Why Are So Many People Deciding to Leave Florida Right Now?
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- Thinking about selling your home in Orlando and leaving Florida? You're not alone! Many are finding now is the perfect time to move away from the Sunshine State. In this video, I'll delve into the reasons why people are choosing to head north from Florida. From weather issues to economic considerations and lifestyle shifts, we'll dissect the main motivations for departing the picturesque yet occasionally demanding state of Florida.
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Northerners aren’t leaving. It’s the locals who can’t afford to live here anymore. Those who moved here brought their high pay checks via work from home, and our prices looked cheap. They drove our prices up and now people who actually work here can’t afford to live here.
This is true! They come from elsewhere and Florida is cheap by comparison. They drive prices up by paying more for almost everything because where they came from costs were way more.
FL is the next CA!
What? I’m a union electrician and don’t have an issue, I also own my home. I didn’t spend my money on wants only necessities and don’t do drugs or drink. Plenty of money to go around. BLUE COLLAR DOING IT RIGHT. Everyone here crying has made bad career choices and has no hustle. Complain complain complain. Life is not about handouts. Sacrifice to make the long run easier. Be self sufficient and live life. Stop complaining and be gone. One more thing didn’t go to college but makes six figures without debt! CHOICES, start making the best choices and stop being a victim
@@ad-cc1sw Union? I didn’t know we had effective unions in Florida. I’m talking about young people who are just starting out, trying to buy a home and start a family on Florida’s wages. Even if you’re proud of your choices, we still need teachers, cops, and other service workers and they can’t afford to live here unless they’re a two income household, and even then it’s rough. This is fact, not whining. We don’t believe in free handouts here.
@ad-cc1sw not everyone has the same situation. I had an ex business partner run my business into the ground recently, now with current state of growing costs it's exponentially harder to recover. Too many ppl are "contractors" now under cutting others etc etc. So good for you but have some sense while patting yourself on the back
4 easy ones .. low wages , high property taxes , high home owners insurance and high auto insurance ! Sue happy Attorneys !
Yes, car insurance is a real mess. We have two teenage drivers and our annual insurance bill is more than two of our cars are worth.
I know what you are dealing with too !
Brother you nailed it ! Florida, the right to work for nothing state.
@@william-fla-321Yes the right to work for less !
If ur not making deep into 6 figures, leisure is hard in Miami.
I’m so happy for all those who are choosing to leave! Being a native of 7 generations I have watched Florida in general be destroyed by the influx of all who want to live here but, let’s change this like it was where I came from. The natural areas of Florida are shrinking do to overdevelopment. Too many people too fast!
It’s called free enterprise, deregulation and freedom as your governor calls it!
Don't stop leaving!!!!!!
😄
We won’t . Let us know how hurricane season goes
@@r.r4981 After 66 years here, I've seen it all. Stay afraid and get out!
@@r.r4981been in Florida since 05, lol hurricanes are just excuses to have a stay in party’s in the central Florida area.
@@AmericanConstellationCongrats on being lucky you didn’t lose everything, or worse, the lives of you or your loved ones. I’m not sure why people brag as if they personally beat a hurricane in a fight.
I moved to FL in 2022 after 22 years in the military to retire and have low taxes.
Bought a brand new built house.
After a year a realized I had made a terrible mistake in moving to a crazier than expected State and to an area that you can’t call Florida (Destin/FWB).
It’s 100% Alabama.
Sold everything and now I live like a king in Tokyo.
FJB
So, on military pension and SS?
@@RPlavo
Wife and I are in our 40s.
We are both retirees.
No SS.
Were you on the Air Force? If so, were you ever stationed at Eglin Afb?
@@TheRealBlackula
Army and Air Force.
Wasn’t stationed at Eglin but decided to retire in that area.
Big mistake, lol.
I didn’t think I would be living in lower-Alabama-like conditions.
People are leaving because the cost of car and home insurance. Your home insurance is the new state tax
I'm born and raised here and I'm happy to see the growth slow down. The town that I live in wasn't ready for the growth and we are bursting at the seams. Traffic is horrible and road rage is way up. I hope the slow down continues..Thanks for the video
Too many racist old white men too
Me too. Snowbirds go home.😮
Yes please go away i95 goes north as well i10 goes west please leave
Same in Ocala area. Nothing but nasty people on the road. I'll be doing like 70 and still get passed like I'm going too slow. Hey u wanna off yourself, you go right ahead
Lived in Florida for 42 years . Sold out and moved out in 22 . All of the reasons that we loved Florida are mostly gone now . The slow lifestyle , the sense of community . And how relatively inexpensive it was . Now , it's none of those things . While the natural beauty of Florida has been mostly turned into one Giant Construction Zone . With endless Roadwork and massive traffic . I wish i could say that we miss Florida , but we don't .
You chose a great time to sell though, at least.
I left in 2022, as well. I don't miss Florida, at all!
For those of you that have moved out of Florida: Where do you live now? Is the cost of living cheaper? Are you happier?
