Do politics necessarily have anything to do with relocating to Florida?

[Anonymous]

There's a few people who have moved to FL because of DeSantis and a few who have moved out of FL because of DeSantis. In general, though, most people have lots of other reasons for moving here or to another state. I grew up in and raised my kids in NoVa and I'm totally enjoying living in FL now. Not perfect but for me, lots better than the DC area.

[Anonymous]

I am an E 100%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're A, considering a move from NoVa. It's just so political all the time here inside the Beltway, so in your face, we barely know anyone besides fellow trad Catholics who go to church, and the kids at the best schools seem obsessed with identity and weighted GPAs and are just generally unhappy. We're looking to west coast Florida, maybe a classical charter or classical Catholic school, or homeschooling - I'm just looking for a respite from politics and identity-indoctrination. My grandparents used to live in Florida and I loved visiting them, so I definitely have some rosy memories inspiring me, but also the cost of living, the weather, the supportive homeschool laws and generous school choice funding are appealing. Hubby and I are both Ivy grads but don't want our kids to obsess over college admissions so much they miss out on fun in their teenage years.

No self-respecting Ivy grad calls her husband “Hubby.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have friends who are planning their exit after decades because of what’s happening politically.

They’ve just become empty nesters, but would have stayed put otherwise. They’re POC.

Everyone is a POC in Florida

[Anonymous]

C - moved here for family reasons and affordability and mostly ignore politics. People like to throw stones at florida but politics, education and society in general are shitty everywhere at this point .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're A, considering a move from NoVa. It's just so political all the time here inside the Beltway, so in your face, we barely know anyone besides fellow trad Catholics who go to church, and the kids at the best schools seem obsessed with identity and weighted GPAs and are just generally unhappy. We're looking to west coast Florida, maybe a classical charter or classical Catholic school, or homeschooling - I'm just looking for a respite from politics and identity-indoctrination. My grandparents used to live in Florida and I loved visiting them, so I definitely have some rosy memories inspiring me, but also the cost of living, the weather, the supportive homeschool laws and generous school choice funding are appealing. Hubby and I are both Ivy grads but don't want our kids to obsess over college admissions so much they miss out on fun in their teenage years.

No self-respecting Ivy grad calls her husband “Hubby.”

The proper Cambridge term is "Hubs".

[Anonymous]

It's not just politics. DeSantis and the Legislature are spamming RWNJ policy and law. They just authorized using PragerU right-wing propaganda as a civics curriculum for public schools.

DeSantis is just doing it to look good for Presidential primary, but as the Republican party has shown for the past 50 years, once you start acting crazy for personal gain, real crazy shows up and takes over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not just politics. DeSantis and the Legislature are spamming RWNJ policy and law. They just authorized using PragerU right-wing propaganda as a civics curriculum for public schools.

DeSantis is just doing it to look good for Presidential primary, but as the Republican party has shown for the past 50 years, once you start acting crazy for personal gain, real crazy shows up and takes over.

Actually that's "progressive" politics for you, which leads to corruption, growing violent crime, chaotic school systems...and substantial migration TO, not FROM, Florida.

[Anonymous]

I moved to Florida pre-Trump and the area I was renting in was very pro-Trump. I did research and ended up buying in an area in Florida that voted for Clinton.

Having said that, I become more conservative every year- although I still hate Trump and would never vote for him. I hate the banning of ideas, books, businesses, etc from both extreme sides of the spectrum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I moved to Florida pre-Trump and the area I was renting in was very pro-Trump. I did research and ended up buying in an area in Florida that voted for Clinton.

Having said that, I become more conservative every year- although I still hate Trump and would never vote for him. I hate the banning of ideas, books, businesses, etc from both extreme sides of the spectrum.

I moved to FL in late 2020 and did some research before moving. The website voterrecords.com gives info by address of voters, their age and what party they registered with D or R or if they are Independent or gave no party affiliation at all. I was able to determine that the 150 unit villa and condo complex I wanted to buy in was about 50/50 D vs R with a small number of Independents and non declared as well. As it has turned out politics has been a non issue here. Lots of nice people of all voter persuasions and I love it here. There are clearly issues in FL that you and I both are probably concerned about but overall it's a good life.

[Anonymous]

A. And I know lots of refugees from blue states who are so happy to be here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to live in a state where cops have never been ordered to “stand down” during a riot.

+1

And where public schools were safely opened for most of the time after September 2020.

+ 2 We hear only of people moving TO Florida. Who moves into danger if they don’t have to. Crimes is exploding in D controlled cities across America.

Apparently, victims have stopped reporting crimes in blue areas where it’s well-known crooks get zero consequences. Why bother?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're a normie (not a political junkie) who moved to Florida or are considering it, do you care at all about the politics, or is there a large constituency of people who just are completely unfazed by the politics either way?

Or, let me phrase this like a survey. If you moved to Florida, which describes you best?

A. The conservative, right-leaning politics are a major reason why I moved here and I wanted to escape left/liberal politics elsewhere.
B. The right-leaning politics somewhat has to do with it, for example I don't care about the culture wars so much as I love paying lower taxes.
C. I moved here for other reasons, like beautiful weather, but find the politics irritating and I try to ignore it.
D. I moved here in spite of the politics and I strongly oppose Florida's political climate.
E. Politics? What politics? I like beaches.

Interesting topic I did a paper on a couple years ago post pandemic. It seems most conservatives are moving south and west, while most Democrats are moving north and east (with a small exception on the NW coast.)

[Anonymous]

Between A and B. As a PP said, seeing police being told to stay out of riots in our blue state despite all the property damage or the inconvenience from blocking major roads was the last straw for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:D - we moved here nine years ago before the politics got so insane.

We live in a city that's a little pocket of blue, but the state politics are so infuriating and frankly terrifying that if we were moving today we'd pick someplace else.

Now, we have a house, a community - it's harder to just pick up and go. We love a lot about our lives here, but the politics essentially feel like an assault. Woke comes to Florida to die, says the awful governor - and we feel like he's telling us we're not welcome here.

Gay people are leaving, teachers are leaving, trans people are leaving, professors are leaving, people who care about their kids' education are leaving - and I don't blame any of them.

Meanwhile DeSantis is importing the worst cops - the ones who make us feel unsafe, and we're not even the ones who are most at risk with these crazies holding guns and the power to use them.

Yeah, right now it's D.

We are also D.
Just to point out, we are not seeing the same thing. Rhonda Santis is now the #1 drag queen name (OK I made that up. I just wanted to say Rhonda Santis). We don’t see people leaving to the degree that you do. We live in a community with a lot of families, and we do see groups of like-minded people forming. We have a Banned Book Club group for kids. Synagogues and educated parents are forming groups to teach correct history. FL folks have been correctly labeled as ignorant and stupid but people from other parts of the country are moving here in huge numbers. So the dumb locals get louder. Jacksonville just voted in its first woman democratic mayor. Not huge, but a sign. Things are shifting. Stay tuned!

JAX just voted in 3 moms4 liberty BOE members do better