Why Living in Florida is Becoming Impossible

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[@Worldaffairslover]

Living in Florida was never possible. It’s one of the strangest states, low wages high costs

[@DeeK.M]

💯

[@helenfu5550]

@Worldaffairslover We have no state taxes and our cost of living situations aren't as high as New York's or California, I don't know what you mean

[@DeeK.M]

@@helenfu5550 That's A Lie!! Your pay, right to work, no union state has never increased with the cost of living! I sold my house 20+ years ago. I would never tell anyone to live in that swamp land now, with all that mess!! You can keep it, I❤️ Love My paid off Brownstone in 🗽Brooklyn NY!! Good Luck With That.

[@MobileMasterTech]

No state taxes is not a flex. In Florida they get us in other ways like extremely high insurance and property taxes. Let's not forget the joke of wages even for skilled workers ​@@helenfu5550

[@che-waji3470]

We live here comfortably so it's not only possible but preferable.

[@Sam-rf8yh]

Florida born and raised here. I advise people to avoid this trash state. Outside of tourist areas it’s garbage.

[@coupleofbeers31]

Florida born and raised here as well (from Miami). 46 years old. I left that God-forsaken state in 2015 for Arizona and never turned back. Best decision of my life. Funny you should say that. People think that Miami is all beautiful women and rich people living in mansions. That is laughable. Go to Northwest Miami and then report back to me what you think about it. That's if you get out with no knife or bullets in you. And that's not an exaggeration either, sad to say.

[@jefftammy9606]

@@coupleofbeers31 Please point me to the state in the union that doesn't have ghetto areas full of crime. Every state has bad areas.

[@Mike-vz1fp]

🤡

[@svt.787]

Florida native here also, left then returned in 2018. It was so nice at first when I returned, then over time declined. Overpopulated, construction everywhere, surging prices, ppl in so many medians now asking for money that weren’t there before, more traffic.. I left recently and know other ppl leaving as well.

[@eleafs4547]

Florida native here as well I lived between Saint Augustine, Orange park, and daytona. I left for up north never went back. No economic opportunity no raises just horrible conditions.

[@phenomenonautumn9367]

Florida is extremely car-centric and pedestrian unfriendly. Not having a car in Florida is like not having a jacket in the winter. There really is only 1 big city in Florida that is Miami. On the other hand, Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville are really just ultra-gargantuan suburbs with an ultra-gargantuan office park serving as their downtown or CBD. Combine this with natural disasters and how most of the state is at sea level, it's an urbanist nightmare. Even then, a lot of Miami suburbs are unethical given how lots of natural wetlands going into the Everglades was destroyed for massive real estate development. I'm very supportive of building more high-density housing developments to combat the housing shortage. However, the problem is that majority of Floridians live in very low-density housing. This in turn is very detrimental to the environment. Most Floridians are against high-density housing, even though high-density housing has been proven to be beneficial in most of the world outside the USA.

[@C1K450]

Orlando is slowly getting better with its CBD area. In Orlando's case, the downtown area sucks because they want the tourist footprint and infrastructure focused on DisneyWorld-incorporated land and I-Drive. It is also the same reason why the REAL downtown Las Vegas sucks, and everything cool and walkable is at the strip, located in Paradise, NV.

[@teresitaviera3000]

NO SE CANSE DE DECIRLO. YO QUE NO CONOZCO Florida, ayudo. TENGO GENTE AMIGA AHÍ.

[@5IveNDlme]

We love cars - I wouldn’t walk anywhere anyways lol. And I go to the gym a lot. Just not into walking around. There’s a lot of ppl that don’t care if it’s pedestrian friendly- don’t forget this.

[@jbalien20]

I agree. When I moved to FL in 2007, I worked in the hospitality industry as a transfer from NYC. I was getting paid really well off the bat. My coworkers in the other hand were getting paid chairity money. Florida sucks.

[@jbalien20]

As an outcome, I moved back to NYC.

[@joetrapp9187]

My sister was working in hospitality management in Florida for 28 years at the same place. When she got laid off in 2009, she was working 60 hour weeks and getting about $40k. She was offered a severance of $2,000, contingent on her never suing. She refused. If you’re not rich, you get treated like a farm animal.

[@teresitaviera3000]

​@@joetrapp9187Lo imaginaba, los siervos y los servidos. Que encima rompieron, incumplieron las reglas, los dejaron sin Florida. A ellos no deberían dejar vivir en las islas de protección. Ya q ellos fueron los primeros en huir en sus avionetas, dejando autos, yates, al mas puro estilo mafioso, por una suposición mía, solo imaginación, estos, salían con la lancha a Mejico a buscar fafafsfafa.

