Serious question, why would anyone want to live in Florida?

No state taxes

Warm weather

Hurricanes

Owning the libs

There are a lot of nice parts of Florida. Suburban sprawl is ugly, but most places in the US have that issue now.

Weather is often nice.

Boating on either side of the peninsula.

Tampa and Miami are interesting cities. Jacksonville is not bad.

No state taxes.

Easy access to Caribbean.

Alligators.

Petty and Skynyrd.

FL has 6% sales tax. All states need to tax it's residents in some way, to pay for the state services they provide.

Ding ding ding ding!

Otherwise, it does have some natural attractions, but owning the libs and fealty to deathsantis are key ones

I’d rather have a high sales tax and no income tax than the other way around. This is more fair to high income earners who contribute the most taxes.

Yeah let's have a regressive tax system and screw over the poor in our society than make the rich pay their fair share to this country.

1) The most beautiful beaches and clearest water in the lower 48

2) Excellent communities to raise athletically-inclined kids. FL consistently produces some of the best athletes in the country, particularly swimmers

3) Excellent water sports of all kinds, from fishing, to surfing, diving, wakeboarding, etc

So……if you’re into beautiful beaches and water, and water-based endeavors, it’s heaven. The gulf side vs Atlantic side each have their own personalities. I have trouble deciding which one I like better.

All that said, I have never understood how ppl can live inland in FL or near the FL/GA line. All that heat and humidity without immediate access to the ocean. Although I hear places like Orlando are nice for pristine golfing opportunities and of course Disney world.

Don’t forget the toll roads. So many tolls in Florida!

Taxes, beaches, taxes

Stay in your Bidenette State, we thank you! Trump obviously owns you.

99% sure these posts are site shills just getting view/hits.

California has better beaches and better weather, and it also has mountains, and less mosquitoes. But it's more expensive.

Enjoy Florida while you still can. Environmental changes will wreak havoc on that place before too long.

You do know the US has the least regressive income tax system in the world, right?

No it won’t. My king Dump told me it’s a hoax by the libs and the deep state to keep him out of office!
Sincerely, right wingers

As I South Floridian, I spend a fair amount of time wondering why I still live here.

Answer: I would take a huge pay cut if I went anywhere else. So, I'll probably live here until retirement and then bail out, like a lot of people I know. South Florida is becoming both a place to retire TO and a place to retire the heck away FROM.

FL is the place for you if you...

seek somewhere comfortable to hide

couldn't make in in NYC

are done & dusted in career and life, happy to settle for what you can get instead of what you really hoped for

are on the run

consume more than you produce

prefer the company of simple-minded cynics

Great place if you hate running hills.

The water's colder in California. The fishing is better in Florida. Florida is much better for scuba, snorkeling, etc. The beaches in California are not all that they are hyped to be. I'd much rather go to a beach in Florida than California. As far as how the state is governed, I'd go with Florida all the way. California's governance during COVID was more of a disaster than the virus.