Thank you for watching my video on why Florida is really struggling with it's success. If there are changes taking place across America that you would like to see in my next video please let me know here.
Moron. 60 percent is a low standard for changing an important document of governance. It's called a plurality. It should be 3/4 of the vote to change a constitution. Yes. It failed.
I grew up in Jacksonville and still live nearby. We're not prone to natural disasters; Look up a chart on hurricane strikes by county and it's very, very low due to a natural bend in the coastline which hurricanes shoot past. The last recorded hurricane to make landfall was in 1964, a Cat 2 named Dora. Nice thing about 'canes is you can see them coming a week in advance, so they don't sneak up on you.
Please! make more videos like this. Discouraging people from coming here is very beneficial for us. Extreme Weather, Insects, Alligators and all the other negative aspects need to be highlighted in order to inform people who are considering moving here. Thank you, much appreciated.
I miss what Florida was just a short 30 years ago. People were friendly, you would go to eat after church and you knew just about everyone in the restaurant and crime was predictable you knew where to avoid. We never locked our doors. Now crime is everywhere. If the transplants want to leave let them and they can take Disney with them.
I miss old Florida, with the all the people moving here the culture here has changed completely. Florida used to be such an easy going place and now everyone is so aggressive. And on top of that theyre pricing out the natives.I just wish these carpetbaggers would go home
Not happening unfortunately, agree it was nice going for a drive and seeing the ocean ,but the opposite is happening the wealthy are buying up everything and calling the shots on everything including the ocean right to enjoy,they want it privately to themselves
I saw a bumper sticker on a car about 20 years ago, "Welcome to Florida Now Go Home", still laugh. I feel just like the bumper sticker. I am a Floridian born and know tourists equal money, we don't need more residents, just the money.
You are correct. Come visit and LEAVE!!!! I don't care how they did it up north. I think I will scream if I hear this one more time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Republicans had a shitload of volunteers because they are loading up into Florida. Conveniently, climate change is coming for us too, and by the time shit goes south we should be adequately saturated with assholes.
Cheating was announced well before the election was even started, you just didn't get the memo on who would actually do the cheating! Biden should halt the transfer of power, as it is his presidential duty to protect the sanctity of our election process, or whatever he decides with his new powers given to him by SCOTUS. Go get'em Joe, just don't trip along the way!
What about all the Haitians, Jamaicans, and Venezuelan gang members that have come to FL in the last 10-15 years should they be deported since they're not even USA citizens and many get Gov handouts?
I've lived in Florida my entire life; born and raised here. I'm looking to leave at the nearest opportunity. I don't recall ever being hit by 6-7 storms in a year though. I think 4 was the most, and that doesn't happen every year.
I find it very difficult to express my feelings on my state. I am not an environmentalist, but I’m sad about my state being completely changed from a paradise to a parking lot. From the old Florida culture to yankee land. I feel like I don’t fit in here anymore. Looking forward to heaven in the next 25 years or so. Nothing will ruin it like they’ve ruined Florida!!
My family has been here since '72. We live on the Nature Coast and love it here. Wouldn't live anywhere else. And you can't buy the freedom we have here ❤ 🇺🇸!!
I’ve lived near The Emerald Coast of NW FlL and up until about 20 yrs ago it was a nice peaceful place to live. Not anymore. Traffic backups up and down the Gulf Coast are a year round reality. Wish I’d moved away long ago but I can’t afford anywhere else in or out of Florida anymore. This nation is on the downward and irreversible spiral of unaffordable living except for the wealthy.
that would make you 110 years old.. Paradise served you well. BTW: 43% of the state is still wild.. travel the hills and forests of central Florida.. but at 110 years old that would be difficult.
@joemancurreri6635 those are whats left. Those woods are panty waist. And it was the 1950s, paradise did serve me well, and then all the lily livers got air conditioning.
I love all you fortune tellers. all libs from NY and NJ.. No one has a say in this "hate" Florida You tube, unless you live here in paradise. I live in NE Florida.. paradise, never saw a sink hole, never saw a falling high rise, the last hurricane was 1964 and it flooded some store in Fernandina Beach.. Gainesville can't flood since it's the highest point in Florida.. there were 12 major sink holes in Florida in 2023.. all except one in state owned parks.. there were 2,300 claims for sink holes in 2023, all except 12 were actually due to buried construction debris.. This You tube is corrupt, with totally false data.. BUT if it keeps people from moving here, that's great.. Folks from NY and NJ and MA have destroyed South Florida with their pushy - miserable personalities.
urban sprawl is terrible throughout the country, but it’s most awful in the southeast and southwest. if these cities and states in general want to keep their populations then providing an easy access to public spaces would seriously help
My Boomer mother moved to Lehigh Acres, Florida. It's the epitome of urban sprawl. There have been articles written about it. Everyone here thinks it's a small town. It's 96 sq. miles of residential and stroads.
wrong. The biggest issue is homeowner property insurance and it's not even close. Second would be the lack of employees in the service industry due to a crackdown on immigrants. Restaurant, landscaping, hotels and construction have lost tons of employees who left the state after DeSantis instituted a new policy.
Good article! I've lived in the Tampa area for 5 years and the main problems here are traffic congestion and the recent increase in hurricanes and flooding. Insurance companies are raising premiums and frequently cancelling homeowner policies for Florida residents, and in particular if you live near the coast, because of the increasing probability of flooding and catastrophic damage. Also, the population increases have spoiled the charm that Florida had 30-40 years ago. As a result of all this, I'm starting to look for places to move to, outside Florida.
Generations ago, Tampa Bay (City of Tampa and St. Pete) had electric railway service (streetcar) to get around. Nearly a decade ago a proposal to build light rail to the airport was defeated. Only the tourist-oriented, "TECO" line exists. Since then, billions of dollars have been spent to expand major roadways and tollways while auto traffic congestion with consequential fatalities increases. The idea that major roadway expansions and extensions alleviate motor vehicle congestion over long periods of time is largely a myth.
@@mizer9510 truth is. Got to be crazy to make it anywhere in this country. You think you're crazy in Florida. Come up to Chicago. We can show you the true meaning of crazy.
