New study shows trend of young Floridians leaving the state

[@dontdoxmebro]

Because average home price is 400k and average wage is like $15hr

[@jazziez6467]

That trend happened a over usa

[@DWilliam1]

@@jazziez6467Not really, at least not as quickly as Florida and a few other sunbelt states. Since the pandemic, Florida realty has doubled - tripled in cost. In NY, it’s gone up 15%-20%. I sold my house in NY in 2019 for $650K and it was flipped in 2022 for $750K, meanwhile my Condo in South Carolina went from $120K to $280K. In Florida, I was looking to buy a house in 2018-2019 for $160K and now it’s $340. Because a lot of jobs are now virtual people decided to leave the cold and expensive North and relocate plus you had many other close to or at retirement age decide to pack it in because they saw their friends dying or getting real sick. They all moved down south.

[@cuteness51308]

Now compare that to northern states. You can’t get a house that low up here. 😅😅😅

[@jazziez6467]

@@DWilliam1 excuse me sir same thing in Michigan

[@Musicman-y7v]

Prices are up everywhere.

[@James-ws9ze]

The wages in Florida SSSSSUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gianl1875]

not if your latino😎

[@Musicman-y7v]

MOVE

[@zaneshark]

​@@Musicman-y7v That's what this news report is about. They are moving.

[@Musicman-y7v]

@@zaneshark Don't cry cupcake 😭😭😭😭😭

[@deebee4575]

@@zanesharkgood

[@nha3920]

Entire US is in trouble.

[@rubenowitzv.3135]

You’ll love Europe?.. Muslims taking over in 10 years! 💀

[@mattburrito]

the world is in trouble with corruption and broken promises

[@Jas-sq5er]

We all are doomed except for the rich. Sadly, I hope the best for those who are trying to hold on best they can.

[@206remyboyz7]

@@Jas-sq5erthe rich will be affected too in due time. Essentially their has to be balance, but if the poor keep getting poorer than desperate measures will be taken and expect chaos.

[@tl924]

Thats for sure

[@Uncle.Papi.1129]

Florida is a popular destination for tourists and retirees. THATS IT !

[@nitroneonicman]

I'm neither?

[@esils]

And remote workers with high paying jobs.

[@zaneshark]

​@@esils If you have the privilege of being a highly paid remote worker, there are far better places to live than Florida.

[@PowerstrokeSynd]

I'm neither and love Florida

[@nitroneonicman]

@@zaneshark I'm a highly paid remote worker, where are these better places to live?

[@nunyafawkingbiz]

I remember applying for jobs there and I got a call back from a HR woman who was so rude on her voicemail she left me basically talking to me like I would be lucky to get the job and it paid $11 hour I now live in Washington state and I make triple that amount and have great managers! Yes it’s cold in winter but I’m financially stable and don’t see myself giving that up !

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Washington state is wonderful. Can’t wait to move back there.

[@nunyafawkingbiz]

@ it really is ! I must admit the winters were a hard adjustment for me not because of the cold or snow but just lack of sun but I’ve started taking vitamin D supplements and it helps tremendously and I have never been better off financially! I live above my means and still have savings

[@nicholasthompson7690]

jeez

[@nunyafawkingbiz]

@ right it’s like so crazy how the job market is from state to state ! In Florida they treat you like slaves almost and here in Washington they are begging for workers !

[@Matt-ng9xv]

Maybe cuz Washington is a third world country thanks to liberal polices and they need more workers to generate the tax money to pay alllll the criminals and drug addicts to live comfortably. But sure, you understand slavery lol

[@DaniUnfiltered]

Me and my husband left Volusia county last year to New Jersey. We make triple than we did in Florida and live comfortably. Florida pay is trash. Mind you I grew up in Florida and saw for what it really is. I’m happy…simple as that

[@ekop1778]

MY PAY WAS TRASH IN FLORIDA WENT BACK TO NY AND MAKE DOUBLE NOW

[@Jas-sq5er]

Good for yall, that's wonderful 😊

[@brianmartin414]

It's not what you make,it's what you get to keep. Please stay up north,the biggest problem with Florida is the idiots from up north.

[@daveassanowicz186]

Young people want a future

[@markconner3234]

No they want it easy

[@uraverageguy832]

@@markconner3234that’s the dumbest comment I’ve ever seen, Miami is a mess, nobody wants to be in there. It’s a third world city

[@Cajeudy]

@@markconner3234 No! the pay is fucking too low here it’s insane compared to how everything has gone up in Florida !

[@GigaChad_169]

Florida is a low wage state. Problem is cost of living is starting at to mirror high wage states…

[@Thechosen77]

@@Cajeudyyeah they want to give you pennies for your work

[@nedspartan9248]

You dont even need to be young. Im leaving as well. Between how expensive everything is, how little these jobs pay compared to other states. Hellachious traffic oftern adden 4 hours to your day on a round trip work communte, and people so rude and aggressive and uneducated that they can barely be classified as human. The cons start to heavily out weight the pros

[@LumiOlpero]

Where do you live lol. I’ve been here 43 years and not experienced any of that except traffic from snowbirds.

[@jerrylawler2735]

Everywhere is expensive. I asked people from Haiti and Mexico. They said it's just as expensive for shelter but some foods are cheap but healthy foods more expensive. Job opportunities help though. Return here when you retire.

[@nedspartan9248]

@jerrylawler2735 down here an efficiency cost 1200+ at hate minimum, the smallest living quarters you can get before just renting a room. In Tennessee you can get a 3/3 for that price with actual amenities. Even their gas was just 2.45 in some places, while the people where nice and the traffic wasn't all that bad in comparison. The jobs pay about the same but the cost of living is cheaper. There are places if you're not the clubbing constantly type

[@nedspartan9248]

@LumiOlpero in the sw, and have worked everywhere from the pork and beans down to cutler. Gone through the Under belly of the city. Not just Brickell and South Beach. Even there people are constantly trying to fight, traffic is horrible. People do not respect any traffic laws. They do not respect each other. And every day the traffic gets worse. Ask the Doral, cutler, and kendall people how the feel about traffic. Or anyone needing to go down i95 during rush hour.