[@mame-lomamee]

@@jbalien20 thanks and never come back

[@Jersey1971]

@@joetrapp9187 and it's the disgusting treatment workers get from the managers they want you walking around with your head down and shuffling your feet saying "Yes,Boss" like Cool Hand Luke.

[@gillywritescomics]

There was a saying I remember as a kid - "if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere." Well, I knew a lot of people from New York that couldn't make it in Florida. Should be, if you can make it in Florida, you can make it anywhere 😂

[@Saim.369]

😂

[@user-ie1hg5ov1m]

I live in Tampa and I would kill for some decent public transportation

[@muniz1977]

Florida became a serious problem after Covid. Many people moved from expensive States and paid overpriced value houses and created a bubble that exist until these days. The salary didn't follow the inflation and many people started to struggle even more. Not only that, but also the Natural Disasters are getting worse every year creating another problem with insurance that skyrocketed to the point many people are having problem not to pay the mortgage but the insurance policy. If this bubble doesn't bust and the Real Estate doesn't get fixed to the reality we face, many more people will be homeless and the economy will be impacted even more. Florida became a heavy truck trailer going downhill without brakes... if a "escape ramp" doesn't show on the way, the "Truck" (Florida) will crash.

[@standinginthegap7118]

I’m a native Floridian and Florida is a horrible place to live and work. Truly horrible. I dream of the day I can escape this hellhole.

[@ericponce8740]

Republicans in FL brag about the state's low taxes. But municipal workers are paid low salaries. And politicians want to keep it that way, unfortunately.

[@PolishprinceJG]

In Pa they get paid 10 times higher in some local and state positions, but its a scam there too, because they appoint frauds to a lot of positions.

[@kurt4032]

Strange, municipal workers are city gov workers. The city that I live in Fl are run by Dem mayors for years...and the municipal workers wages are low.

[@MobileMasterTech]

@@kurt4032It doesn’t matter if it’s Dem or Rep they all want to keep wages low and profits high.

[@kurt4032]

@@MobileMasterTech which is the point of the commenter trying to pinpoint DeSantis.

[@C1K450]

@@kurt4032 TDS/MAGA syndrome.

[@patrickford5109]

Florida's reputation is based entirely on people from Michigan vacationing there in January and believing the weather is nice. The weather is horrible unless a person enjoys unrelenting extreme humidity.

[@brandonv4003]

The weather fucking sucks for construction worker dude, may to mid october, fucking 96° F to 105° is fucking hell

[@loganalt]

I disagree it depends on the person. I live in south Florida but I’ve also lived in Ohio and Ohio has hot humid summers but nasty freezing cold winters where you can’t even go for a nice walk outside. It’s depressing af. Atleast i Fl you get 7 months of 70-85 degree weather with much lower humidity than summer.

[@patrickford5109]

@@loganalt , I lived in Florida from 1976 until 2021. I don't know where you lived in Florida but the Tampa area is off the charts humid pretty much every day unless a cold front from up North is moving through. Now living in northern Missouri. Winters are wonderful aside from a few days when it does get below zero. In General lows are upper 30s lower 40s. Which in my opinion is heavenly.

[@PaulaTourville-po7fg]

Unmanaged growth , poor infrastructure , low wages , water quality issues and availability, high insurance rates , high cost of living , Climate and Weather disaster issues , traffic , insane politics ......shall I go on ?

[@huntersamazingtravels]

I am from Florida and have lived there for my entire childhood. Specifically, my family lives in the Tampa Bay area, which was affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton. It is a very nice place to visit, especially in the winter. But, given the tropical / natural disasters that the region faces, the oftentimes oppressive humidity and mosquitoes, as well as the way it's always in the news for one reason or another, it's definitely changed. I mean, Tropicana Field looked unrecognizable after Hurricane Milton, which is sad because I used to go there to watch the Rays. Now I'm in the Rocky Mountain region, and since it's not as hot or densely populated, I love it! My thoughts, however, are to the Floridians that have been affected by these catastrophic storms such as Helene and Milton...

[@5IveNDlme]

Lot of ppl don’t like cold weather so it’s the risk we take. I lived in the Canadian Rockies and hated it. All personal preference. Lots of countries entire landscape have it much worse than Florida.

[@huntersamazingtravels]

@@5IveNDlme you're right. the main reason i left was to explore other places in the u.s. and see what they're like, which mostly started after being in Florida my entire childhood. I'm only 21 years old and i'm young but i actually really like Florida and hope to return some day (probably soon), even if I don't live there when I'm older

[@johnlabus7359]

While it's true that Florida's population overall is less educated than the country as a whole, the map showing higher education attainment is misleading since the rural areas of state are both less educated and far less densely populated. That said, the education attainment metric is further exacerbated by the fact that many of Florida's highly educated are retired and not contributing to the state's productivity. I've been in Florida for 23 years, and when I retire I will likely have to leave the state because it's just too expensive to maintain a household even if you own your home. Insurance costs are completely out of control, and my HOA costs for my small condo are now more than my monthly mortgage payment. It's ironic that I'll have to leave when I retire while retirees continue to flood the state.