I’m looking to move out too and would like to know good places to go for a better quality of life. Thanks.
@@ardoario4990- a lot of people are leaving Florida and I am looking forwars to leaving sooner than later....and moving to a less congested towns and cheaper homes and taxes like N E Tennessee bigger homes bigger land and the Carloinas but the cost of food, resturants inflation is still high anywhere you go unfortunately.
I'm in the bay area All my life but If I left Florida I wouldn't even miss it at all it has gone down hill since the pandemic hit in the late 2010's.
Because everybody’s moved to Florida and Jacked the cost-of-living up.
And the governor is busier declaring a made up culture war rather than doing anything about it.
I left for the safety of my children, the fact that it’s WAY too crowded and the humidity is literally killing people.
My parents live there. It’s to hot. Rains often too
@@chevy4x466 hasn’t been any significant rain in South Florida for probably a month.
It’s too expensive. Not enough pay. Horrible HOT AF weather. Horrible traffic. Mean impatient people and drivers. Been here my whole life. No idea why anybody would wanna be here.
Same. Used to love my home but it’s been getting progressively worse over the years. Scott and desantis sold us natives out and this place became a shithole maga paradise for those fleeing liberal states. The attitude of the people changed so much and it’s so rare to see other people that have actually lived here longer than a decade.
Because all of new York moved here and New Jersey which is even worse. It's like the little Jersey shores here now. Not same Florida completely ruined
I can tell you why. As a Florida native it is so expensive it was NEVER This way. I lived in Palm Beach County for 45 years and had to leave I could not afford it anymore. Plus the schools suck, property taxes are ridiculous. Crime is out of control. Unléss your rich or inherited millions just don't bother. It not a place for the sick poor or single parent.
Unless rich or inherited millions.👐🏾💯 a chunk of civilization that fuels supply as them and demands as their necessity’s while inhabiting the land of earth.
BS. Floridians were complaining about others moving here at least back to the 1990s, if not longer. (I wasn't alive to hear it before that.)
Schools are ranked high and crime is ranked bett😢than average please don’t lie
Same thing is happening in Texas.
@@SFSbihdnetI moved here 25 years ago with zero money. I am now a business owner and have a paid for house and have more than enough for our family. HARD WORK IS THE ANSWER
I love Florida but everything is too expensive. 😭
How much is 1 bedroom apartment? Here in northern va it's around 2500 for 1 bedroom 1 bathroom.
Too expensive compared to where?
@@andresvalentin6924compared to Florida before all the New Yorkers moved down in droves
Overcrowded
@John-PaulHunt-wy7lfthat’s mean. Do u even tho the person ?
I moved from Texas, where I own a house , to Florida and I had to leave after one year. The main reason people are leaving Florida is the shitty economy that create millions of low paying jobs. Florida economy is not strong . It relies on one sector which is tourism that employs millions of low income population.
The fundamental issue comes from the federal government not the state.
How?
Dead on accurate assessment, it's a service based economy.
@@OmarOsman98 No, it is a service based economy that relies on tourism....not much actual industry here not revolving around that.
This is the main reason alot of northern buisnesses are moving to florida to pay workers low wages
People have a short memory. Back in the 2008-2011 timeframe Florida had a fire sale of foreclosures and short sales. Our economy is like a roller coaster. There is a predictable boom and bust cycle depending on the money supply and interest rates. There are only so many people who can continue to buy real estate that constantly increases in price. As long as they can get a mortgage houses will sell . It not only supply and demand, it’s the amount banks are willing to lend. Besides interest rates, the cost of property insurance, HOA fees and property taxes have skyrocketed along with greedy developers squeezing the blood out of buyers.
bingo... I've been following real estate trends my whole life. I live in vancouver canada which is very expensive. People always say "it's a boom, it's going to bust". I say it will boom again. And it always does.
And much of it never fully recovered from the economic meltdown of 2007-08.
Backs suck, HOAs are hell
The whole country had the same thing, real estate tanked everywhere in 2008 after the Enron disaster.
Oh? How do you predict the booms and the busts?
Personally, as a long time resident and historian in florida, they typically follow some major hurricane which happens every 15 years. Are these natural disasters what you're referring to is the natural cycle of boom and bust?
Born and raised here I’m not going anywhere
Please, don't...
Even when it’s underwater due to climate change? Are you lucky enough to have homeowners insurance? You couldn’t pay me enough to live there. Not to mention your stupid governor and right wing government. And the stinky swamps. Gross.
Same here.
Traffics horrible. Extremely hot
Traffic is utter hell....high insurance cost....low wages ....unaffordable houses and rents.....no matter where u go it's crowded or under construction.....and getting worse....there is no hell only Orlando
W0w, little rohnniee Desantimknious said Florida is great😮@@MichaelForte-jn5pn
Really ?! I didn't know Florida was hot like that?
@@kellysnyclife663isn’t it hilarious that people move to Florida and complain about the heat! Didn’t they do even the most basic research before moving?
