Seniors are RUNNING from Florida 2025! Heres why!
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So much truth in your statements. We just moved to The Villages but in my mind I'm already formulating a plan for our eventual return to Vermont to be with family in our sunset years. Also, the medical system here in central Florida has been a nightmare shit show of not being able to find specialists or when we do they don't accept our health insurance. There's so much to love here but some real obstacles as well.
We’ve been in South Central FL for 10 years and are heading back to VT next week…. Enough is enough of this ‘shit show’…. It’s only going to get worse..
you should live TV now and go VT and freeze! I'm sure your neighbors will not miss a negative person like you.
Florid is one worst states live ....sell soon as possible run .
@@roadrnnr2008 St-Albans. My son lives on Liberty Street in Swanton.
@@joemancurreri6635 Hey there Joe. Thanks for the constructive reply. My comment was based on my own experience and thought process. Your mileage may vary. Our neighbors are awesome and "if" we leave TV we will miss them greatly. Have a blessed day.
I’m leaving Florida summer 2025. I’ve lived here since 2001 but I’m retired now and refuse to live my golden years here for so many reasons. I’m in Orlando and it’s time to go.☹️
Many seniors can't afford to live in Florida anymore.
Know cost of living here before moving...it's not for those with very limited Income
they are leaving in a box lady..
The rich can move to Florida and Hawaï and the poor can head north
@@gerrymcintosh4477Sucker 🤮
@FrankGiuliano You will to.
Insurance companies. They're to blame. No Damn reason to double premiums while still paying their CEOs 7 million a year bonuses on top of their salaries.
It's easy to blame the carriers but the root cause is your state and local politicians. Who have been in bed with the industry for generations. Your governor alone is receiving considerably more annually than the ceo both above and below the board from them. That's the real issue.
@@JohnJohn-wr1jo BINGO!!!!
@@JohnJohn-wr1jo Thank you. People are so quick to blame someone else when they are the ones electing these grifters who are in cahoots with these companies. When they tell you who they are, believe them!
Car insurance rates jumped too. I drive less than 700 miles a year and they doubled my rates. So I cancelled the policy and sold my van.
So our governor is in bed with car insurance companies, Gas companies, grocery stores? Insurance companies move out of Florida because of the damages thay are paying out. Same as California with the wild fires. Stop blaming tge wrong people. Disinformation specialists!@JohnJohn-wr1jo
Florida has become unaffordable. Insurance costs, HOA's, Poor healthcare and then rebuilding every time a hurricane whips threw your neighborhood, have created a financial nightmare.
Yeah.. all that from a person that doesn't even live here.. Yeah.. stay where you are.. It's terrible here. Alligators are eating people, bugs carrying people away, the ocean has covered most of us. those whipping winds! just keep whipping... building are falling, sink holes are swallowing up people and their pets. It's a nightmare davi... NOT.
@@joemancurreri6635 you speak the truth Joe Florida SUCKS!
Tampa-St. Pete-Clearwater isn’t “seasonal”. It’s crowded 24/7/365 and getting more so. It doesn’t get “less crowded” in summer.
@@joemancurreri6635 my Mi friend lives in sebastion and has frogs in her atttic then some fell out of the kitchen light, snakes in her garage, cameleons, giant roaches, red ants in the yard, armadillos digging under her house, it's a disaster. I couldn't even imagine the frogs falling on her.
@@memedavis4228 you haven’t seen anything, until you’ve lived in California. Everywhere is expensive, but California is the highest state to live in. RIDICULOUS and SAD
I moved out 10 years ago,glad that I did. My life has never been better. I moved due to rising insurance costs, political corruption, and so much more.
Many would do better in life if they lived where they could truly afford.
I have a second home in Marco Island area and can afford it with no issues and also apolitical as well.
There's NO political corruption in FL. I've lived here since Jan, 2000
@ BAWHAHA!🤣
Appreciate the honesty. This reflects what I have been seeing as well.
