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Deep State Witch

(11,502 posts)

12. That's The Problem

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Mon Nov 14, 2022, 01:33 PM

Nov 2022

Democrats and Progressives AREN'T moving to Florida. People who didn't want to mask up during the pandemic moved down there (and spread COVID to their visiting relatives). Progressives are finding the political climate to be intolerable, so they're leaving. Plus, the insurance rates are through the roof, especially if you want to move anywhere near the coast.

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People are flocking to Florida. I'd love for progressives moving there to influence the politics [View all] In It to Win It Nov 2022 OP

Not a chance in hell I would even consider visiting, much less residing. onecaliberal Nov 2022 #1

Have to agree Rebl2 Nov 2022 #5

I get it. I did that decades ago in Colorado and our success makes me proud... hlthe2b Nov 2022 #6

I am here! EmeraldCoaster Nov 2022 #2

Same here! In It to Win It Nov 2022 #8

It's my home, too. Family came over a hundred years ago.. Deuxcents Nov 2022 #23

I don't get at all why people are flocking to hurricane country? brush Nov 2022 #3

I love Florida. The GOP is killing it. Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #4

agree. The gerrymandering and the lobbyists are killing and chance of change. mitch96 Nov 2022 #13

The weather is intolerable. I've been there in the summer Ocelot II Nov 2022 #7

if you're visiting, the best time to visit is the spring because it rains so much during the summer In It to Win It Nov 2022 #10

Not gonna visit any time of year. I don't like it there. Ocelot II Nov 2022 #11

"The weather is intolerable." yes it's hot and humid in the summer..It's not a "dry" heat mitch96 Nov 2022 #16

Florida has bugs. Palmetto bugs, which are cockroaches the size of cats. Ocelot II Nov 2022 #20

You forgot to mention that the palmetto bugs FLY!! When I lived in the north those mitch96 Nov 2022 #22

No way in hell. we can do it Nov 2022 #9

That's The Problem Deep State Witch Nov 2022 #12

It's that - plus the left-leaning people that are already here also don't turn out consistently In It to Win It Nov 2022 #17

I moved to Florida last year because my 2 best friends had moved there 4 years before. Biophilic Nov 2022 #14

"People here are much more friendly than those in Michigan" I'm in west central Florida and mitch96 Nov 2022 #18

Personally I think it's just a lot easier to be friendly when the skies are sunny. Biophilic Nov 2022 #19

It's hard to be nice when you just stepped in a icy puddle you thought was an inch deep mitch96 Nov 2022 #21

Yup, I'm told the half year people start arriving in October. Biophilic Nov 2022 #26

It's in full swing in the Tampa area. Traffic just went boom. When I lived over on the other mitch96 Nov 2022 #27

PS - I've become good friends with close to 20 people in the last year. Biophilic Nov 2022 #15

Flocking to is the wrong direction, IMO. yonder Nov 2022 #24

By the time Desantis and the republicans screw up this state people will be leaving FloridaBlues Nov 2022 #25

I like living in Florida Zorro Nov 2022 #28