@@crazycatlady6396 I live in NYC and been to FL during spring break and it was very chilly in Miami
I moved to Orlando around February 2023 with my brother, and we’ve been renting a two bed apartment since then. As someone who was born and raised in Atlanta and lived there until 2021, I personally love it here, and I’ll stay here as long as I can. If I’m forced to leave, I have no idea where I will go next.
I’m glad you love it here!
Yeah I’m leaving Atlanta in two weeks and moving back to Florida myself. I’ve lived in Atlanta on and off for a total of 15 years and Florida on and off for a total of 18 years and I’ll take Florida over Atlanta. Atlanta has all of Florida’s problems on steroids but no beach.
I won’t say which part of Florida I’m moving to because I don’t want a bunch of people moving there and turning it into another Miami or Atlanta
We all might have to live in Dumpsters in the future
I love Orlando and love florida. There is always something to to do, beaches are great, lots of live music, no state tax, weather is almost always nice, plenty of sports, multicultural, great ethnic foods, lots of parks, festivals etc
WHHHHHAAAAATTTT!!!!!????????????????????...ha..haha....hahaha...hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@stixplayer sorry if you can’t afford it!😱👍🏻
@@2Rugrats9597 multicultural?...Ethnic food?.............oh wait....I forgot....EPCOT RIGHT!
@@stixplayer been living in Florida (miami & orlando) for 38yrs and we have people from every country in south America, Central America, PR, DR, all the islands and Europe! Yeah , I would say it’s
Multicultural.😉
@@2Rugrats9597 no.
I live in South Georgia and commute daily on 75 headed towards Atlanta. I have seen a ton of Florida cars packed with clothing and moving trucks heading north. I always say there goes another Floridian fleeing 😅
"The Great Migration" part 2 😂
a lot of people that moved to make money in Florida found it is not a place to make a living unless tied into people from up north (i.e. real estate, lawyers, etc). the industries there mostly do not pay enough. Have to have money from up north to live there
Oh your 100% right. I was in that hell hole of FL born and raised for 29 years and I had to get the hell out and I did last year.
Nonthing but bastards and old cruel people. And the nice ones like myself are moving away for the better or hiding.
I was too nice for FL.
@@gravethebeyond I left in 1990 don't miss it one bit, the population was less than half of what it is now, I must admit when I first moved there in 1984 my plan was for a short time, it did grow on me and I kinda had a good life down there. Now I don't even visit anymore.
@@lrobie123 I did good for my self in Fla.1984-1990 after that it was so different compared to what made me like Fla. I liked the country side of Fla. those multy generational Floridians treated me very well. Kudos those were some really good people I must admit.
It's better weather only if you like sweltering heat and humidity for 8 months of the year. Don't forget the hurricanes and tropical storms and sky high electric bills for a/c constantly running. I moved from Florida to Colorado. Best decision I ever made.
Natives are used to it and love our weather. Why were you surprised by it?
It's not humid for 8 months, it's dry for 8 months and more humid for 4. Also we run the AC here almost every day and my electric bill is lower than what it was in Connecticut. I don't think that you actually lived here lol. Also Colorado is beautiful but has its own issues like the lack of water due to too many states pulling from the Colorado river, and unchecked illegal immigration and drug use which has destroyed Denver. The grass is always greener somewhere else...
I’ve lived in Southwest Florida since 1998 and there is two groups of people still buying homes in Florida. The first group is people with high net worth and the second group of people is Spanish families with at least four-eight family members that are splitting the mortgage between them. Unfortunately, single-family homes are just not affordable for middle income Americans in Florida anymore. Let me be clear I have nothing against Spanish people, that’s just how things are taking place.
Yes. You used to be able to buy a nice home in a nice area if you made $60K per year. Now you’re lucky if you can afford a 1 bedroom apt.
Second group flooding Ga.......
Big facts and Orlando is all Hispanic you have to know Spanish to live there
Spanish 😂
Southwest Florida blew up during COVID, house prices are crazy unaffordable
Been in Florida since 1998 (Miami & Orlando), Florida has forever changed, irreversibly so. Never thought the day would come that we'd want to leave, but that day can't come fast enough. So much more I can say, but I'm just over it.
I’m really sorry to hear that.
Could you please share your experience? I have been wanting to move to Horizon west but I am too afraid of the property prices bc it might come down like 2008!
@@karinaoliveira3988home loans are completely different now than they were leading up to 07. Housing crash isn’t going to happen unless unemployment reaches 10-15%. Most people are locked into 3-4% rates and there are no NINJA loans and most people don’t have ARM loans which helped cause the crash. I wouldn’t be scared of a crash.
@@OrlandoandBeyondwithKristayou give the most generic replies I swear
@@Wileytiger-el6pu im really sorry to hear that.
Because too many new yorkers and californians have arrived.
💯
Foreigner’s also
Naw they just don’t increase wage lol in 2016 the minimum wage was still 7.93
Too many snowbirds.😮
No mention of all the illegal Spanish migrants coming here taking all our taxes?? 🤔
I lived in Brevard County since 1964 but moved to Boone/Blowing Rock NC 18 months ago.
