!! SMH 10. It's hard to make good decent friends here, the old friends have moved away. And to find one who will not backstab is hard to find depending on where you live. Many people are to worried about only themselves to have someone in their corner who will be there for them... It' 's really sad. 😔 If you're planning to move to FL you've been warned! I'm Planning my final escape from this place once and for all now, and I can't wait to be promoted somewhere else. It will always be home, but home has now just become a house or a motel 6!😭😭🤦‍♀🤦‍♀😔😔🤣🤣

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

Excellent post.

[@youtubeuser5683]

As an former Florida resident, Florida looks beautiful until you get there and realize, oh yeah... that's why I left.

[@Astrobucks2]

And go....where?

[@tygerchickchibi]

There are definitely other options

[@seansurfn2]

see ya. i came here from california.. cali is a giant homeless encampment now

[@Itoshimi]

@@seansurfn2 With the 4th largest economy in the world. Can Alabama, New Mexico, Louisiana, West Virginia, Idaho, Georgia, or any other red state say the same?

[@Orlando_Steve]

And as current Florida residents we are glad you left!

[@mujkocka]

Florida is 60% sinkholes…

[@Grayald]

I never saw a single one in 4 years there.

[@H3llN0pe]

Liberal cities are 100% shitholes

[@CrawfishCuban]

Certainly some places in central/west side FL where there's lots of lakes naturally theres sinkholes

[@H3llN0pe]

@@CrawfishCuban Liberal cities are 100% shitholes

[@srichey444]

And 100% DeSatan. It needs to be the official State of the Chump Cult.

[@clisediagonzalez5010]

Florida feels like a trap and inflation is making some very rich and others strapped in minimum wage poverty. I'm so glad I left.

[@IncoherentCentrist]

I would hate living in Florida for the weather alone...disgusting! Oppressive heat and humidity is unbearable

[@nicholas121]

you get used to it. Its not a good reason, Its just reverse winter where you have to stay inside all summer and go outside in the winter.

[@BigRed-MWA]

No one is making you..🤡🥴🥴🥴

[@Tomren44]

Imagine saying no to sun for most of the year.

[@freddyrodriguez4732]

So is the constant biting, dry cold

[@freddyrodriguez4732]

@@Tomren44lol

[@bcuriel2010]

Hopefully more people will move back to their state

[@KungPowEnterFist]

I love how they act like we wanted them to come live here.

[@jh748]

Yeah and lessening the tax basis for the state will hurt everyone too.

[@CyrusTheVirus187]

​@@KungPowEnterFistno one wants to live in the dessert or gatorland ahhHa

[@KungPowEnterFist]

@@CyrusTheVirus187 Must be why Florida is the third most populated state and why 140M visitors come here every year.

[@JAM661]

Well that is funny. For many once they move, that is there state. Meanwhile your Governor was the one telling everyone how great FL. So they are just doing what he said. Maybe you get rid of the governor.

[@jackycane8238]

I retired and relocated from Miami to Denver. Home Insurance, constant inspections to raise premiums, hurricanes 🌀 threats, flooding , very high cost of living were some of the factors. Investments and income do not grow as fast and as much as the Insurance industry demands from home owners.

[@teresaellis7088]

Glad to live in Indiana.We got 4 seasons,good communities,lots countryside and space.We can be at major airport easy and fly where we want.Going to Florida next month.Perdido Key will enjoy it and come home.

[@crazygambler920]

Florida is expensive - it ain’t cheap no more. The real estate taxes for my 2200 sqft condo is $42,000 annually - it’s highway robbery.

[@dashcan8479]

YOU mean local homeowner taxes property taxes right?

[@954crystal]

You must be on the water / intracoastal

[@lawnman3638]

You fail to mention more details for a reason. $42,000 is just one part of that picture.

[@dreamsonly001]

@@954crystal I’m inland and it’s getting expensive because everyone is fleeing the coastal areas.

[@surfrescue3232]

ANY more.