[@fredflintstone2234]

Don’t worry. They’re not coming in anymore.

[@SigFigNewton]

Climate change will be the main issue in Florida for the next few hundred years

[@janetmitchell4452]

I .lived in Fl 35 years, left the day I retired. My condo fees, insurance and other living costs just continued to rise and it was no longer affordable. No taxes means little when everything else is too expensive

[@LevityBrevity]

Lived here for 30 years. It's absolutely getting harder to live here. Since 2020

[@svt.787]

Yes 💯

[@claudermiller]

I used to go to Florida every winter. I can't stand it now.

[@carrob704]

I am just curious what has changed for you as a winter snowbird: just the hurricanes, costs, crowds, what exactly if i may ask?? I was just curious because i wanted to travel there more, not less,,,,but not to own any property, just rent or stay in hotels !!

[@jasonknight5863]

@@carrob704what has changed … that’s easy. Claude is a snowflake ❄️ a democrat that cares more about abortion than enjoying the good weather in florida. That’s what’s changed. It Doesn’t matter though as many others has taken his place and paid more for the privilege. 😂

[@Wilkins325]

More for us

[@claudermiller]

@@Wilkins325 be my guest

[@XxJayMayerxX]

Sounds good to me, please leave and go elsewhere.

[@malcomgreen4747]

In my area there was a mobile home park area poor people live there and basically around it, a new firm bought the entire area built apartment and selling them for 797k after 2 years less than half was sold the rest cant sell because local can not afford it locals was kicked out and new people realized its not place the like so the left now my area is like a ghost area

[@sumgai4936]

Aster Lake Estates?

[@Jersey1971]

Employers in Florida refuse to pay a competetive or just livable wage to keep up with cost of living . Tampa is now as expensive as Manhattan.

[@jumb0shr1mp6]

Not at all.

[@asrr62]

You are out of touch.

[@Jersey1971]

@@jumb0shr1mp6 you're delusional the only affordable places in Florida are the swamps

[@Gamer.Instinct]

Don’t let Miami fool you, Miami-Dade is starting to go to crap too. With all the tax revenue the county gets you’d think they would have enough money to fix the damn roads. I can’t drive without looking directly at the floor for huge potholes, like tire popping, wheel destroying potholes. I wonder were the hell our taxes go

[@svt.787]

I worked with a few ppl in central Florida from Miami and the main topic was how bad it was there. Customers using needles for their drug addictions in the restrooms. There is also a migration from Miami to central Florida because it’s getting worse there.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

I’ve never understood the appeal of FL. Though to be honest most of the U.S. seems pretty uninteresting and undesirable. Just the lack of decent public transportation and housing alone. Couple it with healthcare and education costs and it seems like the uneducated want to be exploited rather than creating a system that is viable and sustainable for everyone.

[@75aces97]

You said it! I never got the appeal either. By then muggy weather was never my thing so I guess I was never the target audience anyway.

[@Mike-vz1fp]

NY is trash, public transportation is for broke ppl

[@timedone8502]

I am a Canadian and moved to the US. My disposable income tripled and I am well on track to retire early. The US is definitely not for the uneducated..

[@Bronx_Yankee]

Stay away from condos, mobile homes, HOA’s, homes on the water and you will be ok. Florida is not broken, it has broken people who made poor choices

[@whalercumming9911]

It's like living in three different countries in one state. Tourist, retirement, real estate - poor, lower middle class, opulent obscene wealth - ect, ect, and ect. Oh, and if someone finds themselves suddenly homeless and too poor to afford a motel room, they can be charged with a crime.

[@N2MyGroove]

@@whalercumming9911 That last part is a shocking soul punch 🥊 Criminalizing being homeless what a concept…

[@whalercumming9911]

@N2MyGroove it's hard to find anyone with sympathy for Florida. Many in South Florida find themselves homeless on a peninsula and more than two hundred miles from not breaking the law. Florida is the dumbest/cruelest place to have an anti homeless law

[@charleshart5563]

​@@N2MyGroovethat just happened it's absolutely shocking how they treat homelessness in Florida. It's like we aren't a US state

[@dimitriberozny3729]

In 1935,FDR forced public schools on Florida as part of the New Deal! Henry Ford created school buses off of a Model A truck chassis in that same year to accommodate this.