My parents had a great life in Florida for about 18 years. Then it came time to move into assisted living and they went to Philadelphia to be near my sister. They almost came to Phoenix where I was living at the time, but my sister insisted they come to her. Thereafter, whenever she complained about them, I said you wanted them now you got them so you lost your complaint card. I lived in Florida in the early '90s and loved it, but one hurricane drove me out of there, even though I had no damage and didn't lose my job. Luckily my work offered me a job in Arizona and I jumped on the opportunity to move. It was the disruption hurricanes cause that I simply wasn't going to put up with. After my parents left Lakeland and moved to Philly there was one summer when FOUR hurricanes passed over their old community. And this was a looong time ago, I can't imagine what Florida's like now.
My family built a Log Cabin with the Tree's they selected on property overlooking national forest. NO Banks, No asking anyone for anything. Lived like the Amish. Simple, Rustic & debt free & Very Happy!! :)
Wow. Thank you sooo much for the wakeup call. Best wishes, good health and prosperity for the New Year.
This is a must see video for anyone considering relocating here. I wanted to move here all my life, and finally did eight years ago. But I’m leaving too. My home insurance has tripled, car insurance is doubled, healthcare sucks and my taxes are much too high. This is my year to leave.
Unfortunately things have gone up everywhere! Not just Florida.
@@katheeplans But NOT like Florida, honestly! We come down to rent for couple of months in the Winter. Used to live in Tampa. It made all the sense in the world for us to leave after 20 years. Fine to visit though.
Is it worse than MA?
As a lifelong Floridian it pains me to admit that in a couple of years, I will have to leave our state. There are three reasons why people are leaving Florida in retirement. And they are in no particular order: the cost, the cost, and the cost.
…. too many transplanted yankees
like anything in life.. if you can't afford it, don't buy it.! if you are poor, stay in NY. Paradise is not cheap.. and why should it be? someone post why Florida should be cheap?
@@joemancurreri6635 Because it used to be cheap and I didn't think it was paradise then. I lived in Sarasota as a kid. Living in FL was like living in a foreign country. Things are different there compared to the rest of the places I've been from the smell of it, the fauna, the taste of the water, etc. I never got used to it.
I’m a native also. I’m going to leave this west central Florida catastrophe but I’m staying in Florida. There are still some great places left. I guess that my addiction to year round coastal fishing won’t let me leave. Best of luck to you.
@ absolutely love the coastal fishing. Right now I can roll out of bed and in about 10 minutes be fishing off the beach for snook and Tarpon. 20 minutes after getting out of bed, I can be up a beautiful brackish river that has the same fish, including speckled trout, mango snapper, and largemouth bass.This is a very unique place and it will definitely break my heart to be out of here.
What a negative Nellie, love it here in Florida
Between the insurances that are ridiculous taxes hoa's and not only the seniors but also just the average person have to cuddle up in one house a couple of families together it's crazy America's going to be homeless homeless
Idea for a video: Interview a business owner or hospital worker or teacher and ask them about how the changes have affected them and other local businesses, schools, hospitals, or other systems. How has it changed over 10, 20, or 30 years. Great video! Thanks.
Thanks for the idea 💡
I have been a critical care nurse for 31 years. My dream was always to move to Florida. I bought a condo there in 2019 and by June of 2023 sold it and moved back north. It broke my heart but it was as so incredibly expensive!!! All of my expenses doubled in the time I was there. That’s not taking into consideration the astronomical assessments that I had to pay for the condo which I was not expecting at all!! I was told when I bought it that the owner had just paid the 20 year assessment fee. But SURPRISE…. I got hit with assessments for replacement of pool plumbing, fire pump, replacement, a new roof and renovation of the poolside bathroom. This was so expensive!!! I’ll never buy a condo again!!! It’s like a never ending drain of your money 😡
@@maureenmukhlis2934 So sad to hear
Changed alot...I remember going to my sister's home in Orlando she use to live not far from the orange groves... wonder if there is any around?