[@daisylu1203]

Those that dont like FL wont like the beaches of other Southern states any better. Same people, same costs, same issues. I live in So. AL almost 2 hrs from beaches for 67 years. There is a saying about those that want to live very near or on the beach: There are 2 times you will like your beach home, when you first buy it , and when you finally sell it. That's especially true now.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

That kinda' reminds me of the saying, "the 2nd best day of your life is when you buy a boat, and the best day of your life is when you sell it."

[@AldHuxl]

Does nobody get there and think that ocean is almost as high as the front door.

[@lf3541]

I made this exact mistake myself and I am SO SORRY I MOVED HERE. Cannot wait to leave.

[@deeandrews7051]

Please go back to where you came. By the way, in the summer, it gets just as hot up north. I visited my sister in NY and she didn't even have air conditioning. I almost died at night, could not sleep, it was so hot in her house.

[@BigJon-wb9jq]

We can't wait for you to leave also. Maybee chicago or Philadelphia will suit you better!

[@lf3541]

@deeandrews7051 I've lived everywhere, Dee. Including NYC and other cities due North. 17 different US cities and a few abroad. It isn't the climate that I find abhorrent. It's the pernicious attitudes, astronomical inflation insane politics and second class medical and educational services that repel anyone other than aged Republican boomers to this place.

[@lf3541]

@BigJon-wb9jq Maybe you should work on your interpersonal skills, Jon. (In addition to your abysmal spelling.) Philly was a great town to live in, I completed my undergrad education there. (That's college. Where you learn things like spelling and how to get along with random strangers without unwarranted rancor.)

[@BigJon-wb9jq]

@lf3541 yea. I could tell college got to you. That's not really anything to brag about. I went to trade school and make more than my brother who is a doctor, smart guy! Enjoy your sanctuary city full of squatters!

[@shondrawhite9317]

My dad in the 70s used to joke about having swamp land in Florida to sell you... Naive .

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

I've lived in 15 places from NYC to Las Vegas and Chicago to Orlando, as large as NYC and as small as Cedar Lake Indiana. Florida is easily the worst place I ever lived...imo.

[@jaredtheboss]

Can you explain why. Currently Live in FL looking to relocate.....

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

@@jaredtheboss This'll upset people, I guess, but it's my experience. When I lived there, Florida had a higher percentage of bigoted people than any other place I ever lived, including small-town Indiana. For example, a group of people I worked with openly celebrated whenever a non-white criminal was executed...and company ownership was cool with that. And, I had KKK neighbors. The best places I've lived-imo-Louisville, KY...Las Vegas, NV...and NYC (I lived there before it was as stupid expensive as it is now). All just personal taste.

[@jaredtheboss]

@@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1 Hey, the truth is the truth.Where do you live now and what do you do?What part of florida did you live in for how long

[@Proj_Doomsday]

FL, America's #2 that won't fall off.

[@DJL0455]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

[@Heavilymoderated]

I’ve always called it Americas Peen.

[@El_Migz]

Eww 🤣

[@jocosus3]

#LOL - If you don't mind, I'm stealing that catchphrase. #Brilliant

[@chriskelly6559]

It's a Cling on State.

[@schwartzybuisness]

Imagine leaving new York because it was " too expensive" just to go to another place that's just as expensive 😂🤡 overrated state idk why people move down there

[@sm08042n]

Overrated just like Georgia

[@dubreil07]

It’s also easier to obtain a high paying job in NY

[@sm08042n]

@@dubreil07 that’s true, but the cost of living has increased significantly here in NY too, so it cancels itself out

[@chizorama]

​@@sm08042nAt least Georgia has scenery & mountains.

[@sm08042n]

@@chizorama so does NY 🤔

[@trooper1972]

I've been living in Miami for the past 6 years , best decision ever ! I got a better job , new girlfriend , new friends , and best of all ....a loving republican state !

[@vintech3420]

Amen.