[@andrewward5891]

I know a guy who retired to Florida and lived in a trailer near the beach. He loved Florida weather and the politics since he’s a rightie. But the rent his trailer doubled over the last couple years (a lot because of increased insurance costs) and even with a good government pension he couldn’t afford to live there anymore. He left Florida recently only because of affordability

[@jacobsoto7228]

Which states are better for liviving though?

[@andrewward5891]

@@jacobsoto7228 - depends on the person. Affordability, weather, lack of natural disasters, near the beach, near the mountains, good jobs, access to medical care etc are factors that could come into play.

[@beastmode3600]

Rent has sky rocketed for us who been here our whole life. Literally feel like I’m being pushed out due to increase in everyday goods.

[@N2MyGroove]

It’s challenging for sure to be a native Floridian and feel pushed out, for no good reason. I’m hanging on by my fingernails. Breaks my heart 😢

[@Tanyada1955]

you can blame the fed for the bubbles........having increased the money supply by a record amount in 21 and 22,

[@erisu69]

I find it very ironic and honestly quite disappointing that you accept sponsorship from an AI slop video creation tool. I respect the analysis you do on this channel and find it informative and entertaining, and I'm reasonably certain that a lot of human work goes into it. Why do you want to encourage the pollution of the information ecosystem with garbage made by a machine?

[@anthonycabrera5474]

Yeah, this is the first time I've stop a video because of the sponsor. Why as a creator would you accept a sponsorship like this one? Seriously

[@shastaweston]

I skipped the ad theyre always trying to sell shit

[@minimalistvlogger3467]

why are you against innovation?

[@anthonycabrera5474]

@@minimalistvlogger3467 Innovation? What in lord's name does innovation have to do with this bs? It just enables the creation of low effort videos, such as this one. The irony is a content creator accepting this sponsorship.

[@mariaemilianegron]

Yes

[@Alex-ci4ye]

my partner and i just moved out of florida up north. i lived there my entire life (20+ years) and he’s lived there for only 5. we were about to be genuinely homeless before we moved, and with the same jobs and wages as before we have way more room to breathe financially. i do not miss florida eating up all of my money and leaving me drowning. florida should ban non-fulltime residents from buying homes tbh

[@j96700]

In Florida we do a lot of "freedom happy talk," while promoting hate & sticking it to anyone who doesn't have a trust fund! This is the across-the-board attitude of Governor DeSantis & GOP Legislature. A lot of "Heads I win, Tails you Lose!" But we're good at pushing the low tax, lot of sunshine brand. Just never let you know how our "insurance & fees" skyrocket on a yearly basis while our services crater!😳🤔

[@dragongeraldb]

Or "LEAVE"

[@gloriabeckley7464]

There’s talk of putting resorts in state parks. That plan is meeting major opposition from residents.

[@comicalmushroom4790]

Florida tried to be Conservative California but Texas beat them to that

[@Worldaffairslover]

Texas is going through a Florida downfall

[@SecretObservant]

I'm more thankful that Texas is taking Californians before they can reach Florida.

[@lizhoward9754]

All I hear is how great Florida’s economy is. So define “good economy.” What I know is that Florida has plenty of low paying jobs but very, very few decent paying jobs. Their “great economy” seems to be the mass COVID retirement of baby boomers. These baby boomers aren’t bringing in high paying jobs because they are retired. They do put a huge demand on health care, nursing homes, retail, etc. but none of those industries pay anything except for medicine, So, please tell me how Florida’s economy is so great with no decent paying jobs?

[@lancebozman2163]

If you are not fortunate enough to have a trust fund , then you are nothing more than a second class citizen or should I say " servant".

[@rodseller9936]

This is why I can't return.

[@graceramos2790]

Me neither, the states weather is horrible and very uncomfortable and the pay is very low and cost is living is high

[@Ephremjlm1]

