DeSantis and FL moving to hammer Disney

[Anonymous]

I guess you guys missed the post where 80% of the people have already relocated to Florida, or just chose to ignore it

[Anonymous]

The fact that DeSantis thought he could outsmart Disney's legal team is absolutely hilarious to me.

They will take his a.s down and they will enjoy doing it too.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that DeSantis thought he could outsmart Disney's legal team is absolutely hilarious to me.

They will take his a.s down and they will enjoy doing it too.

They’ve already done it. Responded by saying the state would have to pony up 1 billion for the law to take effect. So unless Desantis wants to hike taxes… it’s already over.

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Anonymous wrote:Burbank is in Southern California where the weather is always amazing. I don’t think people from DC or Florida can understand how much Californians hate humidity. People in CA do a lot of outdoors activities all year long so the idea of being in Florida where you are stuck inside in the AC is really bad for them. CA is beautiful. The parks, the beaches, the mountains. It’s really breathtaking. Florida is ugly as crap.

So yeah the politics plays into it but the weather and the overall vibe of how trashy Florida is with no other job opportunities is unattractive to most people. There may be people who are excited at how cheap and big the houses are out in Orlando but that’s about it.

I think the fact that most of Florida is just a few inches of sea level rise from everyone having a whole-house pool probably isn’t too attractive either.

You can't be serious? California, the state built on top of the overlap of two tectonic plates, that undergoes regularly earthquakes that could cause the entire state to sink into the Pacific Ocean is not more stable than Florida, the sand bar posing as a peninsula. Both states have large amounts of danger of catastrophic loss from natural weather events.

You can be arrested in Florida for saying climate change. It’s the law.

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Anonymous wrote:I think this whole story amounts to a political bee sting. By dissolving Reedy Creek, Florida Republicans probably made it a little more cumbersome and expensive for Disney to operate and grow, but — let’s be honest — it’s not that Disney won’t get what it wants. Look at Universal. They’ve aggressively expanded without a special taxing district. And we already know that Disney has no qualms about raising ticket prices to offset any increased business costs.

And while I personally don’t agree with Ron DeSantis on any issue, I see him as a fairly shrewd politician. At the end of the day he’s not going to do anything that jeopardizes tens of thousands of jobs in his state.

He already did. Word is Disney is looking to reduce its exposure in Florida. They were moving a 2,000 people executive center to Florida….not any more. It’s just bad political to force companies to attack their customers and employees.

The Imagineers and others in Disney California revolted and did not want to move to Florida. That had nothing to do with DeSantis.

This. They didn't want to leave CA before the DeSantis/Disney feud.

Again, why do you think they didn’t want to move?

They like paying high state income taxes?

Well, yeah in many ways. I am fairly certain that we are not going to acquire property in any state that may be under GOP rule for the foreseeable future, largely based on their responses to the pandemic. The risk to health is just too great if the state leaders do not believe in science and refuse to implement measures to safeguard the public's well-being. It's two years later and I am still in shock at how quickly the GOP politicized basic public health protocols. I may visit a red state, but I don't plan on spending my sizeable tax dollars through property holdings in one.

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Anonymous wrote:I think this whole story amounts to a political bee sting. By dissolving Reedy Creek, Florida Republicans probably made it a little more cumbersome and expensive for Disney to operate and grow, but — let’s be honest — it’s not that Disney won’t get what it wants. Look at Universal. They’ve aggressively expanded without a special taxing district. And we already know that Disney has no qualms about raising ticket prices to offset any increased business costs.

And while I personally don’t agree with Ron DeSantis on any issue, I see him as a fairly shrewd politician. At the end of the day he’s not going to do anything that jeopardizes tens of thousands of jobs in his state.

California weather is so much better than Florida. You're within driving distance of beautiful mountains and beaches and vineyards. If you're life is in California, politics in Florida is not the only reason why you wouldn't want to locate.

He already did. Word is Disney is looking to reduce its exposure in Florida. They were moving a 2,000 people executive center to Florida….not any more. It’s just bad political to force companies to attack their customers and employees.

The Imagineers and others in Disney California revolted and did not want to move to Florida. That had nothing to do with DeSantis.

Why do you think they didn’t want to move?

It’s astonishing to me that Republicans consistently don’t understand how sht their politics and policies are and that lots of people hate their sick agenda and obsession with identity politics.

[Anonymous]

California weather is so much better than Florida. You're within driving distance of beautiful mountains and beaches and vineyards. If you're life is in California, politics in Florida is not the only reason why you wouldn't want to relocate.