[@newyorkcity76]

NYC much worst u good in Florida 😅

[@GreatQoutes-123]

Florida is a state where your either poor or rich, there’s no middle class here. You have to be making 6 figures to even be considered middle class and good luck trying to find that here without some sort of insider.

[@LauraB.335]

That’s all of the U.S. Reagan started the obliteration of the middle class, and its continued from there. And, now, it will only get worse.

[@Thechosen77]

True words, also if you look at the trade business, over time I saw how white folks disappeared from it, the wages aren’t worth the headaches, people from outside doing cheap work, but funny how everything keeps going up except wages

[@Paul-bk6jx]

6 figures isnt middle class...only 17% of population make over 100k

[@Musicman-y7v]

Strange, I know plenty of middle class people. Maybe you are the problem.

[@keelay69]

@@Musicman-y7vif they aren’t making $140k+, they aren’t middle class. Problem is people assume they are in the middle class because they are comfortable with their life the way it is. Comfort doesn’t equal middle class. Renting isn’t middle class. Not saving for retirement isn’t middle class. Making $60k isn’t middle class. You are closer to poverty than middle class.

[@boogbobo3875]

People aged 18-25 literally have no chance here, priced out of everything

[@Naturalintelligence30]

THEY HAVE NO CHANCE ANYWHERE IN AMERICA ANYMORE. THIS WHOLE COUNTRY IS SCREWED. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT STATE YOU GO TO ANYMORE. ITS THE SAME MISERY AND STRUGGLE EVERYWHERE YOU GO NOW. YOU CANT ESCAPE IT COMPLETELY. 😢😮

[@tonyalston4838]

​@@Naturalintelligence30 🎯🎯🎯

[@jazziez6467]

​@@Naturalintelligence30exactly and seniors won't be moving to fl anymore either

[@ir28c77]

Not just Gen Z and younger. Millennials younger than 40 have been struggling in Florida!

[@Kevin-s7s]

@@ir28c77you think you’re struggling in Florida. Wait until you try caliifornia or ny.

[@brixmoore9871]

It’s paradise if you have a profession and or own your home or have a business. If you’re an average person, forget it!

[@newyorkcity76]

Same in nyc

[@TrueBlue2024]

Paradise??? What’s an average person in Florida? No education? Living in mobile home? Living off “social” programs?

[@jazziez6467]

People that own a home can't afford them anymore due to hoa and taxes too

[@Kevin-s7s]

@@brixmoore9871 or what Florida is for. Retired military and cops and rich white republicans. Beat it. Make room. Go to Alabama or somewhere

[@Kevin-s7s]

@@TrueBlue2024 Florida for retired military and cops. You sound stupid. The “average “ person is living in a 400,000 $ house bringing in 7/10 g in retirement. This is a place for rich and or retired white republicans. It’s not for liberal woke trash. GTFO.

[@sharonh2991]

I don’t see how anyone can consider florida to be paradise. I find it to be a hell hole, the people, the drugs, the politics, the storms, the struggle for insurance. I don’t even like visiting.

[@krendellbreaux7825]

😂😂😂😂

[@brianmartin414]

We don't like you visiting either. Let me guess, you're a new yawker?

[@Ultrajamz]

Someone is triggered

[@jackiecarpenter9442]

WITH THIS CRIMINAL TYRANT RUNNING THE COUNTRY LET'S GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT!! EVERYONE IS MOVING AROUND!! DONT PUT THE BLAME ON FLA!! ITS CALLED INFLATION THAT THE DIRTY COMMUNIST LYING MARXIST CRIMINAL DEMOCRATS DID TO THE AMERICAN TAX PAYING CITIZENS!! THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTS CRIMINALS COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY!! THEY ARE HATERS OF THE AMERICAN PPL!! WHAT DID THEY DO FOR YOU???? YES..NOTHING!! THEYVE ALLOWED RAPISTS TO MURDER YOUNG GIRLS. ALLOWED DRUG CARTELS IN OUR COUNTRY SEX TRAFFICKERS HUMAN TRAFFICKERS CCP TERRORISTS ALLOWED GANGS TO TAKE OVER PPL HOMES!! THEY DITCHED THE HURRICANE VICTIMS TO GIVE UKRAINE MORE MONEY AND ALL THE REST OF THESE COUNTRIES ESPECIALLY THE ENEMIES THEY SUPPORT..YOU CALL THIS FREEDOM?? ITS COMMUNISM!! TRUMP IS THE FREEDOM TRAIN!! SO IF YOU DONT LIKE FLA THEN MOVE BC ITS NOT FLA'S FAULT YOU HAVE THESE PROBLEMS!! ITS THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IN WASHINGTON!!!!!! DO YOUR RESEARCH AND GET EDUCATED!! READ!! EVENTUALLY YOU'LL SEE ITS EVERYWHERE..JAN 20 CANT COME SOON ENOUGH!! THE CRIMINALS WILL BE TAKEN OUT TO THE CURB FOR GARBAGE DAY PICK UP🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@koleyw932]

Don't forget the swampy, steamy, unrelenting hot spring and summers.

[@newyorkcity76]

Paradise for rich people

[@frankcoffey]

Let them cook food for each other and clean their own mansion.

[@Omarbrown204]

That’s what they trying to do

[@amgooder]

Like MOST states...