I moved to Florida in 1992... the biggest problem we will have is water.... Most of the drinking water is taken from our underground aquafer.... as it gets depleted it will need many tropical storm type rains to refill it or it will start to draw salt water from the coasts... that would be the end...
Wild how underrecognized this issue is. The aquifer at some wells has fallen 100 feet around Tampa. The state needs to promote home owners using rain water collection, as well as work on doing water reclamation for storm and sewage run off.
Our water problem is getting worse as we deplete the wells. Those ubiquitous retaining ponds are a disaster. Rainwater that should filter into the water table runs off into concrete pipes which fill these useless ponds.
... My wife really wants to retire to Florida, insisting actually, I told her to make sure I have her new address cuz I dont have enough money to rebuild a house every 3 years...
Moved to Florida from Ohio in 1995 with my job. Retired in 2018 and moved to Greenville SC. The only thing I miss about Florida is the weather in the winter. Both of my children left the state before I did.
Vid totally MISSED the Condo Crisis topic. Since the Surfside Condo Collapse, the state toughened condo laws, including cash reserve requirements and engineering inspections every 10 years. Owners are facing massive assessments and “catch up” on deferred maintenance. As a result their risk insurance is through the roof and no one can sell because no one wants to buy!!
OMG: there is no condo crises.. We live in an Ocean front Condo in Nassau County Florida. NO issues anywhere.. the issue (not a crisis) is in old neglected buildings in South Florida.. where owners have done little to no maintenance in over 40 years.. Stop with the crises stuff. watching to much CNN.
Yeah, I'm in Englewood, and it's getting crowded. This town, Venice and the rest have changed a lot in the 23 years I've been here. I miss what it was.
Why would you live in South sarasota ? it has always flooded ! people buy in areas that flood because it's cheap. a lot in South Sarasota is $25,000 in any other area it's $350,000..
I miss the good ole days!! I-75 had 2 lanes, Dirt roads inland that went on forever! US -1 from Key Largo to Key West had stolen and abandoned Vehicles Rusting away off the side of the road It was our Napa/ Discount auto parts store! Also there really were Secret fishing spots back then. A true Poor Mans Paradise now forever gone!
The governor needs to close the borders to Florida here not allowing business or new people to move in. I'm in the Tampa Bay area and traffic is unbelievable, not to mention the cost of living.
Similar to Davidson County, Nashville, TN which defeated a plan for LRT - light rail transit and now the poor motor vehicle traffic congestion is worse, along with an increase of roadway fatalities.
Seeing as the majority of people moving here are coming from states like NY,NJ,CA,CO we know that those states have gone to crap and we don’t want them to bring it with them. Hopefully the hurricanes and the heat will send them back. My family has been here over 5 generations we can handle it.
They come here in an attempt to escape the problems they asked for with their Identity politics from the state that's ruined and bring along that same mindset of identity politics once they move to Florida. It's hard to wrap your mind Around the stupidity of that mind set
Florida gets hit with many forms of hurricanes. Some come in geological forms, others in political. But Floridamen and floridawomen en mass stand strong. Even this storm shall pass. And the sun rises in the east of us first.
I always tell people who are considered buying a beachfront condo, if you do you better have a hefty bank account afterwards, because either you'll pay a big monthly fee, or every few years you're going to get a huge maintenance assessment for repairs, painting, and replacing rust damaged things. I was a firefighter at a beachfront community and often while caring for residents we'd make chitchat and the maintenance costs would come up if we noticed the construction site vibe of the condo building.....Once in around 2010 an elderly man said he had a $75K assessment due. That's more than my small modest house cost me in 1996.
More like a book from Aldous Huxley or something. "1984" comes to mind, but hey, its a book, and kids don't read any more. The New Testament would be a Good Book to start with, though. Empathy for others is becoming a lost virtue, due to the hate filled felon and his stooges, to be blunt. Hope all you new Florida folks have your last will and testaments filled out and filed. I really do. Peace and please find a safer place to live!
Just a few years ago my zip code averaged around 200-250 homes for sale with sells averaging around 50-60. Currently the average has grown to 600-640 for sale and 40-50 sold. The cost of owning a home has skyrocketed! The cost of eating out has doubled! Traffic has become more like that of the most intolerable city in the USA; Boston Mass. traffic has become survival of the fittest!
Since 2020, New York City has dropped 600,000 in population. Florida must be doing something right. P.S. After the Loma Prieta and Northridge earthquakes, California was forced to implement a state earthquake insurance pool. So, Florida is actually not the first to do it. Insurance companies are not charities ...P.P.S. the "condo crisis" is purely a real estate agent issue, not a housing/affordability issue. After the Surfside collapse, Florida was forced to act against condo associations who believed maintenance was something only "other people need to do".
I came to Florida with my family to LVE HERE, not to profit by raising the value of my home to then sell it and move somewhere else. That is the job of builders, brokers and Real Estate salespeople! WHY does GOVERNMENT have the RIGHT to magically add EXORBITANT & FICTITIOUS MORE VALUE to MY property WITHOUT MY CONSENT? I'm NOT interested in moving anywhere else, so therefore property value means nothing to me right now. But, STILL I HAVE TO PAY MORE TAXES & INSURANCE EVERY YEAR BASED ON THOSE GOVERNMENT VALUES UNTIL I DO DECIDE TO MOVE OR I DIE. How does that benefit me and my family when I will have paid 3-5 TIMES MORE MONEY THAN THE ORIGINAL VALUE OF THE PROPERTY JUST IN TAXES AND INSURANCE? This government legalized ROBBERY to home OWNERS HAS TO STOP!
I’ve lived here for 30 yrs and Florida has changed. Within the last 2 yrs, so many out of state license plates, never have seen so many from Ca. The Puerto Ricans evacuated from their hurricane and stayed, no one speaks English anymore. The filth on the streets now looks like NYC.
Not too much Old Florida left. It’s really sad. I’m glad many of the historical places have strict development restrictions. We need MORE restrictions. Urban growth boundaries. SOMETHING.
The State of Florida's "last resort" state-sponsored, state insurance program is NOT a recent development of recent storms but has existed for decades.