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

Florida is a great place to visit, it's got so many beautiful areas to see, but so much bad with the heat and humidity, storms, bugs. Visit, spend a few weeks and get out.

[@patriot5526]

Florida used to be an absolutely beautiful place to live. Crystal clear springs, lakes, and rivers. Pristine beaches. Beautiful woodlands. Hundreds of thousands of acres of orange groves and cattle ranches. Then, Disney came in, followed by several other large theme parks and tourist attractions, and everything went to crap. Overcrowding, horrendous traffic, soaring home prices, and endless subdivisions. I was born and raised in Florida. I loved living there, but at 55 years old I couldn’t take any more of it. Got a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina and just love it.

[@bobwoods1302]

So you were around three years old when Disney opened in Florida but you remember what it was like before that?

[@daisylu1203]

I live in AL 2 hrs from beaches 67 years. We all know better than to get a condo or house on or near the beach. Seen em come and go too many times. 2 hrs is really not far enough.

[@CPATuttle]

Rich people from New York drove the prices up

[@bobwoods1302]

@@daisylu1203 In north America and Western countries waterfront is prized real estate. Everybody wants to be on the water.

[@daisylu1203]

@@bobwoods1302 They want to until they have to deal with the costs and that includes any waterfront property lake, and river. Most expensive is coastal. The closer your property is to the coast the more expensive your insurance is and you have to have 3 kinds now. That is why those of us that have seen this scenario for decades refuse to live on the coast, for us why, beach is only around 90 min away. I live in a lake community and refuse to live waterfront because of all the upkeep, laws and way higher insurance now. But we do have a great lake view.

[@johncabrera9954]

Liberal media hating on Florida.

[@KJamesB]

No, educated Americans that pay for your flooding and hurricane damages every year. You’ve just been Maga’d.

[@TLM860]

So are the hurricanes and insurers 😂

[@chrisaycock5965]

Lived in Florida for a year after finishing high school with my grandparents. Pretty place to visit I wouldn't live there.

[@DJL0455]

Florida... Death's waiting room.

[@tshaffer9681]

😆🤣😂 That's what my uncle called it .

[@josephmedina6403]

A nicer waiting room than where I’m from .

[@oofballz4328]

Bay Area says hello…

[@kobyschechter8163]

My grandfather always called Florida, “god’s waiting room.” He was a lifelong New Yorker and he grew up here in the darkest days of the Great Depression.

[@jenniwolf]

​@@kobyschechter8163 That's what I call my Florida hometown 😅

[@Elkcib]

This is very true, so many from NYC are moving back.

[@AndiCandie]

I did!

[@pscurti350]

HAHAHA.. That's like running back into your burning house.

[@Elkcib]

@@pscurti350 sometimes running back to your burning house is not always bad. Let’s say you have to save your love ones or your pets. So in the end, it ends up being good.

[@pscurti350]

@@Elkcib Anyone thats dumb enough to move back to that cess pool needs to stay there.

[@benlevy48]

​@@ElkcibNYC is a cesspool of crime ask Jordan Cash

[@dustincaso6781]

I love Florida, please go back and take your politics with you.

[@vintech3420]

I hear that.

[@bspi624]

Florida's prices have risen dramatically and the ability to earn a living down here is not that good. The average person is in the food business and earning low pay, bad benefits, and no worker's rights. The education system is being run by the governor who has a strict pollical agenda outside of education.

[@huntersamazingtravels]

I've lived in Florida my entire life, and I'm just twenty. I try to stay out of politics, but I feel that Florida's political dynamics have turned our state much more Republican demographically and culturally than it has been in the past. I feel it was a nice place to be for me personally, with all the fun theme parks and tons of beautiful beaches and nature, but it has undoubtedly gotten quite overcrowded with new and returning residents, especially now that our population is approximately 23 million. It's also very hot and humid for a majority of the year (I like to bike ride a lot there and feel most comfortable doing that in December or January) and this combination with the critters and insects that roam the state, has made it feel kind of gross for me. I remember there just being farms and other similar plots of land on a specific highway in a formerly-rural area near my house north of the Tampa Bay area just under ten years ago. Now, at the same location, there have been so many new subdivisions being built, nonstop, that it has become so unrecognizable. Also the cost of living has gone up too. Since then, I have decided I want to live somewhere near the Rocky Mountains when I'm older. Not the cheapest option but I love it there and I can actually breathe fresh air and not feel crammed.