[@Alwaysbeclosing1774]

And seriously. Fort Myers is no paradise. Cape Coral? Laughable. The Crash is already on the way. Good luck For Myers Lee County. Resort Living communities are gonna be BK city.

[@1mortalados63]

Until the hurricanes come..lool

[@loumiwaters9050]

I left Florida. I’m 25 and couldn’t be happier (Miami to be specific if you were curious)

[@koleyw932]

Miami is a toilet

[@ralphrotten9030]

Wages in Florida SUCK. And the cost of living is rising to equivalent of blues states

[@TrueBlue2024]

That’s your fault, you should have gotten an education. You would have known better than to vote red. 🩸

[@billsmith3182]

@@TrueBlue2024 Yeah, voting Blue is the answer...hahaha funny

[@nitroneonicman]

Go live in a blue state for a few years and then reevaluate this statement

[@Mr.Beastforpresident]

The WAGES there suck because fools are willing to accept that shit pay so WHY would they pay more????

[@Mr.Beastforpresident]

@@TrueBlue2024 I still have questions for the Blue besides their imaginary plan. If a man gets a woman pregnant and she has the baby and they split up and the judge orders the father to pay child support but, the father then identifies as a female which now essentially makes him/her have equal rights as the mom, now the child has 2 moms. Who pays child support? Furthermore, if the male who identifies as a female does he/she get free drinks on ‘ Ladies Night ‘? If not, both would be discrimination according to the lefties logic for equal rights and support for the LGBQ community. I know this makes sense somewhere but I can’t seem to find anyone to lower their IQ enough to first make sense of it, then attempt explain it Lastly, if Trump puts on a wig and identifies as female would that make him the first female president? They say top 10 states of the most educated people are all blue states. And bottom 10 states of the most UNeducated people are all red. But miraculously literally the richest man in the 🇺🇸 and one of the most intelligent is red. I’ve yet to find one of these blue “ educated geniuses “ to explain it. They’re ALL on default programming mocking their word salad leaders saying “ But Trump, But Trump…. “

[@learnhowtocontrolyourmoney2024]

Florida is overly crowded and expensive now because of newcomers. I hate dealing with these crazy drivers. So yes please leave.

[@Mythoughtonpoliticaltopics]

Hold up I been here for 30 plus years and you all drive just as crazy. Over in Orlando yes, I use to love to drive I 4 but not now, So its not just the new comer its everyone.

[@hostileaks4495]

​@Mythoughtonpoliticaltopics i agree i lived here my whole life and i drive fast

[@franko8572]

It’s your own people leaving, guy. The young “newcomers” are moving in. The people who grew up there are leaving.

[@Joe-y6c5s]

People from all over the world. I'm in an area, you walk into a coffee shop and you hear people speaking 14 different languages. They buy their small cup of coffee and then sit there for 9 hours

[@bbrcummins1984]

​@Mythoughtonpoliticaltopics 30 years 😅 your a newbie

[@jameschatterton8628]

It's not paradise if your destroying and developing all the land

[@googleuser868]

Overdeveloped areas suck to me. I like wide open spaces with a few good neighbors.

[@ritadyer9295]

Same in NC. It’s beginning to suck.

[@jonaemclemore4288]

Agreed

[@rickss69]

Poor pay and pitiful job prospects coupled with high prices.

[@Musicman-y7v]

Have fun in NY

[@lostmysoul1595]

In my neighborhood all rental properties are owned by the same company where rental properties are almost $2850

[@donnajacksunn489]

Yep

[@JustRaine97]

And they are building these apartments on every piece of green space they can find. The over development without upgrading the infrastructure is a real issue as well.

[@LakeHowellDigitalVideo]

Paradise? #3 state for Total homicides. Nonstop gridlock because the states roads can't handle all the tourists. Worst funded school system in the nation. Awful health care (nearly half of outpatients experience malpractice). #1 state for uninsured motorists. Crazy inflation on rents. Impossible to buy homeowners insurance because of the constant hurricanes. I was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale.... And leaving that shitty state was the best day of my life 😎

[@TrueBlue2024]

Smart move, there are millions of others who want to escape that hell hole.

[@markconner3234]

Bye

[@ryandisco-z7w]

thats a sad life then my guy

[@Musicman-y7v]

​@@TrueBlue2024😂, harris LOST

[@valevisa8429]

@@Musicman-y7v Yes,Harris lost.What did Floridians gain ?

[@robd7934]

I left Florida in 2023. It sucks. Too expensive. Too hot. Too crowded and too old.

[@juverparadox]

DiSatan’s Florida! High prices, low wages, exorbitant insurance premiums, book bans in schools.

[@milkflavored]

Wish he’d focus on getting insurance down instead of banning books that can still be accessed outside of schools…

[@loulou9978]

💯

[@yoantorres1099]

I rather pick DeSantis than Newsom from California or Kathy Huchol form any, or JB Priskets form Illinois.

[@annjames1837]

Oh you don't mind if child ren are exposed to p o r n

[@MedoExpress]

Inflation is DeSantis' fault? Not your old pal Biden? Low wages is his fault? Its a supply and demand issue. As is, the minimum wage is getting increased yearly to reach $15hr. Insurance premiums are on the rise all over the US, sure at less of a rate but non the less. Lastly, book bans, yes screw the crap the liberals want forced on our kids.

[@gwortman3515]

Too expensive for most retirees too!!!

[@Musicman-y7v]

Strange, how can I save 700 dollars a month out of my 1740 dollars a month Social Security if it was so expensive????

[@aryaastark9201]

​@@Musicman-y7vBecause the government subsidizes you dearie.

[@Musicman-y7v]

@@aryaastark9201 Hi cupcake, my Social Security is the money that I paid into for 50 years. Sorry, I don't get anything else. Good try.

