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On 6/26/25 15:43, -hh wrote:
> On 6/25/25 17:12, AlleyCat wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:21:23 +0000,  Mitchell Holman says...
>>
>>> Why Are Retirees Leaving Florida?
>>
>> Yankee liberal politics in the HOAs.
> 
> How so?  Wouldn't "liberal" policies be to actually put enough funds 
> into escrow for maintenance, as opposed to capitalistic "conservatives" 
> who only cares about the next quarterly results and tries to ignore long 
> term?
> 
> 
>> It's nothing "Florida's" done.
> 
> Except for how they had a Laissez-faire regulatory environment. That 
> changed a little after the Condo collapse, with House Bill 1203 which 
> took effect in 2024:  that provided some very bare minimum HOA 
> requirements for budgetary disclosure, audits and for reserves.
> 
> 
>> Insurance companies knew what they were getting into when they came 
>> here, now,
>> they're over-charging.
> 
> If that were actually true, then FL's "Insurer of last resort" wouldn't 
> need to have surcharge provisions if they run out of money.
> 
> 
>> It's still behind California.
> 
> Which means what, specifically?  More vague allusions from Brietbart?
> 
> 
>> Clue to the clueless: it ain't the politics.
> 
> If true, then why did FL politicians legislate changes to HOA's & P&C?
> 
> 
>> People of all ages also have recently packed up and moved out of the 
>> Sunshine State after BACK-TO-BACK STORMS this year.
> 
> Just what storms are you referring to?  Because the Big Bend region is 
> what got hit (twice) last year, but no hurricane has made landfall in 
> southern FL since Hurricane Ian hit the Fort Meyers area in 2023.
> 
> 
>> I've been here since 1965. I KNOW the risks.
> 
> 
> Yet you don't "know" (to share) what your P&C Insurance cost is, and how 
> much it has gone up since even just 2019.
> 
>> People are coming here for the beauty, and finding out you have to PAY 
>> for
>> that beauty.
> 
> People have been pitched how there's no winter, so retirees can play 
> golf year-round/etc ... but have actually gotten sold a load of goods in 
> the form of cheap swampland.
> 
>> The tourists gladly hand over their money to stay in places on the 
>> coasts.
>>
>> Look WHERE the people who moved away tried to live.
> 
> 
> 
>> Guess what, liberal faggots... while it is true that we lost half a 
>> million in
>> 2023, we actually GAINED more... 637,000 people moved to the state 
>> from across
>> the country that year too... stupid.
>>
>> So... net GAIN.
> 
> Interesting claim in how it directly contradicts your above statement of 
> "packed up and moved out".  In any event, if one's going to talk about 
> migration trends, what percent are retirees that aren't nominally 
> looking for economic opportunities?
> 
> 
>> Keep focusing on the negative. That's all you faggots can do.
>>
>> According to the latest numbers, Florida led the nation with a net income
>> migration of almost $36.1 billion annually.
> 
> And after removing the pensions & SS of all of the retirees, what is it?
> 
> 
>> According to "U.S. News and World Report," the Chamber said, Florida 
>> ranks top
>> in the nation for higher education and first in four-year college
>> affordability.
> 
> Florida ranks well in Higher Ed because their schools are cheap; but 
> that needs to be tempered by with how for K-12, their ranking is 22nd.
> 
>> Florida has long been a hotspot for relocation due to its appeal to 
>> people
>> from high-cost states like Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and 
>> California.
> 
> What percentage of relocations are for improved economic opportunity, as 
> opposed to looking for a cheap, warm place to retire?
> 
> 
>> Historically, Florida remained attractive because, despite rising 
>> prices, it
>> was STILL CHEAPER THAN THESE HIGH-TAX STATES.
> 
> Doesn't do a damn bit of good when FL's P&C Insurance costs are higher 
> than what's paid in those "high tax" states, because what matters is how 
> much income is left to live on after paying for core living expenses.
> 
> Of course, there's also going to be some who claim they "know the risks" 
> from hurricanes and not pay for homeowner's insurance (P&C), and half 
> the time the real reason is because they can't actually afford it.

Gosh ... wonder what Florida sinkhole poleCat crawled (fell?) into? /s


-hh