As a Floridian who is now making pretty decent money, it wasn't that long ago that I wasn't I can confidently say that even 5 years ago the 42k per year metric is iffy on if you can "pay your bills" living by yourself dependent on what part of the state you live in. That said, today its impossible to live by yourself on that kind of income unless you get REALLY lucky and find an insanely cheap place that is likely run down and crappy. Most 1br apartments are running closer to $2000.00+ per month with first, last, safety, and pet costs added. You could get lucky and find apartments running maybe $1800.00 per month but lets do the math on this because that 30% on housing metric is bullshit. If you are making $42k per year then monthly (before tax) you are making $3230.77. Now lets make this easy and say after tax its a flat $3000.00 per month. Welp if your rent is around $2k then that's 66% of your monthly income. Now add in car payments, insurance, basic household items, food, water, electricity(also very expensive in FL right now thanks to Desantis and FPL) and god forbid you have anything health related. The math doesn't add up. I know plenty of people making $60k who still have barley any wiggle room. Again, I consider myself insanely lucky, but even for what I make places like Invitation homes require 3x the rent in household take home income to rent a specific place. That said, if rent is 2k that means the household needs to make 6k AFTER TAXES to rent, meaning well over six figures. Again using basic math that means that it would take x3 people making that 42k number to rent that place. It's almost mandatory for a lot of grown adults to have roommates these days in Florida, and it's kinda sad especially when you take into account that they are making the new apartments smaller, the walls thinner, and in some cases even trying to enforce rules like "no sex allowed". Its almost like the workers are back to being serfs in some cases. Couple this with other problems in Florida like shitty schools and this weird attack on higher education because a lot of people in the state think everything is woke. You then have people who are born here who weren't rich to begin with meaning no financial literacy, who don't value education, and become another lower skilled worker who struggles because of it. And from a macro perspective its hard to even blame them.

[@martinbroverman7955]

I ARRIVED in FLA. IN 2001. SAW WHAT I WAS YP AGAINST AND LEFT 6 MONTHS LATER!!!!! VERY EXPESIVE RENT AND HOUSING!!! NICE TO VISIT- NEVER STAY UNLESS YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF MILLION

[@french1956]

No mention of weather disasters that seem to be attracted to Florida

[@reemro8760]

I LOVE FLORIDA ❤

[@dimitriberozny3729]

Prior to the late 1990’s early millennium condominium boom in Miami,Florida was KING!! You could buy a mobile home with the land under it for about $20,000!! Try doing that now!! You can’t even afford a porta jon!!

[@MaxKito2]

Miami is a 3rd world country mainly due the Cubans that think is Cuba and because of that, they have monopolized the employment system, giving the best paying jobs to Cubans Only. Just look at the political system and see who runs the show. And that is one of the main issues here.

[@asrr62]

I've heard of such issues before. That is a shame.

[@Saim.369]

Living in miami for 6 years cuban are mostlyin labour jobs or average income its not true but if you said dominated by Spanish communities than yeah its true

[@MaxKito2]

@@Saim.369 …..Hi, thanks for sharing. Unfortunately, based on your comment, you’re mistaken. The Hispanic population is indeed mixed, but the ethnicity group that has completely monopolized 100% the system in Miami in many sectors are Cubans. They’re very good at maintaining control over Miami,because it benefits them only and that’s not me saying; it’s just facts. In fact, there’s a lot of racism from Cubans towards those of us who aren’t, which has caused a lot of friction. If you truly live in Miami, not that I doubt you, you don’t need to go to specific places. Just walk around and apply for any political or important job, or any job, and you’ll soon discover that almost everywhere you go to work, the majority of employees are Cubans, and the management teams are also mostly Cuban. For example, they hire their own people. That’s 100% factual. However, people are afraid of them because if you criticize their actions, they’ll gang up against you. Just watch the news for a few hours. I don’t leave the city because I don’t have the financial means to do so, but I and nobody shouldn’t be running away from Cubans. This is the USA, not their Cuban island. Just saying.

[@MaxKito2]

@@Saim.369 Hi, thanks for sharing. Unfortunately, you’re mistaken. The Hispanic population is indeed mixed, but the ethnicity group that has completely dominated and monopolized Miami in many sectors are Cubans. They’re very good at maintaining control over Miami, and that’s not me saying; it’s just facts. Sadly, they are very prejudice towards those of us who aren’t, them, which has caused a lot of friction. If you truly live in Miami, not that I doubt you, you don’t need to go to specific places. Just walk around and apply for any political or important job, or any job, and you’ll soon discover that almost everywhere you go to work, the majority of employees are Cubans, and the management teams are also mostly Cuban, therefore they hire their own people. That’s 100% factual. However, people are afraid of them because if you criticize their actions, they’ll gang up against you. Just watch the news for a few hours. I don’t leave the city, because I don’t have the financial means to do so, but I shouldn’t be running away from Cubans. This is the USA, not their Cuban island. Just saying.

[@MaxKito2]

@@Saim.369 KZbin censors Americans to speak…lol They delete the replies to always hide people’s thoughts as if that would bring peace on Earth. Anyway, Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Unfortunately, based on your comment, you’re mistaken. The Hispanic population in Miami is diverse, but one group that has significantly influenced and controls many sectors are them. They have control over the majority of important positions in Miami, and it’s not something I’m making up. In fact, there’s a lot of racism from them in many forms towards those of us who aren’t, which has caused a lot of tension. If you’re genuinely living in Miami, you don’t need to go to specific places to see this. Just walk around and apply for any political or important job, and you’ll notice that most of the employees are Cubans, and the management teams are also mostly Cuban. This is a fact. But people are afraid of them because if you criticize their actions, they’ll attack you in different ways and that has been done to me, my father, and basically many people that have gone through this kind of experience. Just watch the news for a few hours, and you’ll see what I mean. I don’t leave the city because I don’t have the money, but I shouldn’t be running away from them, this is too my city and it is also part of US and not their island. Anyhow, hopefully KZbin doesn’t delete this one too.