[@gwortman3515]

@@Musicman-y7v you have no mortgage or rent if this is the case, or you pay zilcho to live with a commune of other folks. And you probably get stamps and help if your income is only $1700. You should count your blessings and have some empathy for those not as blessed as yourself. Keep saving baby girl cause your gonna need it when the freebies are taken away with T Rump in office. You may have to actually work.

[@gwortman3515]

@@Musicman-y7v you most likely live off the system. Not all of us want to sponge up with government subsidies!!!

[@KA9DSL]

Stupid outdated state laws, high insurance, expensive to get food on the table. I don't blame them.

[@kaleighcook2057]

As a full life Floridian, it’s so expensive here in recent years. I can barely afford groceries. I’m 32 and this is my home I don’t want to leave. I’m holding on and hoping times change soon.❤

[@vahjayjayaddict]

In 2019 a new McMansion development was selling huge homes for $450k. 2 years later, a mile down the road a new townhome development was selling them for $400k. No yard, no garage, just an assigned parking space. The prices have tripled on homes some places in 5 years. The only way a young person can get a home here is to learn building construction & do it yourself, get rich, or marry rich.

[@ekop1778]

ILL DO THE JOB IM 50 AND USED TO WORK AS A ASSISTANT ELECTRICAN

[@Mythoughtonpoliticaltopics]

Yall have to remember Fl is one of the lowest paying states because this place is for the elder people not for these young people.

[@riptorn7444]

Lol have fun bagging your own groceries then

[@davidterrell1242]

And those young ppl make up a big portion of the workforce, not the elderly and retired. This will lead to a different problem if young people continue to leave at this rate.

[@dominod7415]

Left Florida 2008. Little did I know then it was one of the best things I have ever done in my life

[@dirge8982]

Florida is an expensive gerontocracy. A state for the old and dying, to live in their million dollar mansions and gated elderly communities while their homes sink and get blown away by yearly natural disasters. Unaffordable home insurance and kickbacks for realestate and banks. A complete failure to make it livable for anyone but the monied elderly.

[@CroisMoi]

I bet more people live in manufactured housing than a regular house. There are tons of communities. My dad lives in one. It is a very nice neighborhood. But you always feel it might blow away in the next storm. Regular houses are way too expensive.

[@angelocolon6678]

Gods waiting room

[@JohnDoe-nh7bb]

Young people have been leaving Florida for at least as long as from the time I left at 18, just like all of my friends. Kids have always strived to leave this state. You're either poor or rich, and most are poor. So you go somewhere that has a middle class. For me, it was Kansas City

[@nitroneonicman]

KC Middle class is eroding right now. Also Kansas City is dirty af

[@josephlalock8378]

@@nitroneonicman you act like florida is not dirty😂😂

[@nitroneonicman]

@@josephlalock8378 I've never seen a city as dirty as Kansas City and I've been all over the country

[@Musicman-y7v]

Most are poor???? Obviously you don't live here.

[@richardloehr1037]

The entire State is build-build-build, add more driving lanes. . Growth with no thought to long term consequences. Our town dumps a lot of partially treated waste water in a nearby estuary. A young boy died recently after exposure to this water. The friction between political parties has become intolerable. The bad behavior at the top has given some locals the idea it is OK to be a jerk to their neighbors I had mixed feelings about the quality of health care providers we had in Florida We left the State this year

[@BROS_Guzz]

South Florida economy is like of south America. You either RICH (few in between ) or POOR.

[@robertoortiz7684]

Always felt it was like this

[@Utubedeletescomments]

It's republican, that's what they do

[@nikkilittle1444]

It’s because crappy Miami vibe is seeping upward.

[@rzc0624]

Yup. If you've lived her long enough (I've been here since 92) you know this is the case. I lived in Broward for 24 years. Now I'm in Palm Beach, but the entirety of South Florida is just exhausting because of the cost of everything and because people for the most part are shitty/trashy/rude/selfish/arrogant..the Miami mentality is overtaking the whole region.

[@flanagamer]

@@rzc0624plus, it’s 10x harder to get a job if you’re not bilingual, since the immigrants are too lazy to learn English. I gotta learn Spanish just to survive in my home state 😡

[@milkflavored]

@@rzc0624 Agreed! Family moved here in the 90s and the Miami vibes has taken over the whole state. Several b1llionaires have recent purchased property there as well, and it’s bringing that shallow grift-mentality with them.

[@jimmyatila]

Yku just described maga trash let ​@rzc0624

[@Darkhorse-u8v]

I live in the heartland of Florida. Regular folks are struggling here big time. Home/car insurance has DOUBLED over the year or so. Groceries are too high, property taxes keep creeping up. I can no longer save money even though I live a very austere life.

[@russiantroubleyakutsk1612]

In South Florida everything is so expensive and home ownership is becoming less common. I don’t even want to know what life would be like on $12/hour here.

[@Thechosen77]

That’s why they keep building apartments cause no one can afford an actual home

[@Musicman-y7v]

Gee , and NYC is expensive. So why wouldn't Miami be expensive seeing it's the NYC of Florida.

[@lizzieb6311]

Well, if you aspire to make a career of flipping g burgers, then 12 bucks is what you deserve. If not, apply yourself…work hard…learn a trade…do whatever it takes. There are plenty of great paying jobs in Florida but you have to SHOW UP and WORK HARD. Problem is, nobody seems to want to do that.

[@russiantroubleyakutsk1612]

@ lots of people are overqualified for the jobs they have. There are also a lot of employers that will take advantage of the minimum wage and pay that even though the job requires higher qualifications. There was a time I was a custodian even though I had a bachelors degree.