There's just too much construction going on. I live in Pasco County and right now they have cleared two huge areas on either side of Little Road. Not a tree is to be seen. The only way to see Old Florida is to visit one of our state parks.
I was born in Miami in '69, and moved to the SW Coast in '97. It was a small town, laid back lifestyle over here for a long time, but it's getting crowded now. My brother still lives in Ft Laud, and every time I go across to visit I remember why I left. Good luck!
A state that was a watershed of swamps and bogs drained to build homes and businesses will become the US's first migration out of the state due to climate change, as recently seen by two back-to-back hurricanes. Florida's populous growth was and is similar to the stock market's, with a crash on the horizon.
@@laurakilmer8652 Climate does not equal weather. That's like saying a cold is like cancer, both make you sick, so they are the same! Grow up and learn to think.
@@steven4315 LOL, for every wealthy person there are a thousand people living at various levels off of the opportunities provided by the money that wealthy people spend.
@@steven4315 Well government certainly doesn't produce anything except more ways to take money from citizens. I guess someone has to produce something.
Its November and your hurricane season still looking at 2 more out there ! You couldnt Give me a house Anywhere in your state ! There is so much water damage , mold and who knows how many sinkholes will open up ? Scary real estate market
Yes, if your somewhere else, please don’t move to Florida. We have too many people, which already causes too many problems. Visit have fun at the beaches and parks and then go home, or you will be sorry.
All these Florida haters.. all these folks are bitter because they can't afford to live here in Paradise.. they are stuck up in those migrant areas, with the cold, snow, crime, falling bridges, pot holes and miserable neighbors. WE don't want them.. We are a young family... have great neighbors and go to the beach all year.. no one needs these negative miserable folks.
I get at least half a dozen phone calls every week from people wanting to buy my Florida home, but they never want to offer me what it's worth. They just want to flip 'em. I tell 'em that if I wanted to sell my home I'd list it, I'd put it on the market. Then I say to them, "do you know how irritating it is to get phone calls every day from you vultures? Then they hang up! But Florida is a great place; don't let anyone tell you different! 🙂
My view is that dark & wealthy entities here convinced the Government workers in Florida that wealthy people demanded these changes & Florida must compy to be vacation & tourist spot to Millionaires, Mobsters & Witness Protection peeps. Telecoms sent my family to Sarasota 5 decades ago. It's totally tragic what happened to the kind regular people who used to walk around freely in Florida before Opiates killed so many & all the public drugging & SA attack years started. This is simply my personal view as a Retired Psych Nurse/Foster Mom trauma survivor here with a dead spy ex, tho. Thx.🙏
The entire coastal southeastern U.S.is vulnerable. Residents are used to it and are adjusted to it and think it's all overblown, pardon the pun. And the eastern seaboard also is exposed to severe storms. If California gets it's fire season dangers lessened, it will resurge, IMO. California is no longer in extreme drought with 3 straight years of above average rains, and that looks to continue as a benefit from the changing climate. This will, in turn, lessen the dangers of fires in the near term. Right now? The country is vulnerable to economic shocks that need mitigation, IMO.
native Floridian, Tampa area, they wanted to Develop it more, over did it, traffic, taxes, infrastucture, , crime, turning into new York--latest -current figures show--their are more people leaving than staying, talk to people who love it when they move here, then after 2 or 3 yrs, NOT so much, orlando, sarasota, , --wall to wall shopping centers, malls, NEW Housing and apt., communities, stick a fork in it --it's done
As someone who lives in North Florida, lemme tell you its tree-ed up Texas. Farms EVERYWHERE, HOT summers, cold winters, TORNADOES LIKE HECK, poor people on every corner, and miles and miles of NOTHING.
I've lived here since 1968 in pompano Beach. Use to be awesome now the housing market is out of site. Any single family home is a cool half million dollars. And that's a 50 to 60 yr old house.
I moved to Florida from Washington State in 2015 and was able to buy a beautiful home from the sale of my house in never see the sun in Western Washington.
How do the few remaining insurance companies stay in Florida? Huge deductibles. I have a small home in the Orlando area I bought in 1997 for $55 k...but my mortgage required insurance has a deductible of $11,000! After hurricane Milton, the damage did not approach the deductible...thus, no payment.
Corporate development is the bigger problem when it comes to housing, it's one thing to build a house as needed vs developing hundreds of acres all at once and building homes on top of one another and straining local utilities. The insurance problem is more about fraud, FL has the highest fraud rate in the country and it won't get better until they get it under control.
I lived IN Miami 40 yrs and this population sucks ,you can't even tURnaround without running into someone. The housing has gone up so high it's ridiculous,. I am looking to move to a different state that isn't so overpopulated.
I believe that with the continued inflation and homeless populations in the north, Florida will continue to see massive influxes of people coming to Florida both for tent dwellers to have warmer climate, and for northerners who are fleeing massive homeless encampments. Florida has a lot of rural space left, with smaller communities sprinkled throughout. Many parts of Florida are still "backwater" communities, with a lot of poverty, joblessness, and shacks and shanties that are unoccupied, making it a haven for homeless populations looking for shelter.
@robertward8035 you do realize that not only does California more than double the crime rate, with a 30% higher cost of living, with 5 times the homeless population. The only thing California is better than florida is aborting babies up to 6 months old
Not in my worst nightmare ! You keep your Maga Koolaid Drinking propaganda out of my state ! Stay right where you belong in your hurricane , tornedo , alligator swamp
All i can say is here in Naples the traffic is way out of control. Its increased dramatically just in the last couple of years. By day light traffic is bumper to bumper all day. Gets worse with the days end after work traffick hits the street.
I've lived in Florida for over 52 years. The increased growth and the recent disasters have done nothing but magnify problems Floridians have had for decades. Decades of stagnant wages for the working class, the demise of the citrus industry due disease and crumbling infrastructure. I've lived in Orlando, Melbourne, Clearwater and Lakeland. Living costs here have skyrocketed due to the "infestation". Traffic in Central Florida in intolerable. We faced occasional water restrictions due to limited potable water sources. The heat and humidity has increased over the years. I'm looking for a way out!