[@truthfacts57]

Here since 1966 . Grew up in Miami . WW2 dad retired with VA loan got a home in South Florida for $11,000 . Same home almost $500,000, taxes and home insurance for the elderly is crushing them . Fla Governor is the worse for Teachers , those who work in hospitals . Don't be old with health problems in Fl . Fl Governor has his hand in hospitals its bad . I can deal with the weather . Home insurance is nuts , car insurance is nuts . Every state has its pros and cons.

[@wvhillgal]

and how pray tell does he have his hand in hospitals? Our home insurance was 100 a month, car insurance 168 a month for two new vehicles. Prices in WV home owners 300 a month and up, car insurance 560 with NO accidents or tickets, slummy homes, high income taxes, D rated hospitals at best. Florida has top rated hospitals.

[@Specialk6894]

I love it when people say “pray tell” (@wvhillgal). It’s so classy.

[@joshuapaul349]

Get your hurricane stuff now rookies.

[@papishampoo5235]

This is BS. These people were cherry picked. The vast majority that have made the move do not regret it.

[@r.d.493]

Videos like this only remind me how lucky I am that the University of Tampa turned me down for a job.

[@Sirius39170]

Lol did you ever end up getting a job?

[@Stevie-J]

Maybe they don't hire people that clap like trained seals when television propaganda reinforces their worldview

[@jjuanmarin]

sound more like a loser

[@r.d.493]

@@Stevie-J: Ads for Rick Scott, Matt Gaetz, Ron DeSantis, and Marco Rubio as well as 17 books by Carl Hiaasen didn’t help either.

[@notsparctacus]

@@r.d.493 < found the groomer

[@hansonel]

Cost of living, bugs, alligators, rising home insurance prices, sea level rise, humidity, worsening effects of climate change/ intense hurricanes, insane political issues, etc... the list goes on. Nice to visit Disney, Miami and The Keys but Flordia has some major issues going on.

[@tshaffer9681]

Everywhere does.

[@SOLDOZER]

Half your list is madeup.

[@DanielKelly-iu3dz]

​@@SOLDOZERyup! 20+ years here and ocean hasn't changed. Hurricanes hit the whole east coast. Disney? Miami?

[@oofballz4328]

⁠​⁠@@DanielKelly-iu3dz I’m pretty sure he was talking about the climate change claim made above

[@tdhtran]

@@SOLDOZERdenial

[@fourflusher6043]

Yep. If shoplifting or child grooming is your thing, best to stay in a blue state.

[@DirkB-t8k]

Pure gas lighting story. Wonder how far they had to look to find people to put on camera to say they were leaving because of the politics. The number one reason, by far why people would leave is the high cost of a home and the insurance! The influx of people are coming FOR the political climate and the no state income tax.

[@Sirius39170]

0% state income tax.

[@BW-fi4fd]

Car insurance is so high. I’m thinking about selling my car and trying to live without one. HOA fees are out of control.

[@stephensandiford3981]

If so many people flood a state , of course prices are going to skyrocket. What planet are these people from??

[@mariecole196]

Planet of lets be reasonable

[@newday8545]

While everyone left NYC, i stayed, took your brand new furniture, and appliances you left on the sidewalk, then furnished my new $1600 2bdrm. I feel bad for people who migrated to Fl to find out they were possibly better off where they came from, ive lived there lol.

[@karenmatejcek-he8hq]

By all means stay in New York !!! We don’t want you here

[@Floorguy1000]

I'm here in NYC.... where is there a 2 bedroom for $1,600.. ?