Basically got tired of the heat and humidity.. cost to live on the ocean, hurricanes, and generally just getting bored with no seasons but hot as well as flat boring geography.
Also too many transients, rising Hoa fees .. taxes etc
Anyway.. there was a time Florida was great.. kinda like California but things are changing fast and with oceans rising and super storms I got out of Dodge!
I wish you the best in NC!!
Lol, "the oceans rising"
@@johnmanning7620glad to see not everyone buys the nonesense
Another climate cult member revealed himself.
Sea levels are rising and it's going to get worse.
Born and raised here… and boy has it changed. Use to be land everywhere with orange trees, farming. We’d go by milk from the dairy. We knew every neighbor…going out on a Sunday no traffic, everything was closed except church. You’d drive for hours maybe see one other car going for a drive. We A&W drive in. The drive in movies…I’m sure it’s like that in every small town. People move in you don’t know your neighbor anymore. More and more people come. And you lose your identity. Your niceness. Your quite. Shame
Damn the 1950s was a long time ago buddy 😊
Job market is scarce, traffic always just to get groceries and come back home. I tried for the summer last year I packed up and left back to the North Carolina. I can get around easily within 15 minutes or less most of the time. I don’t know what I was thinking we still have carowinds theme park not millions of people , weather is still nice you could not pay me any amount of money to move back to FL.
North Carolina is a beautiful state, considered living there before landing on Florida due to family living here
I live in Orlando and love it! Let people leave no state is perfect, but Florida provides a good quality of life! If you don't like it 👋
Florida is a toilet.
No one gives a shit what you think!
I lived in Oviedo & Kissimmee I did have a good life, just too crowded for me plus can't deal with the heat.
@@Markham12thcentury
At least we know what gender we are down here
@@Markham12thcenturyI can promise you Florida is better then any state you reside at
I agree with you 💯. I live in Lakeland FL and spent last couple weekends buying used stuff to build a gym at home and 90% of people I saw are going back north for same reasons you said. Out of the 15 places I went buying gym equipment 13 are moving out (Orlando area)
Wow!
that's crazy. but also understandable
The Miami metro area is main area in Florida that people are leaving from (mostly due to unaffordable housing)
Not just unaffordable housing. Rising seas, gentrification, racism, huge crowds, traffic, high property taxes, fraud, very high crime and poor infrastructure. Even if you live in a "decent" neighborhood, you're still told to lock your doors at all times because of the break ins. Southeast Florida is a lost cause now I'm afraid. People say it's still "growing" but it's dying.
Sarasota is crazy expensive now too. Even Orlando area is way too expensive
What a wonderful explanation of pros and cons of coming to Florida but certainly you are correct you are correct in every way
I moved here in 2015 for work, and I'm now having to change my entire career and move out of florida because I can't afford to keep living here. Jobs are plenty, but wages are way too low, housing and insurance are a NIGHTMARE. I can barely afford my monthly essentials, let alone anything extra, or to save. It's bleeding us all dry. I just feel bad for the locals who can't move and how much worse this state is going to get in the next 10 years if this upward trajectory of costs keep going.
My Dad had his home built in Cape Coral -1979. We had the benefit of knowing the builder Mr. Rosen and his family and he did a special upgrade on our house as he built his next door. Cape Coral was wonderful at time and for many years it was pleasant and enjoyable. My family lives in Nevada, and would spend several months each year in Florida and know it well. Sad to say, in the late 80's it changed, and never regained the charm it once had. My wife and I took possession of the property 3 years ago and I kept the house up to November 2023. The taxes, insurance rates, Nor-Eastern's, substandard law enforcement, including (Drunk and HIGH driving all over the place), the rip-off culture associate with most contractors & services, water supply & pollution, etc. has made this once wonderful paradise, just a place for day- to - day survival. The WEATHER is Nature and if you like living in a Tropical environment you can't complain.
I left in 96 after I was laid off my job with 280 other people and I couldn't find work anywhere, I finally found work and moved to Kansas.
Kansas?
@@marknewton6984 No she clearly said North Dakota.
@@BillyraycyrusIII Sounded more like Iowa to me.
I often don't understand why some of these stories don't involve banking and other home loan institutions. Lenders require that you have PMI until you have a minimum of 21% equity in your house. And many have homeowners insurance as a condition of the loan, so most often that's for 15-30 years depending on your mortgage. If you stop paying, get cancelled or can't get homeowners insurance the lender can call the note and demand 3 things. Get insurance, or pay in full or get another lender and refinance. So insurance rates are being portrayed as . It's expensive, it's a hassle,shop around but actually getting cancelled or the rates being increased so high you can't pay can cause you to default and lose your house. And not just Florida, lots of states have some oversight like an insurance commissioner and they are not doing their job
Great information! Thank you.