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Anonymous wrote:Burbank is in Southern California where the weather is always amazing. I don’t think people from DC or Florida can understand how much Californians hate humidity. People in CA do a lot of outdoors activities all year long so the idea of being in Florida where you are stuck inside in the AC is really bad for them. CA is beautiful. The parks, the beaches, the mountains. It’s really breathtaking. Florida is ugly as crap.

So yeah the politics plays into it but the weather and the overall vibe of how trashy Florida is with no other job opportunities is unattractive to most people. There may be people who are excited at how cheap and big the houses are out in Orlando but that’s about it.

I think the fact that most of Florida is just a few inches of sea level rise from everyone having a whole-house pool probably isn’t too attractive either.

You can't be serious? California, the state built on top of the overlap of two tectonic plates, that undergoes regularly earthquakes that could cause the entire state to sink into the Pacific Ocean is not more stable than Florida, the sand bar posing as a peninsula. Both states have large amounts of danger of catastrophic loss from natural weather events.

You can be arrested in Florida for saying climate change. It’s the law.

Not true.

[Anonymous]

Disney hold $2B in Fl bonds… but apparently not anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:California weather is so much better than Florida. You're within driving distance of beautiful mountains and beaches and vineyards. If you're life is in California, politics in Florida is not the only reason why you wouldn't want to relocate.

I dunno.

Florida has an occasional hurricane and thunderstorms.

California has fires, floods, mudslides and earthquakes.

Florida also has a consistent supply of water.

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Anonymous wrote:I think this whole story amounts to a political bee sting. By dissolving Reedy Creek, Florida Republicans probably made it a little more cumbersome and expensive for Disney to operate and grow, but — let’s be honest — it’s not that Disney won’t get what it wants. Look at Universal. They’ve aggressively expanded without a special taxing district. And we already know that Disney has no qualms about raising ticket prices to offset any increased business costs.

And while I personally don’t agree with Ron DeSantis on any issue, I see him as a fairly shrewd politician. At the end of the day he’s not going to do anything that jeopardizes tens of thousands of jobs in his state.

California weather is so much better than Florida. You're within driving distance of beautiful mountains and beaches and vineyards. If you're life is in California, politics in Florida is not the only reason why you wouldn't want to locate.

He already did. Word is Disney is looking to reduce its exposure in Florida. They were moving a 2,000 people executive center to Florida….not any more. It’s just bad political to force companies to attack their customers and employees.

The Imagineers and others in Disney California revolted and did not want to move to Florida. That had nothing to do with DeSantis.

Why do you think they didn’t want to move?

It’s astonishing to me that Republicans consistently don’t understand how sht their politics and policies are and that lots of people hate their sick agenda and obsession with identity politics.

That’s because you don’t live in a Republican echo chamber, just as they don’t live in yours.

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Anonymous wrote:California weather is so much better than Florida. You're within driving distance of beautiful mountains and beaches and vineyards. If you're life is in California, politics in Florida is not the only reason why you wouldn't want to relocate.

I dunno.

Florida has an occasional hurricane and thunderstorms.

California has fires, floods, mudslides and earthquakes.

Florida also has a consistent supply of water.

Both these places are poorly positioned to thrive in a changing climate

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Anonymous wrote:California weather is so much better than Florida. You're within driving distance of beautiful mountains and beaches and vineyards. If you're life is in California, politics in Florida is not the only reason why you wouldn't want to relocate.

I dunno.

Florida has an occasional hurricane and thunderstorms.

California has fires, floods, mudslides and earthquakes.

Florida also has a consistent supply of water.

Oh you mean the water with algae blooms? The water killing off manatees? And "occasional" hurricanes? Agree, if you mean, almost every year.
And condos collapsing into the sea.

You have have Florida. In 50'ish years, it'll be mostly under their putrid water tables.

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Anonymous wrote:California weather is so much better than Florida. You're within driving distance of beautiful mountains and beaches and vineyards. If you're life is in California, politics in Florida is not the only reason why you wouldn't want to relocate.

Agreed. Having spent significant time in both states I far prefer California. The one caveat is you want a higher income to live well in Cali than you'd need in Florida. We were fine but if you were more "middle income" you'd probably be better off in Florida than California.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:California weather is so much better than Florida. You're within driving distance of beautiful mountains and beaches and vineyards. If you're life is in California, politics in Florida is not the only reason why you wouldn't want to relocate.

I dunno.

Florida has an occasional hurricane and thunderstorms.

California has fires, floods, mudslides and earthquakes.

Florida also has a consistent supply of water.

Oh you mean the water with algae blooms? The water killing off manatees? And "occasional" hurricanes? Agree, if you mean, almost every year.
And condos collapsing into the sea.

You have have Florida. In 50'ish years, it'll be mostly under their putrid water tables.

You mean the fires where people can’t breath and have to escape their homes?

How about the homeless everywhere?

Taxes are also through the roof.