From WC, I had a job I loved, driving for the Newspaper in Orlando but by 1979 I could see the handwriting on the wall so we moved to NE TN, we love it here! Only problem, fast forward to 2024 between the half backs ( moved to FLA, now moving half way back north) and the people moving down from the north, wishing to escape harsh winters, some of our towns and cities are almost doubling in a few years! And don’t throw out a half a million for a $300,000 house because sooner or later the rest of us here that are used to lower prices will now have to pay those higher prices also!
I told my coworker not to listen to his wife when he retired. She wanted a house on the beach, he wanted land with a house away from people. She unfortunately got her way & they got the beach house 2 blocks from the Gulf of Mexico. You can imagine what happened after they bought the house in Treasure Island, FL. Their house took on 3 ft of water & they lost a bunch of stuff after the hurricanes. And they are still in the recovery process just about a year after buying it. Luckily it sounds like the insurance isnt giving them too much hell.
I live in Flordia, you cant really rely on housing numbers we have the largest number of part time residents or "snow birds" as they call them. If you live in a big city in Florida these things may be an issue but everywhere else its business as usual.
Florida is just basically sitting on a hurricane railroad tracks and this next year could have more impact than this year of 2024 because of the sun being at its maximum strength cycle and the ocean could be warmer by spring of 2025 and this could mean that the hurricane will be as active or more active as in fall of 2024 .
Thank you for watching my video on why Florida is really struggling with it's success. If there are changes taking place across America that you would like to see in my next video please let me know here.
Thank you for the informative videos 🙏
Moron. 60 percent is a low standard for changing an important document of governance. It's called a plurality. It should be 3/4 of the vote to change a constitution. Yes. It failed.
MAGA don't care 😢
I grew up in Jacksonville and still live nearby. We're not prone to natural disasters; Look up a chart on hurricane strikes by county and it's very, very low due to a natural bend in the coastline which hurricanes shoot past. The last recorded hurricane to make landfall was in 1964, a Cat 2 named Dora. Nice thing about 'canes is you can see them coming a week in advance, so they don't sneak up on you.
@@SomethingDifferentFilms why are so many Americans women and children homeless. But all immigrants, housed,even the ones that don't work?
Developers are just ripping this state to hell
@@Slimjim260 all new housing given to immigrants while American women and children, homeless living on the streets
Please! make more videos like this. Discouraging people from coming here is very beneficial for us. Extreme Weather, Insects, Alligators and all the other negative aspects need to be highlighted in order to inform people who are considering moving here. Thank you, much appreciated.
If i would have known this before i came to Florida, I would have gone to California and I'm a Florida native born and raised
More of us here in NY are moving down there. So put on a big smile here we come.
@@Johathan-k7t You'll regret it, better off in Westchester County
I agree!! 💯
@@JohnnyQuinones-x1p you can always leave
I miss what Florida was just a short 30 years ago. People were friendly, you would go to eat after church and you knew just about everyone in the restaurant and crime was predictable you knew where to avoid. We never locked our doors. Now crime is everywhere. If the transplants want to leave let them and they can take Disney with them.
@@tammielee6743 welcome to the new Mexico. Look around. Imagery is the finest communication
I miss old Florida, with the all the people moving here the culture here has changed completely. Florida used to be such an easy going place and now everyone is so aggressive. And on top of that theyre pricing out the natives.I just wish these carpetbaggers would go home
Development is your state's number two economy right after tourism.
Not happening unfortunately, agree it was nice going for a drive and seeing the ocean ,but the opposite is happening the wealthy are buying up everything and calling the shots on everything including the ocean right to enjoy,they want it privately to themselves
You’re right, no one should ever leave the town they grew up in 😂
Perhaps you need to move out
No - if you can't beat 'em, join 'em! Became a developer yourself.
Isn't the whole idea of Florida "Welfare for Developers"?
I saw a bumper sticker on a car about 20 years ago, "Welcome to Florida Now Go Home", still laugh. I feel just like the bumper sticker. I am a Floridian born and know tourists equal money, we don't need more residents, just the money.
yep i know how you feel
You are correct. Come visit and LEAVE!!!! I don't care how they did it up north. I think I will scream if I hear this one more time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had it
Sarasota Florida
@@Sherry-v2r hoydee toydee narcissists and sex offenders. Do your homework Florida locals are very uneducated
How did Florida have 90% of their votes counted by 8 PM election night and Arizona still hasn't reached that?
*Corruption in Arizona*
The Republicans had a shitload of volunteers because they are loading up into Florida. Conveniently, climate change is coming for us too, and by the time shit goes south we should be adequately saturated with assholes.
Because we voted days early.
Cheating was announced well before the election was even started, you just didn't get the memo on who would actually do the cheating! Biden should halt the transfer of power, as it is his presidential duty to protect the sanctity of our election process, or whatever he decides with his new powers given to him by SCOTUS. Go get'em Joe, just don't trip along the way!
Our election was HACKED !
Every person who is considered coming to Florida should watch this video
Everyone wants Out of Floriduh !! 😂😂😂😂
@@Anne-fi2tcThat’s funny. It seems people are moving here lie, crazy and no one leaves.
@@mikepalmer1971 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
To all that hate the idea of living in Florida..... well DON'T live in Florida! There are 49 other states to meet your desires.
Florida isnt perfect but notice all the hate coming toward Red states that are doing great...
Loved living in Keys in 70s & 80s
Not really.The 49 other states lack the sunshine and the beaches.😂
There is a difference between facts and hate. The hate I see is coming from people who don't like facts.
Yes Sir, and don't let the door hit.... ect. ect.
Okay, so don’t come to Florida we won’t miss you in fact I wish some of the newcomers would leave. I for one will continue to live in paradise.
Anyone who moved here since 2020 need to leave
What about all the Haitians, Jamaicans, and Venezuelan gang members that have come to FL in the last 10-15 years should they be deported since they're not even USA citizens and many get Gov handouts?
Agreed.
@justhere3794 how about 1980
@@farrenmick2184 Even better.
I agree.. just leave... this video is such a scam... the guy is so full of bull...
I've lived in Florida my entire life; born and raised here. I'm looking to leave at the nearest opportunity. I don't recall ever being hit by 6-7 storms in a year though. I think 4 was the most, and that doesn't happen every year.
