Fareed Zakaria's "My Take" yesterday.

[allegorical oracle]

10. Perhaps I'm too into the aesthetics, but as a lifelong Floridian, I say it's becoming a terrible

place to live for these reasons: Book bans, constant political fights, narrow-minded politicians, expensive housing, over-crowded highways, food deserts in inner cities/rural areas, high crime, lousy parcel delivery, growing homelessness, high gas prices, high property taxes, disappearing property insurance, sketchy cell/internet signals, to name but a few.

It appears Fareed spends a lot more time in NY than in Fla. He should compare NY with someplace that has a population closer to the median age of NY.

The only folks doing well here are those who are affluent, live in big cities (and put up with the crime), and live in gated communities. A law just went into effect that allows the public to sue cities if homeless people are found trying to live in public places. (Maybe officials plan to fly them to Martha's Vineyard.)

Fla has become a nice place to visit, but most people wouldn't want to live here.