My parents lived in Cape Coral and North Fort Myers. We used to go every Winter to visit and it was wonderful. After 20 yrs we went there to bring them back home because of their health. I could not believe how much it has changed. So busy, HOA fees, ins. and some of the stores were run down. I thought I wanted to go there for Winters but changed my mind .
Yes. It’s the population has changed; bringing their political ideologies with them.
My mom moved to Florida and she really was not in a good financial place to do so…she would not have been in a good financial position to move anywhere honestly, many seniors live off Social security and unfortunately they can’t afford anywhere…Florida is not cheap but tell where is cheap? Here in Indiana (south bend area) the rent is ridiculous and there are very few rentals even available….its not friendly at all to seniors.
Hey, I was born in south bend a long long time ago. So what are rents like there.? I am in the Boston suburbs and a 725 sq Ft , one bedroom basement apartments go for $3000 a month
So true, I’m from another state and it’s just as expensive if not more. Especially living in cold climates, but a coat, boot scarves, etc. they’ll find out it’s no cheaper anywhere else.
Am so glad I live in Philadelphia!! Fabulous medical with world class
hospitals, Fairmount Park, the Jersey Shore, the Poconos, Delaware
beaches etc.
I’m glad you live there as well.
Philly is depressing
I'm from the Philly area. The food/bread and water down here in Floriduh suck.
@@JoNf-lp1tfWhat makes you say that? Best food in the country, Franklin Institute, The Art Museum, Old City, The Mummers New Years Day Parade. Philly rocks. SWFL is a depressing, disgusting, dehumanizing, automobile dependent Hellscape.
People come..People go...Live where you are happy....There is no huge drop where I live. Two hurricanes..millions in damaged homes...flooded homes...I have lived here for decaded...We have been here before...Ee have always rebounded...We will again... I woukd hate to hsve you as my agent to sell mly home... We could use a serious reduction in population in Florida.
I live near New Smyrna Beach and Ponce Inlet, there were no places to park 5 years ago, I haven’t been to the beach in years and I’ve lived here 40 years 🙁
NSB is my forever home.
My wife and me love that area tho we only visit . That sinking pink or yellow condo building near the marina area is sad though .
NSB used to be quite the quiet place.
My brother and his wife left Melbourne, FL in 2019 for South Carolina. They are very happy that they did so.
What part of South Carolina did they move to?
@@joannenirenberg7949 They liked the Greenville and Chapin areas. They settled on Chapin - Lake Murray. Too many floods and hurricanes in the low country, i.e., Charleston and they weren't very interested in the Myrtle Beach area.
SC is getting a flood of folks creating the same problems they left behind.
Hi Barrett, I'm so happy your arm is better!! We're unloading our place in Delray Beach Fla ASAP because the fees alone starting in January 2025 are 1,100.00/ month without taxes or insurance. We're done. Healthcare in Ct where we live full time used to be excellent, it's still very good but not like it used to be. As an RN of 30 years alot has changed everywhere.
Please reach out to me by email if you need an agent referral. We have a great one in Delray! My email is in the description box. I'd love to help.
@Connect2Florida Thank you Barrett!
True RN retired NY great state insurance NY husband wants to move Fla I refused my home NY suburb is besutiful. Will visit will not move. ❤I love NY
I live in Gainesville now to be near family. We moved from Ocala. That has changed so much since we moved there in 2002. They are building everywhere. The traffic is terrible. Also healthcare is bad as hard to get appointments. Since we have moved to Gainesville, we still don’t have a primary Dr. Our first appointment is in Feb. and we have waited for a couple months. They can’t take you if you are sick as no openings.
@@joanpotanko6351 Keep your chin up Joan and pray ardently to the Lord for all of your needs and He will help you🙏
Just found your channel a few weeks ago.... love your style and content. Its straightforward and refreshing. Happy New Year!
We lived near st Pete until the year 1973. Now in our 70s we chose phoenix to retire. We considered Florida but considered quality of living was better for us in Arizona.