Don’t say CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change can be to blame.
I was raised here and went away for 18 years and then came back and I wonder why TF I did that.
Its La Nina
@@-jovoc Not JUST La Nina but climate change for making more of these storms intense and more of these storms overall.
They ripped the new highway through the center of the state and destroyed the Florida panther habitat
I find it very difficult to express my feelings on my state. I am not an environmentalist, but I’m sad about my state being completely changed from a paradise to a parking lot. From the old Florida culture to yankee land. I feel like I don’t fit in here anymore.
Looking forward to heaven in the next 25 years or so. Nothing will ruin it like they’ve ruined Florida!!
What's that old Yogi Berra saying? "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded."
Its a swamp !!
My family has been here since '72. We live on the Nature Coast and love it here. Wouldn't live anywhere else. And you can't buy the freedom we have here ❤ 🇺🇸!!
What freedoms
You bought the fox lies propaganda line omg WAKE UP
I’ve lived near The Emerald Coast of NW FlL and up until about 20 yrs ago it was a nice peaceful place to live. Not anymore. Traffic backups up and down the Gulf Coast are a year round reality. Wish I’d moved away long ago but I can’t afford anywhere else in or out of Florida anymore. This nation is on the downward and irreversible spiral of unaffordable living except for the wealthy.
Freedom to ban books ?
I live in Massachusetts and have freedom here, too!
Waaa waaa waaa.
The State population was 2 million when I was born in Sarasota.
Florida was wide open and wild. I loved it. I don't love it now.
that would make you 110 years old.. Paradise served you well. BTW: 43% of the state is still wild.. travel the hills and forests of central Florida.. but at 110 years old that would be difficult.
@joemancurreri6635 those are whats left. Those woods are panty waist. And it was the 1950s, paradise did serve me well, and then all the lily livers got air conditioning.
The condo crises is about to peak next year..
The condo crisis will go away once the lawyers start suing people.
I love all you fortune tellers. all libs from NY and NJ.. No one has a say in this "hate" Florida You tube, unless you live here in paradise. I live in NE Florida.. paradise, never saw a sink hole, never saw a falling high rise, the last hurricane was 1964 and it flooded some store in Fernandina Beach.. Gainesville can't flood since it's the highest point in Florida.. there were 12 major sink holes in Florida in 2023.. all except one in state owned parks.. there were 2,300 claims for sink holes in 2023, all except 12 were actually due to buried construction debris.. This You tube is corrupt, with totally false data.. BUT if it keeps people from moving here, that's great.. Folks from NY and NJ and MA have destroyed South Florida with their pushy - miserable personalities.
Born and raised here. I can't afford to live here anymore. It's depressing.
@@Monkeymike68918 can't afford to live anywhere. The whole world is a shit hole thanks to the warlords
Moved to Florida a year ago and I have regretted it ever since. Don't move here.
Leave already,you are the problem
anyone is free to go
Biggest problem with Florida is suburban sprawl. If the cities work on density and transit, there can be enough housing and utilities for everyone.
@@chadsatterlee580it literally can and does, have you ever been to Miami?
urban sprawl is terrible throughout the country, but it’s most awful in the southeast and southwest. if these cities and states in general want to keep their populations then providing an easy access to public spaces would seriously help
So Bright line exists because it's a miracle? It's literally a train...
My Boomer mother moved to Lehigh Acres, Florida. It's the epitome of urban sprawl. There have been articles written about it. Everyone here thinks it's a small town. It's 96 sq. miles of residential and stroads.
wrong. The biggest issue is homeowner property insurance and it's not even close. Second would be the lack of employees in the service industry due to a crackdown on immigrants. Restaurant, landscaping, hotels and construction have lost tons of employees who left the state after DeSantis instituted a new policy.
As a former resident of 11 years. Avoid this state. Go on vacation and go the fuq home. #floraduhhh
I would go anywhere else on a vacation ,but no not floriduh
As a 5th generation Floridian, I agree. Stay the hell out!
I Love it. great
@@Anne-fi2tcwonderful! Don’t please ….
Good article! I've lived in the Tampa area for 5 years and the main problems here are traffic congestion and the recent increase in hurricanes and flooding. Insurance companies are raising premiums and frequently cancelling homeowner policies for Florida residents, and in particular if you live near the coast, because of the increasing probability of flooding and catastrophic damage. Also, the population increases have spoiled the charm that Florida had 30-40 years ago. As a result of all this, I'm starting to look for places to move to, outside Florida.
Bye
Generations ago, Tampa Bay (City of Tampa and St. Pete) had electric railway service (streetcar) to get around. Nearly a decade ago a proposal to build light rail to the airport was defeated. Only the tourist-oriented, "TECO" line exists.
Since then, billions of dollars have been spent to expand major roadways and tollways while auto traffic congestion with consequential fatalities increases.
The idea that major roadway expansions and extensions alleviate motor vehicle congestion over long periods of time is largely a myth.
Lived in Florida for over 40 years. Don't mess with us. We crazy down here.
And very uneducated 😂
@@karlmiller4061 At least we're not California
@@mizer9510
At last!
A person with the right mindset.
@@mizer9510 truth is. Got to be crazy to make it anywhere in this country. You think you're crazy in Florida. Come up to Chicago. We can show you the true meaning of crazy.
Love you!!!!
I moved to Florida in 1992... the biggest problem we will have is water.... Most of the drinking water is taken from our underground aquafer.... as it gets depleted it will need many tropical storm type rains to refill it or it will start to draw salt water from the coasts... that would be the end...
Thank you for stating !
Wild how underrecognized this issue is. The aquifer at some wells has fallen 100 feet around Tampa.
The state needs to promote home owners using rain water collection, as well as work on doing water reclamation for storm and sewage run off.
@@chadsatterlee580 Illegal to collect rainwater? Please cite the statute that makes it illegal.
It seems to get filled up about every year doesnt it.
Our water problem is getting worse as we deplete the wells. Those ubiquitous retaining ponds are a disaster. Rainwater that should filter into the water table runs off into concrete pipes which fill these useless ponds.
