A study published in 2005 by the online news site slate.com determined the safest town in America is Storrs, Connecticut

Interesting how many negative comments about Florida in general and the sinking of the coastline in particular.
I actually understand that there is some risk at some point, but when that will happen is speculation at best.
In the meantime prices for Gulf front properties are increasing at double-digit rates so the buying market apparently disagrees with many on this thread.
I purchased a Gulf front condo for $1.45MM in January of 2016. The unit directly above me sold this past March for $1.75MM.
While that gives me a good feeling about my investment, I’m not selling in the foreseeable future so it really doesn’t matter.
If my place sinks I will get something from the insurance company but obviously not market value. I really don’t care and it won’t impact my life if I have to find a new home. In the meantime I’m enjoying the winter months in a beautiful environment. YMMV

Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone ever want to live in FL anyway? Hurricanes aside.

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It's a swampy cesspool.

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Anonymous wrote:We have lived all over the world and will definitely retire in Florida! We love living here and can't wait to live here all the time. Right now we are still back and forth between Florida and D.C. We are coastal in Ponte Vedra. The hurricane damage is pretty awful all over Ponte Vedra, St Augustine, and Jax. But we have power again! Very minimal damage to our home. The screen on the lanai is torn. The pool looks gross - not sure what's going on there. Our yard is a mess. But no flooding inside and no damage to the house. Newer homes in Florida are built to withstand hurricane force winds. We are up high enough that flooding isn't an issue even though we back up to water. This storm has had zero affect on our decision to stay.

Ponte Vedra is hellish. You couldn't pay me to live in a gated community.

Also, just an FYI "zero effect" not "zero affect". Although after a few years of golfcourse living and botox you probably have zero affect as well.

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From the looks of the mass exodus of the whole state, you would be stuck and die if you were elderly and can't drive. Alligators roaming your back yard and front yards. Snakes everywhere. Sink holes up and down the state. Some are 500 feet deep. No Thanks.

Nope. Can't stand it there.

Wait, FL has hurricanes? OMG?? Who knew? Shocking!!!!

Yes. Foolish to buy. Will be underwater.

My inlaws moved down there and then moved to North Carolina. They didn't enjoy the summers and felt isolated from family. There's even a word for this: "half-backs."

It was never on our list. Humidity is so awful.

I lived in Tampa for a year after college. It was miserable.

Yes, off our list. Too much risk from climate change.

Yes, unless you are a dummy. The state is sinking and the sea is rising, and the storms will keep getting bigger. Mother Nature will take FL back to the bottom of the ocean.

My sis and DH are in Naples and were very discriminate about where and how they live. i.e. inland with a beach club and a home with a back up generator. She has quite a a bit of company right now. But I understand not everyone has the luxury of being safety conscious cause of the $$.