[@milkflavored]

@@russiantroubleyakutsk1612 Working in education, going through resumes and we had people with Masters and Doctorates applying to be PT staff and admin assistants. I’m sure those people WORKED HARD to get their degrees - sometimes it’s also about what’s available. If there’s so many great well-paying jobs here - why aren’t qualified people getting them? Why are they forced to apply for jobs they’re overly qualified for?

[@HeritageSpringer2024]

Yes Iam 64 and i have been here for 50 years and we are done! Yall can have it!

[@JustRaine97]

😂😂😂. I hear ya! Hoping to sell our home and leave in May after our daughter graduates. Been here for 20 years.. its just time to move on.

[@Alwaysbeclosing1774]

Fort Myers over priced houses with no economy to support it. Paradise Lol. The beaches are ruined. Crash coming soon. It’s not different this time. Inventory through the roof!

[@jerrylawler2735]

Wrong again. The economy is tourism. As far as the crash goes even during the 2008 disaster homes were still way more expensive than the home you grew up in. Finally all the chicken littles have been predicting this great correction. Guess what you missed the bus again.

[@FloridaCitizen-pz9gp]

Yeah, we’ll see bud. I’ll give it till March or April of next year. They’ll come out with the true numbers of US economy. Not the fabricated ones for election season. Crash is definitely coming.

[@Alwaysbeclosing1774]

Lol. Okay boss. We’ve got over 12 months of inventory in Lee County. Inventory just sitting and stacking up. Price decrease price decrease and all these houses still can’t.

[@milkflavored]

@@Alwaysbeclosing1774 No idea what Jerry is talking about. I grew up in Fort Myers and you’re absolutely right. Homes are sitting abandoned (esp in surrounding Lehigh and Cape Coral) , the beach was ruined, downtown is basically a ghost town (not that it ever really thrived outside of the Edison/Ford attraction and the Cigar Bar), Edison Mall is sad, Traffic is horrible… other than cheap housing compared to other states, what is actually going to keep Fort Myers’ economy thriving?

[@jerlewis4291]

One of my friends just moved out of Florida after 41 years, he retired from the Fire Service, and just saw it getting more and more expensive. His daughters had left a year before, for jobs, One is an RN and one is a mortgage broker, and those are jobs you can plenty of in FL. But the reason they were looking was the far right shift the state has taken.

[@richardgreen2200]

Right shift is being kind. What is happening here is nothing short of a Christian fundamentalist kick to the groin. We aren't anti religion but the book bans, screaming childless church ladies at school board meetings and the general intolerance of any opposing thought or belief which has made living there unacceptable. The place is not what this Country, so we thought, was all about.

[@toshland5687]

“Far right”? You guys think everything is “far right” these days. Such drama queens.

[@deathnsd6953]

lmao

[@billyhorton5779]

Report says 637K move into Florida, same report says 511K move out of Florida. Thats a lot of people passing by one another!

[@nell7869]

And still feels crowded

[@lizzieb6311]

Which means a GAIN of 127K… such misleading BS

[@Alligator40]

@@lizzieb6311 126k

[@josephlalock8378]

@@lizzieb6311 your math tells me you went to fl. schools.

[@lizzieb6311]

@@josephlalock8378 Oh…I’m sorry…126K! Your comment tells me you’re a Democrat. Nasty and looking to insult others.

[@bigphatemergy]

Florida, one of the most biodiverse states, is seriously being ruined. i went out west in last month and was so taken aback by the amount of land that was untouched/preserved for miles. it’s hard to come by that here in FL, we are quickly becoming one giant housing project/parking lot.

[@Quilt4Joy]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@intrepidfox37]

But mother nature will take it all back, as she always does.

[@jonaemclemore4288]

@@intrepidfox37so happy to see this comment. The amount of hard done to the earth is just depressing but you’re right.

[@pdex2165]

If my wife and I didn't get smart a few years ago and refinance our home mortgage down to 15 years when the interest rates were rock bottom, there'd be no way we could live here with the salaries we make.

[@virgobutterfly1680]

Florida is not paradise…people need to travel more.

[@SmokyOle]

Florida has the worst pay to cost of living difference in the country. Source: I'm an economist who creates those charts people read. It's officially the hardest state to live in. Yes even worss than California or New York.

[@milkflavored]

@@SmokyOle Which are the best? Genuinely curious

[@SmokyOle]

@milkflavored Colorado, Washington State, Some parts of Texas but avoiding Austin. Midwest is peak value between COL and wages. Colorado and Wash have similar COL to FL but much higher income. Florida is an all around terrible state. Only benefit is no income tax.

[@AlexM-uo9gk]

Lol, sure you are. On the bright side, I hope you stay away from FL

[@davidterrell1242]

​@AlexM-uo9gk i hope people stay away from Florida in general, it's getting way too crowded. Especially here in tampa where they keep building new condos and apartments but no new lanes or public transit🙃

[@rebeccamartin2399]

My bro inlaw thought he was goning to take ten grand, move to FL and build motorcycles.🙄He went through the money really quick, was working but didnt make much. He had to come back to Ohio before he was homeless. I could have told him that would happen.

[@obsession_gaming]

Ever since they deported all the cheap labor, shit kinda went downhill economically

[@mrparts]

High costs, low wages, bad public schools. Not worth it anymore.

[@highpriestess3697]

Unemployment is $1000 a month here, that’s a disgrace. And home prices got doubled since 2020, meanwhile the average wage is $15 an hour. They are going to Texas and Tennessee.

[@aaronhiggs]

That doesn’t even pay half the rent for me. Rick Scott made it so low it forces you to take jobs no matter what.

[@JustRaine97]

Its the same amount as it was in 2008!!! That's ridiculous considering the higher cost of living. It was $275/week in 2008 and I was shocked to learn that its still the same in 2024! That doesn't even cover half of the rent nowadays. Smh.

[@highpriestess3697]

@ they hate the people.