... My wife really wants to retire to Florida, insisting actually, I told her to make sure I have her new address cuz I dont have enough money to rebuild a house every 3 years...
Not a good idea. Move elsewhere you'll save more money overall.. climate change isn't helping either. Florida's going to be unsurvivable one day
Dumb, dumb, dumb. Room temp. IQ at best.
Tell her to forget it
Buy in the middle of the state, north of Orlando. It'll be beachfront soon enough
Florida will be unsurvivable in the future. Florida is becoming caifornia. Florida's not the place to be any more
I’m a 68 year old native. I’ve had enough. I’ll go elsewhere
bye
I'm moving to Mexico next year 🤪 🛬🇲🇽🏖
This not an airport, you don't have to announce your departure
you never lived here.. the only folks that leave Florida are either in boxes or lost and end up in Georgia.
Moved to Florida from Ohio in 1995 with my job. Retired in 2018 and moved to Greenville SC. The only thing I miss about Florida is the weather in the winter. Both of my children left the state before I did.
Vid totally MISSED the Condo Crisis topic. Since the Surfside Condo Collapse, the state toughened condo laws, including cash reserve requirements and engineering inspections every 10 years. Owners are facing massive assessments and “catch up” on deferred maintenance. As a result their risk insurance is through the roof and no one can sell because no one wants to buy!!
OMG: there is no condo crises.. We live in an Ocean front Condo in Nassau County Florida. NO issues anywhere.. the issue (not a crisis) is in old neglected buildings in South Florida.. where owners have done little to no maintenance in over 40 years.. Stop with the crises stuff. watching to much CNN.
I live in south Sarasota couty..housing developments are destroying a once nice area along with insurance and increasing weather disasters
Yeah, I'm in Englewood, and it's getting crowded. This town, Venice and the rest have changed a lot in the 23 years I've been here. I miss what it was.
@@kj3n569 Most of the population increase is due to mass immigration.
@@kj3n569you voted tge corrupt people in , so why cry now ?
Why would you live in South sarasota ? it has always flooded ! people buy in areas that flood because it's cheap. a lot in South Sarasota is $25,000 in any other area it's $350,000..
I miss the good ole days!! I-75 had 2 lanes, Dirt roads inland that went on forever! US -1 from Key Largo to Key West had stolen and abandoned Vehicles Rusting away off the side of the road It was our Napa/ Discount auto parts store! Also there really were Secret fishing spots back then. A true Poor Mans Paradise now forever gone!
The people who can't stand the heat or the giant bugs will leave soon.
The governor needs to close the borders to Florida here not allowing business or new people to move in. I'm in the Tampa Bay area and traffic is unbelievable, not to mention the cost of living.
Similar to Davidson County, Nashville, TN which defeated a plan for LRT - light rail transit and now the poor motor vehicle traffic congestion is worse, along with an increase of roadway fatalities.
Stop moving here. Fix your own state.
The federal government needs to get out of the flood insurance business.
Most states are now better than Florida, weather is the only thing Florida has going for it now and that's a double edged sword
Seeing as the majority of people moving here are coming from states like NY,NJ,CA,CO we know that those states have gone to crap and we don’t want them to bring it with them. Hopefully the hurricanes and the heat will send them back. My family has been here over 5 generations we can handle it.
They come here in an attempt to escape the problems they asked for with their Identity politics from the state that's ruined and bring along that same mindset of identity politics once they move to Florida.
It's hard to wrap your mind
Around the stupidity of that mind set
@@steven4315 and no insurance at that pt
Florida gets hit with many forms of hurricanes. Some come in geological forms, others in political. But Floridamen and floridawomen en mass stand strong.
Even this storm shall pass.
And the sun rises in the east of us first.
Ya left out the 38 tornados that hit during the last hurricane.
All done by haarp
@@bigjorge863lol
I always tell people who are considered buying a beachfront condo, if you do you better have a hefty bank account afterwards, because either you'll pay a big monthly fee, or every few years you're going to get a huge maintenance assessment for repairs, painting, and replacing rust damaged things. I was a firefighter at a beachfront community and often while caring for residents we'd make chitchat and the maintenance costs would come up if we noticed the construction site vibe of the condo building.....Once in around 2010 an elderly man said he had a $75K assessment due. That's more than my small modest house cost me in 1996.
America is unreal its a movie.
Best comment ever. I love America. We are totally insane. But it somehow works
@@v2plus4 it really doesnt work, its a mirage based on importing more and more new people, basically a ponzi scheme
Who would have thought the movie Idiocracy would be a true story? Brawndo! Its what Florida craves!
More like a book from Aldous Huxley or something. "1984" comes to mind, but hey, its a book, and kids don't read any more. The New Testament would be a Good Book to start with, though. Empathy for others is becoming a lost virtue, due to the hate filled felon and his stooges, to be blunt. Hope all you new Florida folks have your last will and testaments filled out and filed. I really do. Peace and please find a safer place to live!
Just a few years ago my zip code averaged around 200-250 homes for sale with sells averaging around 50-60. Currently the average has grown to 600-640 for sale and 40-50 sold. The cost of owning a home has skyrocketed! The cost of eating out has doubled! Traffic has become more like that of the most intolerable city in the USA; Boston Mass. traffic has become survival of the fittest!
I have a old zip code and love that
Since 2020, New York City has dropped 600,000 in population. Florida must be doing something right. P.S. After the Loma Prieta and Northridge earthquakes, California was forced to implement a state earthquake insurance pool. So, Florida is actually not the first to do it. Insurance companies are not charities ...P.P.S. the "condo crisis" is purely a real estate agent issue, not a housing/affordability issue. After the Surfside collapse, Florida was forced to act against condo associations who believed maintenance was something only "other people need to do".
@@JoyClinton-i8g the n.y. people can leave
The gentrification in miami is extremely violent: if they want your house, they take it.
Minor challengers here in Florida but with no mortgage I still love my free red state!
You clearly drank the cool aid omg get off THE PROPAGANDA CHANNELS
@@tonisodano5472Read 'em and weep!