[@edwinwise6751]

Sounds like the Florida’s funeral industry has a bright future

[@joannebrauer2688]

We were told many years ago that Florida is called God‘s waiting room😆

[@br6ndonjones]

That $40k figure on income is unrealistic it's more in the 20s and you realistically need $60k+ to live here. Everyone moving to Florida from bigger wealthy states have priced the locals out usually paying overasking prices on homes. And this video also leaves out the fact that all these corporations have bought up 90% of the single family homes here and doubled the rent.

[@DeeK.M]

I don't know who believes that lie of most people are wealthy in swamp land FL. Especially now that it's sinking & most residents losing their livlihoods with these hurricanes! You can keep it!!!

[@5IveNDlme]

No place is good if you are poor. Florida isn’t a state to move to, to get rich. My suggestion- work there if you’re young, want a winter at the beach as a server then move on. Live there if you have made your bank someplace else and are ready to shut it down. That’s Florida.

[@ChristianDuval-h9r]

Has a canadian, very happy to be in Florida......strategicly in WestPalmBeach to avoid hurricane...... Nothing beat the nice weather.........

[@Mike-n2f8k]

Your governor is also picking unnecessary fights with Mickey Mouse, books, and drag queens when he should be focusing on the insurance, condo/HOA, and unaffordability crises.

[@SamWilkinsonn]

Don’t forget climate change

[@gabyfields3235]

Oops! You are NOT allowed to say this phrase ("global warming" or "climate change") in DeSantis-Land!

[@SigFigNewton]

His might be the face that appears in future history books where they discuss Florida leaders who, if anything, worsened the coming climate crisis

[@SamWilkinsonn]

@@SigFigNewton there won’t be any history books. We’re going extinct.

[@nitroneonicman]

Yeah he should do what newsome does and just blame everything on climate change without actually doing anything about it. How many fires did California have this year so far?

[@kevinakakp9120]

When you drive throughout Florida you can see the poor-ness

[@ViceCoin]

Seniors are not an economic base for future growth.

[@SagaciousSilence]

The only beneficiary to tourism in Florida are the select companies that utilize Florida for its personal advantage. Residents of Florida themselves do not actually benefit from tourism aside from the tax dollars that the local government generates from those businesses. There are a lot of low wage, low skill jobs in Florida, which attract a lot of unskilled labor, but that isn’t a good thing by and large. Florida is basically a state of servants for the servitude of others on vacation.

[@NSApple]

Yeah Florida friggen sucks.. we pay over 2k per month for a modest 1/1 in Broward. Have a 25 mile commute to work in SoBe, which will take anywhere between 50-90 minutes each way, longer in winter due to snowbirds. The people generally are very rude in south Florida, and advantageous. I cannot wait for the opportunity to leave this place and never look back.

[@robluck21]

Florida has problems, but compared to New York, Hawaii and California thats nothing.

[@SigFigNewton]

Compared to the GDP per capita in New York and California, Florida is… well I don’t want to embarrass red voters… what should say?

[@robluck21]

@SigFigNewton I hate to burst your bubble but. Yes, billionaires and millionaires significantly skew per capita income statistics upwards, meaning that the average income appears higher than the typical individual's income due to the extreme wealth held by a small number of very rich people; essentially, a few extremely high earners can significantly inflate the average when calculated across the whole population" The income Inequality of the avaricious wall street and Hollywood elite, skew your perception of income. Just as Google and Microsoft paying taxes in Ireland makes it seem that the county has high income and they don't. Red states don't have that extreme concentration of Billionaires and large corporations.

[@SigFigNewton]

@@robluck21 it seems to be the Florida housing market that buyers can’t afford…

[@SigFigNewton]

@@robluck21 minimum wage is a major factor. Florida is behind a lot of blue states, ahead of most red states. When workers have spending money left over after housing, health care, and transport, turns out that they spend money at local businesses. Increases in the minimum wage literally create jobs.

[@robluck21]

@SigFigNewton keep in mind that adding California's or NYs high income taxes, just to name one tax would not improve their situation. Now California's proposition 13 passed over the government resistance was a great idea for Florida.

[@sicsempertyrannis4104]

Home of the newly wed & the nearly dead.