[@kareno7792]

Doesn’t Florida unemployment last for only like 6 or 8 weeks also?

[@highpriestess3697]

@@kareno77924 months .

[@paulsbaldsac]

It's a senior state.It's always been a senior state and they'll be damned if it's anything else

[@femalewarrior125]

You are stuck on 40 years ago!

[@douglasr74]

Skyrocketing home insurance rates and high property taxes are driving folks out of Florida.

[@Musicman-y7v]

Really? I guess you don't pay attention to the property tax in NY State.

[@milkflavored]

@@douglasr74 The insurance rates in FL are truly shameful. You’d think we caused the hurricanes the way home insurance companies are fleeing

[@Aikynbreusov]

That's not good.... you DO NOT want your Florida to become the next Maine where your residents are a bunch old old people living off on FIXED income from social security benefits or retirement saving accounts... they take so much of of your state social safety net and health care system but pay little to none back into the system... they dont work so they dont generate tax revenues for the state... they can't stimulate the economy because they are on FIXED income... so no economic activities... so no jobs...then the young people leave to states such as California, Illinois, NYC, DC, Massachusetts, etc.... NOT GOOD when there are too many old people but no young workers to pay taxes....

[@rebeccamartin2399]

Wait till your old. It will be fun.

[@Rick27X]

Riiiight .. blame the young people. It's your governor, condo crisis, insurance crisis, and high taxes that are driving people away.

[@elizabethlibero1878]

EXACTLY!!!!!

[@Sonofawildanimal]

FL homes are worth twice as much as they were when FL homes were already expensive

[@Markham12thcentury]

No, no, no. They aren't "worth" more. They just cost more because of speculating, evil realtors. Cape Coral is an over-inflated dump.

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Im an RN and pay in Florida is absolutely horrible even for travel nurses. It’s honestly insulting.

[@rollinthunder8671]

Listen no one wants to get into Healthcare everyone wants to do these stupid degrees and then they complain when they can't find a job

[@DavidPereira-jp3me]

Yup I’m next ! Can’t do it anymore

[@welcome159ify]

Reasons are simple. Too expensive, too hot, too many snowbirds and Californians, and not enough opportunity down here.

[@jasoncrandall73]

#5. Texas - 38,207 people moved to Florida from Texas in 2022, making up 5.17% of new residents that moved from another state - It was the #2 most common state for people moving away from Texas #4. Georgia - 39,990 people moved to Florida from Georgia in 2022, making up 5.41% of new residents that moved from another state - It was the #1 most common state for people moving away from Georgia #3. New Jersey - 47,000 people moved to Florida from New Jersey in 2022, making up 6.36% of new residents that moved from another state - It was the #1 most common state for people moving away from New Jersey #2. California - 50,701 people moved to Florida from California in 2022, making up 6.86% of new residents that moved from another state - It was the #3 most common state for people moving away from California #1. New York - 91,201 people moved to Florida from New York in 2022, making up 12.34% of new residents that moved from another state

[@jasoncrandall73]

In 2022 2 states out of the top 5 were Red states.

[@dennistyler9852]

Snowbirds create jobs.

[@googleuser868]

Disney went woke. Beaches are plentiful elsewhere. Good old country mountains up north a couple states suite me fine.

[@QuanPookie]

I like how you’re blaming California because your state sucks.

[@evanejoseph4930]

I moved from FL when I was 28. This is the best decision I've made. Making a lot progress, finance secure and less stress for me over the years. I go back visit there once a while .Leave here in MD State is a dream come for me and my family 😊

[@Kimberliss42]

This state will be history for regular folks soon.. 1,000 people a day moving here means they're all rich, while the normal people are flushed out because we can't afford $3,000 a month for just rent.. It'll be a blue state soon.. I can't take the cold, so I don't know where to go..

[@iluvutube4886]

It will NOT be a blue state!

[@zatosan729]

Arizona

[@Qrayon]

Puerto Rico.

[@JabbaDahut-cv9up]

Move to Africa.😂

[@Musicman-y7v]

Strange, I pay 435 lot rent on my paid off mobile home in a very nice place. I believe that the harris voters are the ones crying.😂

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

No future for the youth here

[@JustRaine97]

It is paradise if you can afford to live here. Hoping to be on my way out after my child graduates in May. I'll miss the warm winters but jobs don't pay enough here.

[@sarahMuahahaha]

Housing is ridiculous, property taxes are so disgustingly high and insurance is astronomical

[@RandenMontalvo]

Check out the Auto Insurance & Home Owners insurance rates in FL. It's nearly unsustainable for the end consumer.

[@DanielRicany]

People are gonna learn that it wasn’t just Florida that became unaffordable, it’s every state.

[@sprockkets]

Nope, fl is the worst, and desantis isn't interested in fixing it, but rather dine with the realtors jacking up the price instead

[@TheLegoMaster261]

I’m a 25 year old Floridian who recently graduated and I’m hoping to move to Los Angeles in the near future. I don’t care what anyone says, it’s the place for me.

[@tonang33]

500,000 leave Florida but how many move to Florida?

[@Sonofawildanimal]

TRUE

[@robb4269]

0:55 637,000 people

[@Kimberliss42]

1,000 a day on average..

[@lizzieb6311]

Yes they convieniently leave that out…

[@danasmith858]

They don't count the illegals

[@Sprout-gh3zv]

36 years old, been here 10… I am absolutely ready to leave, mostly because of the oppressive summers and no mountains.

[@milkflavored]

I would love if we had mountains : ( and changing leaves in fall..

[@Sprout-gh3zv]

@ hear you 👍

[@annjames1837]

Mountain 😅

[@raymonddipasquale5297]

Florida, a very sunny place with a lot of shady people. ☀

[@vienicestyles]

Floridians can blame that crazy governor of theirs. I wouldn’t live in Florida if it were free. 🆓

[@DaniUnfiltered]

Yup, my husband and I left last year.