Thanks! And thanks for watching. 😊
I’ve been here since 2008 and I’m currently prepping to move farther north. Between all the issues you listed in the video and the brutal summers, I’m ready to go elsewhere. I’m just thankful I have a good deal of equity in this house so I’ll be able to afford my forever home. 😊
How about skyrocketing insurance costs, inability to find anybody to repair your home for a reasonable price after the multitudes of natural disasters. Skyrocketing property taxes. How fees skyrocketing and the impending changes in reserve fund regulation.
Thank DeSantis and Republican legislators
Ahhhhh - more are coming than going. AND - people are always coming and going. AND - you are a realtor.
Beside the astronomical real estate tax increase, I live in an established neighborhood that’s 50yrs old..constant noise and construction going on with all the recent sales. I’ve never been so annoyed, not one minute of peace. I’m over it and just may go back to New England after 27 years. Plus it’s way too expensive and crowded. FL ain’t FL anymore 😑
Hopefully if your taxes went up that means you have a ton of equity. 🤞
Sylvester Stallone was paying $125k/year in property tax on his 18k sf mansion in Beverly Hills CA, he sold it (to singer Adele) and bought a 10k sf mansion in Palm Beach. His new property tax bill? $424k/year. Ouch. Adriaaaaaaaaan!
Once he’s a citizen of Florida he can apply for homestead exemption and his taxes will be a lot less.
@@TheBOG3 Good one. FL homestead exemption will only reduce the assessed value by $50k, and even if that's combined with a senior exemption Stallone will save less than $1k/year on that huge property tax bill.
@@harlanjackson6112 Here in Pasco County with Homestead you are only charged taxes on 75% of what your house is assessed at. They subtract 25% off its value.
@@TheBOG3 Sounds like different counties give different discounts.(Is that the FL version of equity?) Because no such discount in Palm Beach County. They know those folks can afford it. Just like the progressive income tax in CA. The ones higher up the food chain pay more. Stallone has been a FL resident for a couple years now.
oh please !!!! At his age, he still charges upwards of 400 MILLION per movie. He was paid $1 MILLION per episode for Tulsa King....The guy is a millionaire, he can afford.
I avoid I4 at all costs. There's at least one fatality per day on that road.
❤you are absolutely right regarding insurance and affordability thanks
I live in Sarasota couty..area being destroyed by housing developments..county commissioners allowing high density housing against the will of the peoplel...every nice 😢area being destroyed and increasing traffic and insurance
Sounds like what happened to my former hometown Denver, CO. Any place that gets too "trendy" and grows too fast loses its soul and gets destroyed in the end by developers and transplants.
I live in Venice. Been here since 74 but time for me to get out. Just to much growth.
It’s the same in north Florida.
A lot of what I’m hearing are problems that are going on everywhere in the country, not just Florida. Especially affordability/cost of living/infrastructure. Also if you live near any major city or populated area, traffic is always a problem! Nobody is fleeing in droves to live in Baltimore but Baltimore traffic still sucks! Lol
I was born in Tampa Bay Florida I definitely understand what you're talking about
Excellent video. Thank you.
So many seniors on fixed income can't pay the reserves fees. When that building fell down in Miami , it messed everyone up. Many have to borrow money from family. I'm would miss living here though. Lounging at the pool all day, endless get-togethers. I dread living in the snowy cold! Stuck inside all day.
For every 2 people leaving..there's 5 people comming..😂😂😂
cycle repeats itself, low seevice jobs, insane insurance cost. Not sustainable.
Not at all. I've been here for way too long and believe me, it wasn't my choice. I'm here because of some dumb broad who couldn't bear to let go of this toilet. She grew up here. She went to school here and used to ride her little bicycle around. Awww. How cute. (spits). I remind her all the time that she ruined my life by demanding to be here. I'll never forgive her for it and every time something bad happens, I say, "Karma's a b**ch, ain't it"?
There is one bright side to high costs. It keeps the riff raff out
@@brianG81 You definitely belong in Cape Coral.
For those looking to move in just remember that you mainly see the tip, the marketed and material aspects of the cultural iceberg of FL.
Live in the Trinity area and won’t leave. Moved down full time 2 years ago. Truly love the gardening and flowers. Thankful to save my money and be able to live in an older neighborhood with trees and privacy. So close to everything. But I don’t have kids in school anymore so not so sure about that situation. I will say the insurance is definitely a challenge for home and auto.
I added sliding windows with aluminum frames to my lanai recently in Ocala. It was expensive! A big improvement as the wind and weather would blow dirt into my lanai. Even when it’s hot, I can still have morning coffee in my lanai overlooking me and my neighbors' backyards. I'll stay put until I retire. I'd consider selling my home and finding an apartment in Tampa/St. Pete especially if the Rays build a new stadium. I'd consider moving out-of-state too, but in general, I really like Florida. I've been to every part of the USA having grown up in CT, stationed in Chicago, San Francisco, Dahlgren & Norfolk, VA. As a trucker many stops in Seattle, beautiful Oregon, and Las Vegas. Recently vacationed in the Smokey Mountains NC/TN hiking and drove the Tail of the Dragon with my old Boxster. The USA is a beautiful country. Tough to decide which place is best.
It’s nice that you get to see so many places to compare to.