[@selfproclaimedintrovert5676]

I used to love it here, now I just like it. The only thing keeping me here is the heat. I cannot deal with any temps less than 70 degrees and Im one of the very few that love the heat, as I work outdoors year round. But my little, once quaint hometown has been overrun with folks from the Northeast and folks from South Florida, all thanks to the covid. If I really wanted to leave, I would of done so by now.

[@Nearly-famous-painter1960]

“It’s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there”. That phrase describes Florida to a tee.

[@joelmogensen579]

I left after 47 years. Happy to be a floriDUH refugee.

[@Javier99999]

Floridian that left in his Early twenties and 15 years later never returned. I always have a dream that Florida will one day get rid of its suburbs and make walkable mixed housing so that we can make public trans viable and stop tearing down the prairie for football size parking lots and copy paste suburbs. Where we can actually have housing that is livable economically and daily. But it seems the gov and people love seeing more suburbs and traffic so they can look at their housing price rise on zillow than actually live well.

[@puertocool]

Excellent evaluation!

[@InnovativeFrontier]

This is an interesting video! Thanks for sharing. Tough to see Florida where it is now, such a beautiful place, hopefully a change in political leadership will push Florida in the right direction again.

[@twlee1930]

I think made a mistake @14:28. What you show on the screen is the opposite of what you are trying to say, "The current ratio of taxpaying workers to retirees is 3:1" but you show the opposite with 3 retirees to 1 worker. "...but by 2030 it is expected to drop to 2:1 as Baby Boomers continue to age out of the workforce" but the screen shows 2 retirees to 1 worker.

[@bradburley8008]

You must be a lot of fun at parties!

[@onepartyroule]

Well spotted!

[@marssaintsenat2995]

All I'm hoping for is a new virus or the meteor.. born and raised in Florida The state is overpopulated, car accident, insurance and interest rate are hella high Even with a college degree renting and buying a house it's becoming almost unaffordable.. at this point of time you might as well just flood this state

[@C1K450]

Actually, Florida is the 4th largest state by GDP with 1.6$ trillion dollars, not even close to 3rd place which is New York with 2.2$ trillion dollars of GDP.

[@asrr62]

I thought it was wrong but I went with it 🤣

[@Jersey1971]

@@C1K450 but they haven't they done the right thing and started paying people decent wages to keep up with the cost of living here. Pure Greed

[@Will_Aviles]

as a floridian i can confirm all this

[@ellenwilson5598]

Me too 👍

[@C1K450]

2024 will probably be the final peak of Florida's positive net-migration, and it will begin to gradually cool off and grow stagnantly.

[@jefftammy9606]

I hope so, traffic in the state sucks now. I-75 has daily traffic jams around the villages and the Bradenton/Sarasota area. Never used to be that way prior to Covid.

[@Lottoboi100]

It's time to get out 💯💯💯

[@ellenwilson5598]

Yep 👍 💯

[@davidbaldwin9664]

Great video! If would be also great if you did a video on possible solutions as well.

[@ralphvaderguy6860]

Just like any city or state…. When it gets full. Its full. Just like anything else.

[@Patytay]

Advertising A.I for video creation is crazy.

[@Marchant2]

Florida may be the 3rd largest in population, but it's FOURTH behind California, Texas and New York in GDP.

[@SigFigNewton]

Obviously. It’s a red state. How could it hope to compete with New York in GDP per capita

[@ralphvaderguy6860]

We are FULL everyone is. If that doesn’t make sense. Check yourself😊

[@belamoure]

Breaking point is close then it would tip towards total insolvability fast. Solution higher taxes for the rich, closing social programs, incread sing minimum salary to $25per hour more investment in education and innovation. In summary becoming a real State.

[@SpottoBotto]

You can't stop people voting against their own best interests unfortunately

[@jefftammy9606]

What are they supposed to do in Florida? Turn the state blue and have it flooded with a bunch of third-world aliens, all while paying sky high taxes and suffering increasing regulation?

[@ellenwilson5598]

Well said 👍

[@LeeSailor123]

You get what you DeSantis for 😢

[@MrEazyer777]

Lmao nice

[@che-waji3470]

Exactly why I keep voting for him. 😊 Love Florida and he does a good job.

[@kurt4032]

Yes, we get economic and political refugees escaping Dem Gov states such as NY,MA,NJ, IL, MI, MN, RI, CT and MD

[@Mike-ew9zn]

Democrats are the real problem!

[@pensacola321]

​@@che-waji3470 🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@TheCdecisneros]

30 years of republican rule will do that...

[@SigFigNewton]

GDP per capita list: blue state… blue state… blue state… blue state…

[@Mike-vz1fp]

🤣🤣🤡

[@TheCdecisneros]

@@Mike-vz1fp I'm sorry , was someone else in charge

[@loganalt]

CA and NYC are far worse. Top 10 fastest growing states are republican run states. Everyone is fleeing the democrat ones. Not that republican run states are perfect either but I’d rather Florida than CA, IL, NY

[@TheCdecisneros]

And just got reelected.