Yes I would like to hear more about the villages
Do not buy a new home in the villages the impact fees are very pricey like 40k I have heard.I came here from Mass.33 years ago my neighborhood was built 43 years ago.The home was 10 years old when I bought it in 1994,my HOA was $100 a year now it is 400.00.My water bill was $ 32.00 a month includes trash removal 2x a week household 1 day yard waste grass and tree trimmings,now it is $72.00 and that's using 2k gallons a month.Last month it was $100 we used 4k gal. I watered the bushes like three times they were in rough shape.They hit new owners with this impact fee for new homes being built very greedy they want all your money you made off your house and stick you with these user fees for new roads and to build schools Florida is getting crowded and over priced.Insurance is ridiculous.
Left The Villages after 4 years. Beautiful place, terrible people, healthcare, weather, houses are cheap and too close. I regret moving there especially after spending a fortune moving from California. Golf
Carting is fun until GI almost get killed often, It is just plain scary.
We'd always thought about retiring to Florida from our lifelong home in Virginia. So glad we didn't. About that time, 4 grandchildren came along from our 2 kids families nearby. We bought an RV instead and have enjoyed many wonderful trips to Florida beach areas over the years. It's becoming obvious that we're no longer welcome there though. The legislature even changed the law to make it near impossible for out of state travelers to book State Park campgrounds. That's ok. It's been fun. Thank goodness we aren't saddled with property there.
Yes my friend was coming down with her husband and camper for a couple months. Now there not, state parks all booked up. I guess once Canada becomes part of USA we will be welcomed lol. Over my dead body no matter what your oligarch in charge believes.
Have lived in SW Florida 30 years and yes insurance is running us out and traffic is crazy and medical is bad. Doctors don’t stay can’t get appointments. Our home was flooded and living in a flood zone we can’t afford.
The level of reimbursement for Medical procedures and testing is a big part of the disappearing hospitals and doctors.
between, health insurance, groceries, property taxes, rising utility costs. property insurance and some other costs not mentioned it does not matter where you live. If you have a nickel someone wants it. One needs a balcony just to say that they went out for the night. 😄
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When we purchased our first home in our early 30's, we were planning for our retirement. Now 20 years later, we made the right decisions. We don't have to worry about having to sell our home because the house is perfect for our needs when we will be in our 70's+ and we have the restaurants, grocery shopping, great health care providers, and elderly care services all around us. We are saving a lot of money by not buying house after house and paying all those fees.
It's ridiculous seniors are going to have to move to another planet I think because it's not only happening in Florida it's happening everywhere
not if you know where to look by getting in your car and searching the southeast.
That's why we moved from The Villages to Greenville, SC in March after selling our home at a great price to the first couple that looked at it. If we listed right now we'd lose $$ and it would be sitting on the market. Home insurance rates and dictating roof replacement on a 12 year old house drove us out. Best decision we ever made!!
Move to Las Vegas,, u can find a nice manufactured home in a senior community for less than 30k. The older ones are under 20k, the space rent is about $700 to $900. Its only super hot about 4 months of the year, hardly any rain, no snow,,,But most seniors just stay inside anyway,,,,,No mosquitos in most places, less bugs and animals,,,so far no snakes or scorpions,,,haha,,,,
My parents and dad's parents were snowbirds to Central Florida. Sebring was like a second home for me. I always dreamed of retiring to the same area. That has changed in the past five years. As much as i loved the overall weather and things to do, now, I have no desire to move there. We are staying put in the Northeast unless we find someplace convenient to the grandkids, reasonable costs, and plenty of things to do.
Let us know when/where you find this place with "reasonable costs and plenty of things to do".
Hi - Appreciate this video - I live in The Villages. Resale inventory has increased for sure, but new home sales in the Eastport area are selling briskly, with view lots selling within hours of going on the market. I’ve been here over two years now and absolutely love it. I moved here from beautiful Colorado, but as an early 60s retiree, and I needed to live someplace that is super active. The people are very friendly, I love my house, homeowners insurance is very reasonable compared to the rest of Florida, and we are in the best location to escape the harsh effects of hurricanes. I know this place isn’t for everyone, but for me and my friends, we love it here.