[@factualbreakdown3072]

I used to work next to Trump Tower for years. You couldn't GIVE me a home in NYC now! I lived in SoFla for 5 years ago and haven't been back for 18 years. Now that my youngest is out of high school, I'm returning to Central Florida - for all of the right reasons! NJ and NYC rear-viewed for good.

[@newday8545]

@@Floorguy1000 my place was in Astoria near the east river and Astoria Park.

[@newday8545]

@@Floorguy1000 a month to month rental. was there 3 years, never had my rent raised. If i go online ill find 2 brm for $2,000, not many but they exist. i know someone in the area that pays 1400 for a 1 bdrm.

[@RandomGuy-vo6zd]

No way he was a moderate Republican

[@CopperNic1972]

Dude is definitely left leaning

[@croton83]

He's from Connecticut what do you expect, good riddance

[@TheMysticBohemian]

Having live in FL several times (my grandparents built a home there in the 80's) I questioned why northerners would think they could tolerate the heat, humidity and bugs. It's only gotten worse since the 80's. Can't blame FL for the rise in home insurance. The hurricanes have cost the insurance companies billions, so yep they are charging more. Car insurance is going up across the country due to theft so the companies spread the cost out across the country. If you don't punish the thieves, they're going to keep stealing, rates are going to keep rising. As for the politics... why would you move to a state who's politics aren't in line with your opinions? That's just silly. It's not as if you couldn't check them out before you moved. To avoid 'Buyers Remorse' think before you move.

[@MyrtGyrt]

A big thank you to TheMysticBohemian! ❤ A much needed voice of reason.

[@bobs182]

Bogus lawsuits have driven up the cost of homeowners insurance. Florida has more homeowners' lawsuits than the rest of the country combined.

[@SOLDOZER]

What a sugary drama queen that dude is.

[@surfrescue3232]

I'd say salty. OMG the trauma of the disney fights. LOL. And what is that gigantic moth that landed on his neck?

[@HamsterPower26]

They should move to New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, or San Francisco. Why did they move to Florida?

[@Jurian2004]

"So many political issues in Florida." Not trying to bust balls here, but isn't all that happeneing in all of the states right now??

[@Tribuneoftheplebs]

He left florida cuz not enough trans people. Hes an 80 yr old white dude talking about LGBTQ. Hes a weirdo

[@kitskivich]

Florida is especially crazy.

[@Jurian2004]

@@kitskivich nope. New York is bro. Research it.

[@Jurian2004]

@@kitskivich plus, other states like Arizona and all that have it too. That's why I say all of the states, especially New York.

[@kitskivich]

@@Jurian2004 No, Florida is embarrassingly bad.

[@Joemama-crzy]

Love florida . Please feel free to leave ,

[@missylyn777]

Newsflash… no one wanted you to move there in the first place!!

[@AnythingJW]

DeSantis blames rising coast on wokeness

[@MundiTaurus]

Of course, the whole radical right is asleep. LOL!

[@deeandrews7051]

We blame rising cost of living on Biden and his policies.

[@MundiTaurus]

@@deeandrews7051 Who is "we"? And, learn to speak for yourself.

[@MundiTaurus]

See... *"asleep"!*

[@MundiTaurus]

Let's see: trump destroyed the debt and the deficit, Biden is trying to fix that. Common, right screws up, left fixes it.

[@buzzard1013]

That dude was not a moderate Republican. That is for sure haha😅

[@kathydenko1313]

Our whole country is divided you can’t escape it

[@Repost-Malone]

Um it’s the same in every state. It’s not Florida it’s our leader

[@its_jakester]

Please leave you’ve ruined Florida

[@littleitaly4700]

Its also a population thing. With a population of 22 million prices will be high. You go out west to Wyoming or a less populated state in general and the cost of living is drastically cheaper.

[@craigemmett2425]

I remember watching Don Johnson on Miami Vice as a kid. Florida seemed SO cool. 🏖️

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

I remember South Beach as a kid in 1990. I remember thinking "where are all the Ferraris?"