@OrlandoandBeyondwithKrista
Honest & Informative video. Thank you.
A nice positive perspective from the trucker too!
My parents retired to Florida in 1977. Very affordable & wonderful environment. They're gone now and my wife and I were thinking of Florida to retire & move close to our daughter & grandson in Miami. It's unaffordable for us. We're in Oregon for now and we will have to be creative to be close to our daughter. Any ideas?
@@Jcrpdx new construction is the budget-friendly option right now. 4.99% interest rate, closing costs paid for. In Central Florida some of them run about $2500/month with taxes and insurance included. Please send me an email if you’d like more information. Negatives - small yard. Positives - little to no repairs for many years.
I moved back to California. I got my old job back and my company paid for my move back to CA along with a bonus.
The cost of living in Florida was ridiculous. I went from earning 8k/month to 2.8k/month. I rented a 1/1 in Jupiter for $2k a month while I paid for a bigger 1/1 for $1500/month in California along with CA’s rent control. FL car insurance is 2.5x more than CA insurance. Also my CA medical insurance was way better than my FL health insurance. $0 copay, $0/month for insurance my medications 100% paid by my insurance while in FL I paid $80/month for insurance, $30 copays and my medication would cost $40
The only thing that is more expensive in California is gas prices.
I live in Southern California I've seen a lot of Florida license plates. On my street i have 2 neighborhoods who are born and raised in Florida who just bought houses in my neighborhood. I met them they are pretty cool. But when the time is right I'm going to ask them,why here???😂
And they don’t know what gender they are there.
@@robertmartinjr.4537
Um no.
Many of those are car rentals. Go ask them. People aren’t moving to California and mass as much as you would like because Democrats have actually caused many people to leave California. Plus, you guys don’t even know what a woman is out there and now you’re inviting all those illegal immigrants. Nope you can keep that.
@@robertmartinjr.4537watttt floridians can now afford california??? bro i’m about to head over too lol i always thought it was pricier there but i gues not these days
@@Sirach144 you on that culture war sh*t useless gibberish 🤣
Almost bought a house here but decided to leave for now moving back to Washington State ( we used to lived here in Arlington Washington when my husband was stationed in Everett) retired lived in San Antonio Texas for a year moved back to Florida because my family is from here ( siblings) Merritt Island and Port Saint John almost bought a house but changed our minds because of all the things you mentioned all of them and yes we will be renting in Seattle for a year or two because our daughter is living in Seattle but we are buying a land in Idaho and will build a tiny house only . We lived in my sisters garage now and we have a Ram pro master we converted and we can live off grid so we are good and we used to be active duty and lived in ships tiny compartments and happy in all of our decisions . We will also travel again utilizing MAC FLIGHTS anywhere there are military bases that Military airports. Will never ever pay mortgage again . The rent we will have in Seattle is much cheaper if we will rent here in Florida . We will be back to visit.
People are starting to realize that insurance is nothing but a scam 😒
I’ll never understand why young people go to Florida. It’s a tourist/immigrant economy which is hella unsustainable. These people come fresh off the boat ready to do the same skills for a 1/2 the price even less sometimes. Florida isn’t designed to protect its residents unless you’re a retiree.
I've wondered why the state does nothing to protect people who actually live and work here all year, or promote jobs for younger people. The state won't have sustainable long term success without young people but right now I can't imagine a young family being able to afford it here
Excellent video!
Glad you liked it!
I moved her in 2020 as my wife and I work from home. I hope it slows down. Im in Ocala and its getting crowded. But I totally agree with another post which talk about cycles. Tge values will bust soon and property taxes will need to be dealt with. We came for weather. My wife picked Ocala due to less chanches if hurricane damage and of course. The weather.
I'm north of Citra, lived here just shy of 15 years. I'm seeking to move because of politics and scammers. "Handymen" have done more damage to my mobile than make repairs or improvements. There's a serious lack of integrity and honesty here.
Good help is hard to find - but I’m pretty sure that’s true everywhere.
@@OrlandoandBeyondwithKrista Not at the level it is here, from minute one. I've lived all over the country, and it's horrible here. Add the racism, rudeness, and overall lack of real education (I was a teacher - saw WRONG info taught first hand). If all America is like this, we are doomed.
Not just the handymen. Individuals selling things (ie craigslist, fb), businesses (the story behind buying my van is horrific). Of course, laws and rules of the road only apply if you get caught....
I’m from south western Ontario and love the 4 seasons here. Would never move to the brutal heat of the southern States in USA. I’m 63 and enjoy the life burst in spring…yes the humid summers are hot like Florida, autumn colours and cooler temps are beautiful..then snow and Christmas lights.
There is a certain sadness around Santa in shorts
Stay.😮
@@OrlandoandBeyondwithKristareally? Love Florida Christmas in my area with Santa coming in by boat in shorts and yard decorations with flamingos pulling his sleigh!
@@crazycatlady6396 some years I think it’s cool. Some years I just want snooooooooow (for a few days anyway). I’m from PA. It’s hard to not have a frosty Christmas.