I’m here on a lifestyle visit right now!❤ it here! Thanks for input.
I'd love to watch u do a deep dive on the villages
I agree with everything you said, it’s a sad fact in Florida.
Seems that you covered everything!.... FL will always be appealing to beach and warm weather lovers.. it just seems that things have changed, as is the case everywhere.
Oh well.... off to the next place....
You did not even mention the hurricanes. All the prepping, living through the storm and cleanup and repairs afterwards is getting exhausting, especially as I get older. Although, I am grateful for the reasons we moved to Florida and am grateful for our life here, in several years we will move back to our home we have owned for nearly 30 years.
Excellent information. Thanks!
thanks for being so open .. refreshing some dont want to hear the truth
A reminder: Do you want a nice house in a good neighborhood and nice climate? Its expensive everywhere.
Funny. I live in Inverness. So many people are here it's crazy. I see no decline in my area.
I love the sunshine it keeps my vibe up and it was nice being free during covid. I love Florida, so many positives.
I moved from Long Island NY and I don’t regret the sale of my house and moving to Central Florida. Our utilities bills and heating oil costs were so high. Winters were hard for my husband cleaning the snow from our property and cars, he’s a disabled veteran. An ax a disabled veteran we don’t pay property taxes and VA hospital is a great. So I don’t have any complaints about moving to Florida it’s the best decision we made.
Free to spread covid during the pandemic and afterwards. I know plenty of people who live in Florida and they complain about the rise in insurances, lousy doctors and hospitals, and your crappy governor and all the Magas. You can keep Florida because it's going down the toilet.
Women aren't free in florida,read a book,intelligence is a great thing🎉
CCD bond fees at TV are increasing in whole multiples. On top of your house you have 20k-40k (or more) bond fees. Insane!
There's a long wait for specialists in Illinois too. Even my primary care doctor is booked out 6 months. If I have an issue, I hit urgent care.
Very real reasons!
I watch Florida real estate because its in my back yard. I believe the correction starts in Florida and spreads up North. I have lived my whole life in the deep south but there is no way I am moving to Florida where it is even hotter 🥵 Great video...just subscribed
Curiously enough, this time it's Texas that is leading the way. Proving to me that this last run up was based almost entirely on temporary supply/demand distortions...that are rapidly fading.
Very enlightening and so glad we moved to Nevada.
I retired in 2007 and moved to Costa Rica, NEVER BEEN SORRY! My house I built is still worth more than when it was built. No place in the US, is affordable. And I can see the Pacific from my home on a mountain.
Good advise. The pandemic, that conjured up a live now as there may be no tomorrow mentality, and lower interest rates suckered a lot of people to bid up and buy. That screwed up a lot of the locals who have to move or live in their cars and themselves as they will end up underwater. Florida has always had an amplified boom to bust economy. We lived in Sarasota in 2010, post crash, and a few people desperately asked me if I wanted to buy their condo.
It takes lots money to live inFlorida. A person told me if anyone is thinking of moving down there, to have at least 3 million liquid assets to afford the lifestyle and cost of living/taxes. We left in '82 for a better paying job. Would never return the way it is now.
Not everyone has near that much, im one, yet we manage ok snd would not ever go back to NJ or NY they are way worse, ill stay here loving Florida
I lived in the villages until moving to N.E. Florida five years ago. The Villages is a great place to live, super clean and very well maintained but my taxes were 3 times what I'm paying now. "Three times as much", so you need to know. Taxes are high, amenity fee is pretty high but manageable. As long as you can afford it, it's a great place to live, I may go back some day, maybe.
You said it Bill, 'as long as you can afford it'. If people can't afford it, it's not for them. Champaign taste on a beer budget...
Thank you Barrett for giving us the truth and facts of what is happening in Florida. For not doing the buy/sell now!" tactics of many realtors, for financial gains. God will compensate you in many ways. Keep doing the right thing always.
Spot on with lots of feedback/reality
I’ve live in Central Florida ( near Ocala) and drivers in Florida are not very good, too many accidents and when they turn, signals are not used. Premiums have gone up because of too many accidents and fatalities.
