AVOID Moving To Florida AT ALL COSTS! (14 NEW REASONS)

Moving to Florida used to be a great idea. It was affordable, nice weather most of the year, laid back lifestyle, you name it. But now, all that has changed. Its no longer affordable, its hot all the time and you'll likely spend most of your time just working to afford a place to live rather than living any sort of laid back lifestyle.

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[hopemorrow]

“You’ll own nothing and be happy” is the goal.

[FinarfinNoldorin]

I'm leaving Florida at the end of the month. As a native, it is heartbreaking to see what has happened to the state where I grew up.

[liferdog]

Tried the Florida experiment for 6 years, 2017-2023. Loved my home in NE Florida, tolerated the heat of the summer, put up with the traffic and overcrowded neighborhoods, CCD and property taxes, and rude self absorbed people. However in Nov 2023 we decided it was just no longer enjoyable and an our experiment failed sold our home. Moved back home to Virginia with no regrets.

[joannanicholson]

For anyone that just watched this, he is not wrong.

[UPdan]

I find the cold and snow invigorating. My energy picks up. When I go into the wood stove heat is relaxing. Most people fear it but it's an enjoyable way to live.

[AmerPridexxx]

Most Floridians are happy to hear that the mass influx we've been hit with over the past few years is turning into a mass exodus... The fast influx drove up housing costs, added mass traffic, and brought barely any new businesses/jobs, other than the vacation home rentals that littered residential neighborhoods bringing all sorts of people from everywhere with zero vested interest in the area.

[jbone]

Honestly this is everywhere not just Florida. The only places to live that are affordable and usually never change are places like Nebraska, Rochester - Buffalo NY area. Basically places no one wants to live.

[StudentLife]

I was a resident of FL for 40 years and just moved to NC earlier this year for all the reasons Michael mentions. Our house was almost paid off and our household income is several six figures, but we decided we wanted to put more of our money into retirement and travel rather than a $15K homeowners insurance policy, $10K property insurance, expensive car insurance, etc. We also grew tired of the eternal summer weather and annual hurricane threat. We do not regret our decision and caution anyone considering moving to Florida to think it through very carefully!

[MsTuliplady]

I have a family member that purchased a small home in Central FL for under $100k for her retirement home around 2005. Fast forward to now, the value of her home has tripled (but she doesn't care, it's her forever home). But she mentions that in the last few years, the traffic and crime element has also increased, to the point that her scenic and peaceful neighborhood no longer feels that way. Homeless people begging for money outside of the grocery store, questionable new neighbors with unneighborly habits, and speeding on major roads has her not leaving her home for days on end... sad way to live in retirement. She runs into the same problem as everyone else: if she sold, where would she move? Nothing is even remotely affordable for a retiree anymore

[whobdis]

Not so sure why we are getting so many 'move out of florida now' vids but happy for it. Time for everyone to move back. It was nice for a time..safe travels

[pennyreusch]

The cost of living has skyrocketed EVERYWHERE. Not just Florida. I don’t live in Florida. My auto insurance went up 34% with no accidents or moving violations. Natural gas bills jumped by 27% Food prices are up. A small example is pint of blueberries jumped from $4.99 to $7.99. I used to have them, always. Now, I can’t justify it. It doesn’t matter where you live.

[TonyTX]

It's not just Florida...its getting unaffordable across the United States...

[tedstriker]

One thing I read about that Champlain towers collapse as a factor was, not only deferred maintenance, but so many people who upgraded their kitchens and bathrooms. Most were done with granite countertops and marble walls in bathrooms. Lots of extra weight, times all the units doing the same thing. Those properties were usually built with wood countertops with Formica or other lighter weight surfaces.

[kristiansinardo]

I live in upstate NY. For people my way the biggest reason to love to Florida is sun and not walking outside to it being dark and a foot of snow most of the year. It’s also too expensive in upstate NY.

[jupiterran]

I agree about the over 75 drivers. I was riding with my mother and said "Mom, you're driving 20 mph under the speed limit. Pull over and let me take the wheel". She replied "Leave me alone, I can't see!" It was daytime. It eventually got so bad I took the keys away from her.

[lawrencebritt]

The greed and dumbing down in this country has ruined the American dream. It’s depressing to think what this country will look like in 10 years.

[sobecurl]

I lived in south Florida for over 20 years and finally moved in the summer of 2023. It was the best decision I made. Everyone thought I was crazy to relocate to the Midwest and have to deal with winter but the cost of living and lifestyle is much better for me than it was in Florida. Less stress because the traffic is lighter. The salaries are better and go further since overall costs are less and I can live a more relaxed lifestyle and not worry about my rent being increased by $800 per month (yes that actually happened!). I can visit my family in FL because I have much more disposable income than I did when I was living there. Florida is NOT what it used to be.

[rebeccageiger]

100 percent correct on all points. The cost of living, the insurance costs, traffic, climate change, tourists, not being able to live "the Florida life". I have also been here 20 plus years and it is definitely hotter and more dangerous here.

[robertthetrucker]

I lived in Florida for over thirty years and I saw a big change coming twelve years ago so eleven years ago I moved out. Now when I speak with my close friends who have also moved out, we all feel relived that we don’t live in that rat race anymore but I will never complain about raising my children in FL, in the 80’s.

[moodiblues]

I’m a retired Florida Judge and I’ve seen my county go from a nice laid back, comfortable, green paradise, where buying a house was easy and traffic was light, into a hot miserable twin of New York. Michael you tell them. Stay the F away. Joni Mitchell warned us, “They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.” Leave!There’s plenty of room in Texas, Alabama and Georgia if you want tropical. Florida is expensive, over crowded, heavily taxed, where it’s hard to find insurance, let alone pay for it. My property tax went up from eight hundred dollars twenty years ago to nine f’ing thousand today. Remember, you were warned. This isn’t the Florida of my youth. You will regret it if you don’t believe Michael here.