[@stockey]

You forgot the taxes, that are ludicrous.

[@gregphillips4900]

There are no state income taxes. Sales tax of 6% and property tax millage of 1 to 1.5% are average compared to other states.

[@wvhillgal]

no income taxes and we never saw ludicrous taxes

[@kobyschechter8163]

Florida is one of the very few states that does not levy a state income tax. NY is one of the absolute worst when it comes to taxes.

[@kimberlysoto6864]

What taxes exactly are you referring to?🤔

[@jinxterpinxter]

@@kobyschechter8163 We are talking about property taxes.

[@mebeingU2]

D E S A N T I S - add to that the insurance issues, hurricanes, sink holes and packed healthcare facilities. I’ll pass.

[@SOLDOZER]

Yes! Please leave! And take all the New Yorkers back with you too!

[@mlss1229]

Sunny skies yes but damp humid hot and high electric bills, no way

[@woozy607]

4 years ago they did a story about people in droves moving away, last year they did a story about people moving in droves to Florida, this year they did a story about people moving out of Florida, next year, next year 😂😂

[@shronklescrimblo69]

If you don't like florida then go back to california

[@tvttrg]

Don't worry everyone will go back after they realize that the grass isn't greener in Florida. We can call it the "Florida exodus".

[@Itoshimi]

@@shronklescrimblo69 with pleasure. At least I know that dark history isn’t being hidden because whites don’t like looking the bad guys

[@gotyouout8267]

They’re already coming back to California it’s nothing but Florida license plates relocating back to California

[@nejaziB]

I left because its borning NYC is never boring

[@charlenemack7040]

My sister-in-law who is in Florida is surrounded by Republicans. I myself could not live in her neighborhood ever even for free.

[@GabrielJanicki]

I would never want to move to Florida. I would move to California! California's population is increasing again after 3 year decline.

[@madbug1965]

Don't even think about moving to California or moving back to California....

[@JW-be4sy]

right, worried about inflation but most of the people in this video will vote for the same high inflation again.

[@SMD-i3v]

California dreaming dawg. It’s the next destination

[@dhootparm]

I know a a person that left CA, they sold their house for 600k in 2020, they moved and now want to move back their house is now worth about $1 million and they have to downsize to a house 1/2 the size to move back.

[@jh748]

California is heaven next to this hellhole. Your life is far fuller with far more available diversity. And I'm not talking about the big cities either. You want to live in the mountains or deserts or seaside communities there you go. FL is literally flat, no topography at all, only cities and hhhuge amount of trailer communities. Now if you desire extreme heat, extreme humidity, daily rain showers for months, very bad drivers, very entitled people with low education you will absolutely love it.

[@GringoAzteco]

California is geographically the most beautiful state IN the 🇺🇸 with weather that is second to none 🏆. That being said…it’s culture is toxic ☠️ & insane ⚠️ and it’s basically 1st world prices 💰 with 3rd world infrastructure 🚮

[@andrewshanley2704]

Must be really nice to just pick up and move like that..... most of us can't.

[@Pilarskiapril67]

Im a Republican and born and raised in FL. I cannot stand Desantis! Not saying everything he has done is bad but he does not care about the citizens and only about what his donors want him to. Hes a complete joke of a governor.

[@tianachet713]

I hate the way people drive in Florida

[@BeachyKeen92]

I bet none of them that state politics, actually know about politics or have read the bills they’re speaking of.

[@edmundooliver7584]

burning books, high crime.

[@Irina-iw5ji]

They wouldn't it is all about complaining but not knowing what is truly done. Our governor is amazing!!!

[@mizzury54]

Ya gotta love freedom obtained by taking people's freedoms away.

[@robertpalmer3166]

Been there. I see absolutely no reason to go back.

[@c.s.7266]

Politics, high prices, and high crime.

[@StrudelNoodle]

Good. Everyone from NY, NJ, and Mich need to go back home