Hi Barret ! Would you be able to do a segmant on the villages and why people are leaving ? It looks like 572 homes on the market...🤔 love your shows so much and even though florida is having issues i still love to watch whats going on and the realestate 👍💜 Thank You..Chris from Mass..💜💜💜
I'll get to work!
Thank you to our hostess for this topic and content. I am a retired senior (remaining in place) here at the beach at Broward Fort Lauderdale. I owned and now rent. In the past, when I made application, it was , “what do you use in your coffee?” This time, I was actually denied because the “corporation” landlord required 3X my income $5,,000 monthly to qualify $2,300 monthly rent. They obviously had other qualified applicants.
PLEASE! Do a deep dive on "The Villages". We did a trolley tour the other day and it does seem like "Disney for Adults", however, I'm sure there are things people don't know about buying in there, like the bonds, where taxes are better, property insurance, etc.
Great video Barrett, thank you ❤❤❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
One of the worst things that happened is the takeover of Martin Health by Cleveland Clinic. Charges immediately jumped and the good doctors "jumped" out of Cleveland Clinic also. Also, many of the drivers (and I don't mean New Yorkers) are in the drive angry mode and think they are Nascar drivers on the roads. Even in the Publix parking lot of all places, a woman cut me off and wouldn't ya know it, out comes her finger. Time to get the hell out.
You are obviously one of the "Old" living in Florida.
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@@colemant6845 Yeah, I don't flip the bird to people in Publix parking lot. Must be a young thing.
As a former New Yorker who has been living down here in Florida for 15 years, even I can't stand these crop of recently migrated "Yanks" down here!
I'm pretty sure not a native either@@colemant6845
Florida is finished time to get out now i sold at a 103 k LOSS...the hangers on are in BIG trouble.The writing is
on the wall ..you better read it!!!
Yes please talk about the Villages
The problem with The Villages has been homeowners having slow appreciation because of a never ending supply of cheaply made new construction homes there. The vast majority of retail/restaurants are chains, and the golf coursers are overrun and in poor condition.
My mother in law passed away she lived in a park. She can’t afore it. I sister law had to sell it for less. Thk u for information.
I was in Florida for years but sold and left for South Carolina in 2021.
Which part of SC! I live in FL. I’m planning on going out of FL!
@@ginacho7745 I live in Aiken.
I live in NC and really like the area. I would also consider living in SC. We vacation there and it’s a wonderful state to visit. It looks like a great state to live in.
@@tharrigan5661Don’t tell them to come to NC 😡🤬. We don’t want those damn Yankees moving here with damn democrat voters!! Stay the hell out of NC!!
Running from FL? Heck, I hear it's so bad that some of them are dying to get out.
OMG 5:05 It’s been quite a while since we were in Florida, but your comment about the time it took to reach the beach - reminds me of the reason we decided to stay in Michigan. It took well over an hour to drive from Punta Gorda to a decent public beach. Wall to wall traffic. Walgreens and Walmarts every few blocks. Yeah, we are a two minute walk to Grand Traverse Bay. Winter is rough, but we could be snowbirds if we wanted to do it. We don’t. Why fight the massive crowds?
We lived in Pembroke Pines. We kept our boat at a marina in Sunny Isles Beach, 17 miles away. It would take an hour, minimum, to get there on a weekend. The traffic ran us out of south Florida to the Mississippi gulf coast. Now our boat is at a marina, five blocks from our house. I can take our golf cart and be there in less than five minutes. Even quicker in the car.
I’ve lived in FL all my life. Born and raised in Tampa. We moved down to quiet Port Charlotte 6 years ago because Tampa got way too crowded. It was great for 2 years, then the place exploded! So many new homes here and then add the northerners visiting, it’s a nightmare now and the infrastructure can’t handle it. I just can’t imagine myself living anywhere but Florida.
Great video. Great insight.