[@bobbullethalf]

That panhandle area should be given to Alabama and Georgia because it is a mess in that region.

[@SigFigNewton]

Florida is so inept it doesn’t even know how to make use of the extra coastline it secured for itself

[@GothaK-z3p]

Florida is based.

[@SigFigNewton]

in extreme wealth inequality

[@SigFigNewton]

Red states.

[@thomaslou624]

When governor supports corporate business over the people.

[@AlistairKiwi]

Truly interesting info. However, AI is destroying KZbin. Please don't use & find another sponsor. Anyway, I did learn from your or your AI's video.

[@terrygolden7726]

Why anyone in tbier right mind come to fl for a vacation when hi is never humid and has way more value for $

[@Dacarts]

I love people complaining about Florida and saying they will never move here or they are leaving. PLEASE GOD DON'T MOVE HERE, WE ARE FULL!!

[@asrr62]

Yeah your going to get sucked into the ocean too no more gulf of Mexico.

[@chengt2236]

Love Florida! Quality of life is so much better than the rest of the country.

[@edwardhoffenheim3249]

Wait there's a place called panhandle... that's full of poor people. Omg. You're joking.

[@Fabulopolis1]

I rather move to Detroit Michigan than Florida.

[@tonyn3227]

Think twice before moving here, hurricanes happen every year

[@bradbrown7273]

We can thank hi insurance, high property taxes

[@overtherehere3050]

Did this guy just try to say Los Angeles is a better run city than those in FL? LMAO

[@johnneyjohnson8607]

No. He said it's more of a self-sustaining city.

[@TheUnatuber]

Jeez, and here I thought it was the bath salts!

[@SigFigNewton]

14:26 Well there’s an alarmingly incorrect graphic

[@SulferDragon]

A lot of the talk about the economy and cost of living is general to all places, not just Florida.

[@MrJestyler]

The economic shift in Florida is not a new phenomenon and certainly not exclusive to that state. All states that are growing fairly rapidly are experiencing the same thing. People that are leaving one state for another more than often have money and that money moves with them. Demand is higher and prices are higher and the only ones able buy are those with money. The jobs don’t necessarily move with the people. Too many low wage jobs, the rich getting richer and the poor staying poor. It’s been going on for decades everywhere.

[@janejohnstone5795]

Not ready to leave Florida..yet..but are other places any better....like our governor..the sunshine is still nice...hurricanes are a worry...

[@naturelover2292]

Your Governor is time is running out. Last term 😂😂😂good riddance

[@sunrise3216]

Most problems mentioned such as cost of living, housing, and ecomony is the entire country right now. I would also say that mosquitoes alligators humidity heat dont really bother the people who live here as we are used to it. Every state has its weather and animals that people dont like. Florida wont be underwater by 2050 and hurricans can be migitated by proper building regulations and seawalls for storm surges in coastal communities.

[@DanWaltz-u4n]

Except employers don’t pay s#,t. Greed has taken over the state

[@TheCOOLEYDOG]

with wages not keeping up with cost of living, eventually enough people will be poor that a revolution will occur, but since those in power dont want that, they will wait as long as they can before raising rates and wages.

[@lucillecote7573]

I’m so pleased…thanks, what’s his name…seeing cowboy boots in seaside property…lol

[@willweed6168]

No state income tax but everything else is taxed.

[@juliorivera870]

Central Florida is the highest land in the whole state

[@sunrise3216]

Whats with all the obsession and hate with florida. So much fear mongering negitivity and falsehoods..Florida is like any other state with good and bad areas\problems. Overall its a very nice state to live in with 21 million people. It has beautiful cities like Sarasoda, St. Petersberg,Orlando and miami. It uses to be much more affordable and great value for money compaired to northeast before covid. Hurricanes have mostly caused worse damage in coastal flood zones and can be migiated by rebuilding up to code and seawall projects. The future still looks bright!

[@tharblin]

Love Florida so much, you have to work really hard to find the bad here but Heck if it keeps the Liberals out of the state then it's perfect. I love the smooth roads, the big spaces, the low taxes, the fresh air and great weather... It's basically the opposite of a blue state.

[@xmistaxcashxcoll]

Florida is alright but there is numerous way too make money. Online no offense. Not going too say.

[@justinklaus9662]

As someone who lives in Florida ngl im not struggling for anything lmfao🤣 but not everyones situation is the same🤷‍♂️

[@assamite9614]

Make one about Poland, I wanna see if it will be accurate.