[@rickace132]

Florida doesn't have a lot of high paying jobs, that's why.

[@quackassassin2146]

Dollar general salary just ain't going to cut it. Get into. The trades and stay near the coast they're never going to stop building or remodeling. And the hurricanes will give you work every few years as well.

[@Leo-z1v]

Get out of Florida fast as you can. It’s a disaster

[@JustherefortheLOLZ]

Disaster waiting to happen. Homes will soon be uninsurable in a lot of desirable areas and the condos by the water will soon need retrofitting. No thanks..

[@Cajeudy]

The pay is way too low it’s crazy everything is going up and the pay stays the same there

[@robbrown3941]

Oh what. $14 n hour with no health insurance isn’t enough to keep people? You don’t say.

[@CA-tk8yn]

Lived here most of my life and it's a not so good place to be quite a bit of time. There are too many tourists who are disrespectful towards the things Floridians love and cherish. I spend as much time picking up trash as I do enjoying the natural beauty. The traffic is unpredictable and sometimes chaotic, if not just dangerous. The other thing is the state is run by the worst sort of older people. The ones with stick up their tails; the ones who never evolved past the 50s. They're negative against everything, and it gets old. The last thing that drives me nuts about this state, is it's natural environment. It looks beautiful, but if you know the truth, it's quite unhealthy. The ones in charge of the state down right cut back or neglect things that are vital in the eco system man disrupts. We have horrid algae blooms, and in many places the water is so foul dead species of all sorts appear daily. There's many years of work needed to repair the neglect. It stinks living with this and knowing it.

[@timboc105]

It's too late for Florida It's beyond repair unfortunately..59yo Born and raised Floridian here..

[@rapIlike1]

Insurance has gone up sooo high.... Home and auto.... Our government leaders waited soo long to even bring it up.

[@MarieHolliday]

at any age its wise to leave Florida

[@Utubedeletescomments]

Florida is republican , rich & poor , exactly how they like it.

[@blackorchid2494]

Don't forget dumb also because the education down here sucks!

[@badtoro]

Florida needs to ban company ownership of houses.

[@sweet1415]

Cost of living has been ridiculously rising since i got here 3 years ago. This is my paradise, but idk how much longer I can afford it.

[@dudemaxdude]

Go back to where you came from

[@CraigC-h6b]

As a native if you think it’s nice you should’ve seen it before too many northerners flocked here over the last 5 yrs. Why can’t people just visit and leave you participate in ruining a state that is great to visit.

[@koolz4094]

@@CraigC-h6b Im a non-native, moved here 3 yrs ago ...Love it ! , Thank God we live in America where we have freedoms to move to different states and all the other amazing freedoms are Constitution allows us to do .....God bless America !

[@sweet1415]

​@@CraigC-h6b I can't speak for all people, I can only speak for myself. I moved because I wanted to be close to my father as he was fighting cancer. You never know who you're talking to and what the reason is.. and who are you to judge just because you're a native ... And?!? You don't own the state, love, and it's a little ridiculous. Watch your tone. Have a happy holiday and God bless you.

[@sweet1415]

​@@koolz4094thank u! Amen!

[@tmikkelsen8066]

I will say the insurance situation down here is downright ridiculous and the insurance companies are straight up inhuman.

[@imlevitating___]

Real Estate greed, over priced insurance, wacky jobs, and Politicians

[@solargod3671]

Young men leave FL if your income isn't 80-100k because no Fortune 500 company jobs , high rent , and population is just not the same. You can’t save for retirement here in FL anymore. Either you in sales for good commissions or have a good home improvement company like contractor. Move asap

[@MattH-c2z]

It's way too expensive for young people in FL, especially in the South Florida area. People making in the mid-60's (for example) there are having to pay almost $2k rent for a somewhat decent 1 - bedroom apartment, the price of which only increases when it's time to renew the lease. That's approaching almost (if not exactly for some people) 50% of their annual income, which, in better times, would have easily gotten you a 1 or even 2 - bedroom apartment with room left over to actually save for a downpayment on a future home or whatever else. I can't imagine what it's like for people who make less. Things need to change and sooner rather than later. Where are the politicians?!?

[@milkflavored]

@@MattH-c2z Shaking hands with the $B1ll1ona1res who fund their campaigns

[@auburnjewels2]

Good. Could more leave asap????

[@nxtech201]

my spidey senses tell me you live in the villages

[@Kimberliss42]

You need to worry about the 1,000 people a day moving here from other states, not trying to get rid of Floridians..

[@davidthaler7018]

Be prepared for businesses to close. You think retirees are lining up to get hired at your favorite restaurant? To stock shelves at the supermarket? Tailor that dress/suit you bought? Do your hair and nails? Clean the theater between screenings? Be a lifeguard at the beach or pool?

[@BrandonGolets]

Where are they going, Minnesota?

[@c.l.9344]

Rent is too damn high. Let alone a mortgage. But it costly to live and even more costly to leave.

[@Mythoughtonpoliticaltopics]

But not only that with this new law that young people can buy a gun at the age of 18, I am ann older woman and I moving ,I am sick of Ron and Trump. I understand that things are getting high but Ron and what he did by letting these billionares come and buy up all these apartments and charge high rent, Yeah its ok I am out of here,

[@BryceGarling]

Lol

[@nxtech201]

theres far too many retirees moving here and people from northern states in general that it is diluting our florida culture.

[@elizabethlibero1878]

What culture?

[@PhrontDoor]

You mean meth-addled alligator-fondling swamp-dwelling rednecks -- aka florida-man?