I-moved from CT to Florida 12 years ago and in the fall I am retiring and moving to Tennessee- that’s where my family members have moved to in the last few years. It’s south east Tennessee and I cannot wait to leave Florida for too many reason to even list here lol
Yes, I have seen a lot of people heading to TN recently. Best wishes to you!
I'm from Connecticut as well live in Naples fl for the past 5 years. But I want out looking to move soon
@@johnnyirizarry1276 where are you thinking of going I’m from Connecticut too
@@joetz1 Carolinas south preferably
@@johnnyirizarry1276 We have a place in South Florida but we're in CT most of the time, I'm not going to lie for the most part I'll take CT weather and landscape. Born and raised in CT over 50 years, it's expensive and we're getting all of the NY, NJ and Massachusetts people as well, it's getting quite crowded here but not as much as Florida.
Lived in Southwest Florida for 40 years. Sold everything. Went to Carrabelle, Florida. Not much here but white beaches and great fishing. All my children born and raised in Sarasota County.
I left 3 months ago. Been traveling and visiting with kids and other relative. But I will be back sometime in August. I own two houses in Florida and it’s paradise.
Scams one can say a good Hurricane can wipe you out. Quality of life is the secret. This is a good video.
Amazing explanation for a very sad and real situation 🤷🏽♂️😞
All this construction nails in mine and my neighbors tired all the time. Repair shops report nails in tires more than ever before
A construction manager warned me not to park along the curb in new home communities as the nails get swept to the edges of the street. It is a job hazard for me.
Great video. Blessings.
Thanks, and same to you.
Also second highest auto insurance rate in the nation and good luck finding a doctor also many other things the hot weather at the top for me
Got out in 2010 after 65 years. Wouldn't go back and don't miss it.😮😮😮 Things only get worse. A pork chop/ Carpetbagger state of corruption! One big storm! Mother nature will reclaim what is Hers!
been here 36 years this summer....looking to make my jail break soon.
65 years?! Omg. I was thinking 29 years was bad. And my mom had 42 years.
But 65?! Thats just cruel. Sorry. Feels bad.
@@leagueofotters2774 get out asap. I'm a local and I moved out of state. Never going back to FL.
Pick a better state. Its your life friend. 👍✌
@@leagueofotters2774Left FL for WV. They’re paying $10,000 to move here too. We LOVE it here!! It’s everything we wanted. I would love to see the state grow some, and think it will, just hope it’s not anything like FL. Keep things cheap and affordable! Good luck to you on whatever you decide to do 😊
I was born in Tampa Bay in 1978 but I live in Seffner Florida places like Valrico and Brandon and Tampa Bay itself will get you on anything and everything we can we basically run on well water Southern one great thing about it living in Seffner Florida is no water bill
I’m from Chicago Illinois the North side and I’ve had many homes in the suburbs of wilmet and wineka Illinois it is a very beautiful safe suburb evetually my mom and sisters we moved again to Orlando Florida we’ve been here a very long time, I love the winters here it’s gorgeous you can do anything not sweat like a turkey I’m thinking of checking Tennessee don’t know just yet
It's the cost of home Insurance it's so costly u can afford a mortgage and Insurance it's sad
Thank you for confirmIng my decision to leave. Food prices are another concern.
Nice info.
One thing I see among recent arrivals (especially from the NE) is that they want here to be much more like there. If you point out that here is different from there for perfectly good reasons, or ask why they mover from there in the first place, they complain that the people here are unfriendly.
Yes, we need more people to leave!!
I like Florida, for me if I had to move it’s because of the weather. It gets too unbearable, especially during the summer in central Florida. I can say that December-February is very nice though.
I’m not sure why you were surprised by the weather.
Our weather is only good during winter and awful the rest of the year. SWFL is hitting 98 degrees tomorrow and it’s not even summer yet.
Partially true point. I wouldn't say that so many people are leaving Florida. Some are leaving for the reasons you stated but people are still coming in. The immigration to Florida is slowing and that's actually a good thing. As far as insurance increases and lack of getting coverage maybe that depends on where in the state that you live. As for insurance increases, that's not exclusively a Florida issue.
My advice to people is to not necessarily believe every RUclips video on the subject but actually visit Florida and areas that interest you and ask the local realtors and people and see what they say.
Orlando traffic is way worse than south Florida traffic I moved from boca but l worked in Miami and moved to Winter Park/Baldwin Park area and Orlqndo traffic is hands down significantly worse than South Florida traffic. The toll road on the I-4 has helped a lot
it's 95 degrees in May
Its a Rich mans State !! If you have no money, Forget about living in Florida !!!
Moved to South Florida in 2015. It was a dream of mine to live down here since I was 8. Still cannot believe how expensive housing has gotten since I moved here. And in 2015 I thought it was expensive. Still love living down here though. Plan on staying down here the rest of my life
I bet you have lots of equity now though!
@@OrlandoandBeyondwithKrista rented until 2020 but still have a good amount of equity between my 2 properties in SE Florida.