Let them reap what they vote for
You are such a small person to say that
@@yostepdaddi Happily
@@EEdwin345 ignorance is bliss
@@yostepdaddi I’ve lived in other states such as California. The grass is definitely greener in Florida.
@@EEdwin345Good!! Cause you’ll probs be sleeping on it, with the price of Florida home insurance being what it is.
Most places in Florida don't allow hurricane proof monolithic dome homes ironically. Part of the land grab theme I guess.
I want to build an aircrete Dome home myself
We love living in Florida. Been here since 1983. Rural Florida.
I came to Florida with my family to LVE HERE, not to profit by raising the value of my home to then sell it and move somewhere else. That is the job of builders, brokers and Real Estate salespeople! WHY does GOVERNMENT have the RIGHT to magically add EXORBITANT & FICTITIOUS MORE VALUE to MY property WITHOUT MY CONSENT? I'm NOT interested in moving anywhere else, so therefore property value means nothing to me right now. But, STILL I HAVE TO PAY MORE TAXES & INSURANCE EVERY YEAR BASED ON THOSE GOVERNMENT VALUES UNTIL I DO DECIDE TO MOVE OR I DIE. How does that benefit me and my family when I will have paid 3-5 TIMES MORE MONEY THAN THE ORIGINAL VALUE OF THE PROPERTY JUST IN TAXES AND INSURANCE?
This government legalized ROBBERY to home OWNERS HAS TO STOP!
I’ve lived here for 30 yrs and Florida has changed. Within the last 2 yrs, so many out of state license plates, never have seen so many from Ca. The Puerto Ricans evacuated from their hurricane and stayed, no one speaks English anymore. The filth on the streets now looks like NYC.
My friends native Floridians started moving out in the 80’s said the shallow end of the gene pool was starting to overflow
Not too much Old Florida left. It’s really sad. I’m glad many of the historical places have strict development restrictions. We need MORE restrictions. Urban growth boundaries. SOMETHING.
The State of Florida's "last resort" state-sponsored, state insurance program is NOT a recent development of recent storms but has existed for decades.
Florida used to forge a special kind of person.
But today with AC any rube can live here.
There's just too much construction going on. I live in Pasco County and right now they have cleared two huge areas on either side of Little Road. Not a tree is to be seen. The only way to see Old Florida is to visit one of our state parks.
i have lived in miami and ft laud since 1957. want to move, but the family wants to stay. thinking of moving anyway.
I was born in Miami in '69, and moved to the SW Coast in '97. It was a small town, laid back lifestyle over here for a long time, but it's getting crowded now. My brother still lives in Ft Laud, and every time I go across to visit I remember why I left.
Good luck!
@@kj3n569 totally understand.
A state that was a watershed of swamps and bogs drained to build homes and businesses will become the US's first migration out of the state due to climate change, as recently seen by two back-to-back hurricanes.
Florida's populous growth was and is similar to the stock market's, with a crash on the horizon.
Yea that climate change is really sometjhing. You know, its called WEATHER .
@@laurakilmer8652 Climate does not equal weather. That's like saying a cold is like cancer, both make you sick, so they are the same! Grow up and learn to think.
@@Grae501 its elementary time
@@Grae501 keep being liberal, you will enjoy it.
As long as Florida has white sandy beaches and moderate weather in the winter it will be a destination.
For the wealthy.
@@steven4315 LOL, for every wealthy person there are a thousand people living at various levels off of the opportunities provided by the money that wealthy people spend.
@@ChillWill-q5x In other words, trickle down economics.
@@steven4315 Well government certainly doesn't produce anything except more ways to take money from citizens. I guess someone has to produce something.
Its November and your hurricane season still looking at 2 more out there ! You couldnt Give me a house Anywhere in your state ! There is so much water damage , mold and who knows how many sinkholes will open up ? Scary real estate market
Yes, if your somewhere else, please don’t move to Florida. We have too many people, which already causes too many problems. Visit have fun at the beaches and parks and then go home, or you will be sorry.
All these Florida haters.. all these folks are bitter because they can't afford to live here in Paradise.. they are stuck up in those migrant areas, with the cold, snow, crime, falling bridges, pot holes and miserable neighbors. WE don't want them.. We are a young family... have great neighbors and go to the beach all year.. no one needs these negative miserable folks.
You forget to mention the lightning! It's the worse place in the US for lightning.
I get at least half a dozen phone calls every week from people wanting to buy my Florida home, but they never want to offer me what it's worth. They just want to flip 'em. I tell 'em that if I wanted to sell my home I'd list it, I'd put it on the market. Then I say to them, "do you know how irritating it is to get phone calls every day from you vultures? Then they hang up! But Florida is a great place; don't let anyone tell you different! 🙂
My view is that dark & wealthy entities here convinced the Government workers in Florida that wealthy people demanded these changes & Florida must compy to be vacation & tourist spot to Millionaires, Mobsters & Witness Protection peeps. Telecoms sent my family to Sarasota 5 decades ago. It's totally tragic what happened to the kind regular people who used to walk around freely in Florida before Opiates killed so many & all the public drugging & SA attack years started. This is simply my personal view as a Retired Psych Nurse/Foster Mom trauma survivor here with a dead spy ex, tho. Thx.🙏
The entire coastal southeastern U.S.is vulnerable. Residents are used to it and are adjusted to it and think it's all overblown, pardon the pun. And the eastern seaboard also is exposed to severe storms. If California gets it's fire season dangers lessened, it will resurge, IMO. California is no longer in extreme drought with 3 straight years of above average rains, and that looks to continue as a benefit from the changing climate. This will, in turn, lessen the dangers of fires in the near term. Right now? The country is vulnerable to economic shocks that need mitigation, IMO.
It's a lifestyle that many dream of so they will keep coming...
native Floridian, Tampa area, they wanted to Develop it more, over did it, traffic, taxes, infrastucture, , crime, turning into new York--latest -current figures show--their are more people leaving than staying, talk to people who love it when they move here, then after 2 or 3 yrs, NOT so much, orlando, sarasota, , --wall to wall shopping centers, malls, NEW Housing and apt., communities, stick a fork in it --it's done
As someone who lives in North Florida, lemme tell you its tree-ed up Texas. Farms EVERYWHERE, HOT summers, cold winters, TORNADOES LIKE HECK, poor people on every corner, and miles and miles of NOTHING.
