The law has a knowingly standard. Not hard to put individuals who knowingly committed a crime in jail, even if they committed it on the job |
People who think the red state metros are still cheap do not have current information. Last year, Florida averaged-- the entire state-- 30% yoy growth in real estate prices. Meanwhile, DC grew just under 7%. The mass migration to the south might have started with people seeking better cost of living but that's less the case now. Taxes are still better. |
Taxes may be better, but when you factor in the "fees" and then the ridiculous insurance costs, it is at best a wash. |
It's cheaper than CA or NY. That's the point. Cheap and rich are relative terms. I used to live in the Bay Area. I moved to the DC area due to the hcol in the Bay Area. I know.. crazy, right? But, it's still cheaper in DC than in CA. FL is still cheaper than most of the DC area. |
It is cheap compared some other parts of the country. |
Not to mention, in many parts of Florida, their infrastructure is falling apart due to saltwater intrusion. And, the hurricanes just continue to be more and more of a threat. Not worth it. |
The major people moving to Florida from other states are moving from Georgia, South Carolina, etc. The next biggest number is retirees from NY, Ohio ie Midwest and NE but they are old people. |
You leave out the supply part of the equation. It is easier to get more housing in Atlanta, Dallas, Orlando, while enivronmentalists insist on no development, and all you get is housing for rich people that developers are able to bribe the right people. |
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If you are referring to Reedy Creek you are misinformed on the subject, by various journalists who are biased and reporting against DeSantis. The only taxes that would be raised would be on Disney to pay for things. Apparently Democrats if they get back in power would hand over control to Disney to be the local government. They have been quietly running this fake district for decades, and got caught out. The district was for a city that Walt Disney was planning to open, and after he died, the company opened Magic Kingdom and EPCOT instead. That should have been the end of the district. |
If UF is “excellent as state schools go,” what the hell happened to other state schools? |
Disney created that whole area, including its local government and infrastructure, out of nothing. They built it all. It's amazing to see people now coming in out of the blue and acting indignant as if Disney is somehow usurping something that Disney created in the first place. |
those areas were largely under developed, but now they have huge sprawl. Most of the liveable parts of CA have been developed already. The Bay Area does not have a lot of room for more development. SoCal is completely over developed. I lived in both Socal and Bay Area for 40 years. There is no more room to develop. I now live in a suburb of the DC area, and there is still room for development outside the beltway. I have been seeing so many new builds in the past 10 years around here. Can't do that in Ca. It is very much a matter of supply and demand. That is why Austin home prices skyrocketed. Huge demand there now. Be careful what you wish for. |