FL girl here. The HOA costs are ridiculous. Even if you want to down size to a 2 bedroom condo or villa the monthly HOA is 560 and more.
Be careful with condos right now. Have you tried townhomes? 55+ communities will have higher fees due to the amenities. It’s up to you to decide if it’s worth it to you.
Mine went from 350 to 867 a month my mortgage from 1000 to 1300
All northeasterners, you are welcome to leave anytime!! If you live around the Nature Coast, I’ll come and help you pack!!
My son’s job is encouraging him to move to Florida. If paying cash for a house in the 300’s would property taxes and insurance costs be like still having a mortgage? The stories on Florida are really discouraging for moving there.
You can do a property tax estimator online for the home he is considering buying in the county that he will live. If he buys a new or fairly new home and he is inland and not in a flood zone, insurance should be ok. Car insurance is also pretty expensive here though.
If u buy cash u don't have to pay Insurance
@@universalstudiosshorts9963 yes, this is true. Thanks for pointing that out.
@@universalstudiosshorts9963you don’t have to lay it but if you have damage make sure you have money to cover it. Don’t go crying to the media that you don’t have insurance
@@universalstudiosshorts9963Who would invest $300k cash without protecting their home with insurance? What really matters is the age of the home, the age/remaining life of the roof (insurer can make you replace it) and that should be on the seller to do if the roof is old, are there impact windows and doors, how old is the HVAC and electrical system, plumbing? Is it in a flood zone, or evacuation zone for hurricanes? Impact garage door? Any mold issues? Complete inspections are needed.
Meantime, people who can afford it prefer newer homes to avoid compliance on the above issues, just to get or keep insurance. I would get a referral to a local insurance agent to get a ballpark cost for insurance plus issues that must be dealt with for any home I want to buy.
My friends bought a nice concrete block home built in the 1970’s, they did:
Partial replacements or major upgrades:
Plumbing
Electrical/new lighting
Part of the roof had to be replaced, rest was new,
HVAC system
New water heater
Impact windows, doors, sliders, all openings.
Interior painting entire place,
New appliances.
It looks amazing and they negotiated a deal on the price, knowing how much work it needed. They got permits for all required insurance updates. Good luck.
I sold my home in Alva Florida last year. I love Florida! Because of high home insurance and high home taxes. Plus I retired. I went to a less expensive state. Which I will lot say. I love my new state. Sales tax is MUCH higher but I will pay that all year than pay a Hugh tax bill later. So glad I moved. Plus I love the Mountains!
Lol..I've noticed people are not revealing where they've moved to now.😅😂😂😂
You're a better teacher than 90% of my college professors
It's not a cheap place to live any more. It's that simple. We moved here, but we knew what we were getting into, and it's still cheaper than where we came from.
One summer in Florida, and I was gone.
It doesn't matter if you're renting a house or a or anything else the state of Florida they just keep going up on everything I mean when your crazy new interest rates so much in such little time it's bound to happen
Excellent video 👍
Thank you very much!
Need any help packing ..???...the Bronx will welcome you back...
Snow.😮
@@marknewton6984 Rarely snows in NYC nowadays.
Crime. Homeless. Dirty. Cold. AOC.
@marknewton6984 it hasn't snowed in NYC for 5 years now. If it does it snows once or twice
#1 Crime, Crime, Crime! #2 Superficial Creeps and Self Entitled 3rd World immigrants #3 Skyrocketing Insurance Premiums constantly rising without any Increase Limits,Insane HOA’s Rising costs of Assessments 200-1000% with no limits are just ridiculous, Waiting to see what a hurricane will bring to State Assessments, Housing maintenance costs due to the drastic weather conditions are ridiculously insane. Too many more to list
OK. How many people and what is the percentage of the population? What is the demographic where they are moving out from? what is the economic background of the people who are leaving? Thanks for the video.
I think it’s a bit early to say official details like that. I’m mostly speaking anecdotally from my experience on the ground as a Realtor and what I see happening this year.
I moved to Alabama in January because I couldn't afford to live in the Tampa Bay area anymore. Not to mention the 8 month long summers. After 59 years in Florida I finally escaped!
I assumed a lot of people recently moved here since 2020 due to politics. Many in search of "freedom" or because they love the governor, and many are leaving because they hate the politics or the schools are terrible. Politics is not even in the top 5?
I agree.
Most people don't even vote haha
The “ freedom“ States.
Where you can’t grow certain herbs or have an abortion.😂🤣🤡👍
I’ve never liked Florida, my father’s home state, visited every year, couldn’t stay it! Storms, sinkholes, alligator s😩
Many people love it here. I hope things change so we can afford to stay.
Enjoy the snow.😮
@@marknewton6984 I love snow…once every few years!!
@@marknewton6984I'll take snow over hurricanes any day
I love Florida as a vacation place. Lost count how many times I have been there. Not sure if I would ever want to live here though. It gets pretty hot during the summer . Also, public school system is pretty bad lol. But then again, every single state has issues. If Florida is right for you then why not?