HERE'S AN IDEA:
Before Florida sinks beneath the waves forever - we change it's name to ATLANTIS
@@Fungus8819is Fungus your name because you live in a swamp ? .....or.....
Heres the truth Atlantis is actually in the BAhamas or rather beneath it
I've lived here since 1968 in pompano Beach. Use to be awesome now the housing market is out of site. Any single family home is a cool half million dollars. And that's a 50 to 60 yr old house.
I moved to Florida from Washington State in 2015 and was able to buy a beautiful home from the sale of my house in never see the sun in Western Washington.
I advise everyone that asks to find anywhere else if they consider moving. It’s a viable vacation destination but living is no paradise
How do the few remaining insurance companies stay in Florida? Huge deductibles. I have a small home in the Orlando area I bought in 1997 for $55 k...but my mortgage required insurance has a deductible of $11,000! After hurricane Milton, the damage did not approach the deductible...thus, no payment.
Corporate development is the bigger problem when it comes to housing, it's one thing to build a house as needed vs developing hundreds of acres all at once and building homes on top of one another and straining local utilities. The insurance problem is more about fraud, FL has the highest fraud rate in the country and it won't get better until they get it under control.
Florida doesn't need you , we are fine without you
LMAO. The insurance industry in Florida is overregulated. Free it and it will provide for all levels.
I lived IN Miami 40 yrs and this population sucks ,you can't even tURnaround without running into someone. The housing has gone up so high it's ridiculous,. I am looking to move to a different state that isn't so overpopulated.
Move to north Florida people its a way better area of Florida. Cough cough*
Florida a very sunny place with a lot of shady people.
Id like it to go back the way it was in the past. Life was so much better....... now its just chaotic.
Straight up video. We left if 2019 wife died in 2020 and the last place I would go back to is Florida. I do miss January though.
Long story short; both Florida and Texas are sinking geographically speaking the land those two states are on are slowly subsiding into the Earth.
The Last Resort ... Eagles
When they call it Paradise ... Kiss it good-by.
I'm moving out of Florida. Too much already.
bye
I believe that with the continued inflation and homeless populations in the north, Florida will continue to see massive influxes of people coming to Florida both for tent dwellers to have warmer climate, and for northerners who are fleeing massive homeless encampments. Florida has a lot of rural space left, with smaller communities sprinkled throughout. Many parts of Florida are still "backwater" communities, with a lot of poverty, joblessness, and shacks and shanties that are unoccupied, making it a haven for homeless populations looking for shelter.
Greed Greed Greed mostly for the wealthy
Does Florida Even Stand A Chance? Yes! Florida will survive, whether some people like it or not! 😡
We have even a better chance if all the negative folks leave us alone to enjoy our own lives.
This is the cycle,
Where California becomes Florida
&
Florida becomes California.
It's glacial
Don't insult California. 😮
@robertward8035 you do realize that not only does California more than double the crime rate, with a 30% higher cost of living, with 5 times the homeless population. The only thing California is better than florida is aborting babies up to 6 months old
Not in my worst nightmare ! You keep your Maga Koolaid Drinking propaganda out of my state ! Stay right where you belong in your hurricane , tornedo , alligator swamp
Let people leave, control illegal immigration and do more for less.
All i can say is here in Naples the traffic is way out of control. Its increased dramatically just in the last couple of years. By day light traffic is bumper to bumper all day. Gets worse with the days end after work traffick hits the street.
I've lived in Florida for over 52 years. The increased growth and the recent disasters have done nothing but magnify problems Floridians have had for decades. Decades of stagnant wages for the working class, the demise of the citrus industry due disease and crumbling infrastructure. I've lived in Orlando, Melbourne, Clearwater and Lakeland. Living costs here have skyrocketed due to the "infestation". Traffic in Central Florida in intolerable. We faced occasional water restrictions due to limited potable water sources. The heat and humidity has increased over the years. I'm looking for a way out!
Hurricanes, sinkholes, alligators, rising sea level. Paradise. Last one in is a rotten egg.
All the migratory birds have no habitat left to rest, before they press on to South America
From WC, I had a job I loved, driving for the Newspaper in Orlando but by 1979 I could see the handwriting on the wall so we moved to NE TN, we love it here! Only problem, fast forward to 2024 between the half backs ( moved to FLA, now moving half way back north) and the people moving down from the north, wishing to escape harsh winters, some of our towns and cities are almost doubling in a few years! And don’t throw out a half a million for a $300,000 house because sooner or later the rest of us here that are used to lower prices will now have to pay those higher prices also!
I told my coworker not to listen to his wife when he retired. She wanted a house on the beach, he wanted land with a house away from people. She unfortunately got her way & they got the beach house 2 blocks from the Gulf of Mexico.
You can imagine what happened after they bought the house in Treasure Island, FL. Their house took on 3 ft of water & they lost a bunch of stuff after the hurricanes. And they are still in the recovery process just about a year after buying it. Luckily it sounds like the insurance isnt giving them too much hell.
She should have lived in Central Fll and if she wanted to go to the beach , go there in a car.
And the wife probably doesn't go to the actual beach hardly at all....at least that's what I've seen after over 35 years of living here
24/7 traffic jam
Way over populated wow
Best move I've ever made was to leave Florida ten years ago. I've never looked back.
the rich can have it, I will be selling my home and moving away from my home state.
Moved from Miami to Orlando in 2018 and I’m never turning back…
I live in Flordia, you cant really rely on housing numbers we have the largest number of part time residents or "snow birds" as they call them. If you live in a big city in Florida these things may be an issue but everywhere else its business as usual.
Paradise found is Paradise lost.
Florida is just basically sitting on a hurricane railroad tracks and this next year could have more impact than this year of 2024 because of the sun being at its maximum strength cycle and the ocean could be warmer by spring of 2025 and this could mean that the hurricane will be as active or more active as in fall of 2024 .
Every thing good eventually gets ruined.
I miss the Florida that was here when my Grandfather lived here. It’s obnoxious , now. New money has ruined it. Especially Miami and Tampa.