[@sexysenior8934]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chrisb9977]

@@elizabethlibero1878found the New Yorker

[@BOMBON187]

I wouldnt be too proud of that "culture".

[@richardgreen2200]

What? Clutch your pearls. We left six years ago.... Schools are junk, kids in portable trailers. Traffic sucked, HO insurance choking and auto not far behind. Endless shopping plazas, half empty. Now with book bans and State mandated 'Christian' oriented academic agendas, no thanks. Governor and cronies foment discord among residents, keeping the focus off of their own blind ambition and ineptitude. Wages for the most part are a joke but no 'State tax'.... Whoo Hoo. Lots of rich transplanted carpet bagging older folks and foreigners keeping housing prices high, for now. Yet voters continue to reelect money grubbing cons like Scott and Rubio, over and over. They must like the march towards banana republicanism. Warm weather, yes but the rest of the place is a sinking (literally) house of cards. We know four other families, higher income earners, who have also fled. Keep Pam Bondi, Eileen Cannon and the rest of the sycophant squad down there please, you deserve them.

[@Gman2002]

In South Florida, the average price for a new home starts at $750,000 to $1 million. Who can afford that, especially with rising property taxes and home insurance? Bad Traffic and impatient drivers who drive like crash dummies. If I could leave, I would. The only people who can enjoy the heart of Florida are the rich folks.

[@robertoortiz7684]

lol "driving like a crash dummy" is incredibly funny and accurate. Especially if you watch the IIHS videos

[@morecarstuff]

Im leaving, and i have an entire 2 story studio wityh multiple sets for videography and photography. people dream of these opportunities, but im only able to make rent. if a car breaks down, or my equipment gets damaged im screwed. If 1 too many clients reschedule or cancel, im screwed. theres no safety net. literally paycheck to paycheck, good months make up for the slow months, but theres been more slow months than good months lately. it aint worth it. im ending all my leases. Ive worked with love and hip hop, trick daddy, and others, so it isnt my work ethic. Miami just too expensive for me to survive right now.

[@rncine]

My whole family just moved 4 months ago. I’m leaving in 2025 due to the traffic and insane drivers from out of state, garbage thrown on the streets, going to stores and no one speaking English including employers and employees. If I wanted to hear Spanish I’d go to Puerto Rico or Mexico.

[@Shaqlife]

So true

[@TrueBlue2024]

Stop lying, you’re just racist.

[@ArtSmosh1274]

Puerto Rico is US territory and most Puerto Ricans tend to also speak english also.

[@JabbaDahut-cv9up]

I would pay for your one way ticket if you leave now.

[@bellaapple2166]

I remember about 5yrs ago my nephews were looking for jobs after highschool but most places wanted them to speak both Spanish and English or just Spanish which is crazy as heck.

[@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958]

Florida can keep wages low and rent high because wealthy retirees come here and buy up all the housing. Apartments get rented and homes sold even if the people working here can't afford them. The people who serve your food, mow your lawn or fix your home are forced to live with several families in a small apartment or in tents hidden in undeveloped lots.

[@Jeffrey-hk4fq]

👉1979 My furnished apartment in Kissimmee was only $170 a month in Renee' Terrace

[@ArtSmosh1274]

So cheap. How much did you have to work to make $170 back then?

[@iTs_Turbine_Time_in_Turbonia]

I miss the Jimmy Carter Era. My parents had a 2 bedroom apartment in the city of Miami for $250 a month in the early 80's.

[@antoniojohnson3925]

Are we gonna ignore the fact that even getting home owner insurance is not impossible, but it’s impossible

[@AmericanKendoll]

I’m moving out soon out of Tampa Florida, born and raised here for generations, I just turned 25 and I can’t afford much of anything anymore. Plus it’s a Karen and maga Haven now all over Florida ! I’m thinking about moving to the PNW

[@markconner3234]

We won't miss u one bit. Maga

[@boni_traxton9436]

Polk is worse 😂 MAGA an Newports

[@dreuxgreaney3454]

Go to West Virginia

[@Dan-zs4rk]

Good. Get out then. MAGA. Blame the blue states. Thats why we all came here in the last few years.

[@coreyyyyyyyy]

@@boni_traxton9436Amen to that. Lakeland is unrecognizable now.

[@lrod312]

Part of living in ‘paradise’ is being prepared accordingly for anything. If you’re going to move to FL make sure when hurricane season is over you stock up on supplies like sand, generators, food and water so that you don’t get left behind and panic buy when the hurricane is less than 3 hrs out and get caught in it. You have about 9 months out of the year to do all that, that’s plenty of time. Also be sure that when you move, you don’t move into a flood zone. Also, get familiar with your neighbors as they can help you in times of need just remember to repay the favor. Remember, there’s plenty of ways to make a living in FL that’s not waiting tables or flipping burgers or stocking at your local Walmart or Publix.

[@tjr-007tt]

Unless you’re rich, there’s no reason to move to Florida. The pay is trash for the average worker. The politicians who are bought and paid for by big businesses don’t believe in livable wages.

[@lacc790]

Florida does not pay enough to support the increased living expenses. Everything is going up except the pay.

[@EliasZea-y9w]

Left south florida for texas 6 months ago. 50% salary increase for the same job in engineering and 60% of the rent I would be paying for in florida. I love my tropical paradise but the only way I'm every going back is if I'm a millionaire. Californian and new yorkers remote workers and wealthy tax evaders have made it impossible for locals to afford a life in any of the major cities. All it takes is for it to become a blue state in a decade or so and it will be california all over again.

[@milkflavored]

@@EliasZea-y9w People keep saying FL will become a blue state - what does that mean? Because of the increased price of living or urban sprawl? It definitely doesn’t have the political leanings of a blue state from my observation (except a few cities here and there) 👀

[@RodrickColbert]

where are they moving?