When seniors relocate after retirement they often overlook their future need for available and quality medical care. They may be pretty healthy when they first retire and see their retirement years as an extended vacation somewhere enjoyable that also allows them to stretch their retirement dollars. It’s sounds like Florida’s health care system is a nightmare and that retirees are being priced out of the state by the rising costs of everything. It makes sense that so many Florida seniors are moving elsewhere.
Lets talk about the condo assessments. No one had priced those into their budget.
I’m a Canadian.I was a snowbird for twenty years.The currency is so bad right now.$1.50 Canadian for $1.00 U.S.😢
time to merge the two nations like trump stated. cdns wd have lower inc tax /prop tax, free travel no border, right to bear arms/protect yourself/family/property....
@@Lauren-vd4qe Why would any Canadian want to merge with this country? Trump is an insult!
Thanks Govenor DeSantis
Happen way before him.
@@LcLceder He didn't help
The Villages is its own market and market conditions. It's said on average a resident relocates three times within, so many of those sales are relocations.
Why waste real estate fees like that? People amazed me.
Villages have a bad reputation STD Capital and Swingers
My realtor told me now is the best time to buy a house in Florida. And we all know real estate agents never lie.
LOL....right....LOL
I do have interest and your views of the villagers. TY
Very good video; I think you captured the issues perfectly. For me it is the hurricanes; I remember the truly intense ones were infrequent. Now it is a couple in a season. I don't know how you even think about buying and insuring a home on the water.
I am staying in Florida !
Great video
Too expensive here. It's off the rails!
I’m in FM and not seeing any traffic relief off season. I live off Daniels. 😩
Insurance is high if you can get it prices in general are high traffic is brutal healthcare sux and nobody wants to have to rebuild their home and lose all of their belongings every 2 years because of hurricanes.
The coming and going of seniors must be very beneficial for realtors. However the increase in the cost of living through real estate cost, property taxes, property insurance, HOA fees "deferred maintenance" and inflation will reduce the number of people coming. The honeymoon for living in Florida is over.
I love western New York.
Yay! Too bad the damage of rampant overbuilding will be with us for years.
Moved out in 2006 due to the 4 hurricanes in Orlando. Medical sucks, the doctors are horrible. They were not able to find what was wrong with me when I would complain. I had a triple bypass. That is pretty bad if they can not read the reports before I had it. The prices on the homes are way too high and I hate to say they have no beauty or charm like they used to. Don't like living on top of the other house. Insurance is way too high. Too many charges HOA and CDD that one is a joke. It is way cheaper to stay where I am than New York by New York City. The prices on the homes are not worth it, way too high! Florida used to be for the seniors not no more...That should be the cheapest state to live sicne you have no clue if you are going to have a home or not with the hurricanes. Was going to go back two years ago but everytime I see the hurricane on TV that changes my mind and the prices of the homes. After reading the comments, I feel like I made the right choice. Groceries were way too high when I was there back in 2005. Cheaper here in New York.
For every person leaving five more suckers move here. It’s revolving door. More and more people are moving here everyday!! It’s awful.
Cost of life I think is the num one , señor move, for instance. High HOA, high insure, and high home’s taxes.
Have fun in FloriDuh.
I moved from CT to Florida ten years ago. I love it and would never move out.
As long as you have an income of over 150 to 200,000 a year
@@1225328 Why do you say that ? Have you ever seen the cost of living up north ?
And are straight!
I moved from NYC 8 years ago to the Tampa Bay area. I live on $50,000 a year. I like the slower pace of life. I don’t own a home or condo. I rent. I wouldn’t move back to NYC. Too cold, crowded & expensive.
Even though there's a glut of inventory, don't forget the panic buying of a couple of years ago. People were buying sight unseen and overbidding, it tightened available inventory and spiked prices. Perhaps what we're seeing is the flip side of that frenzy as the market normalizes? Regardless of the number of the current exodus, isn't the population still growing? Florida has a lot to offer, but it's not for everyone, I would still expect a lot of transplants to come down and discover it's not the paradise they thought it would be and leave in search of greener pastures.
Insurance is the problem ....
Was railroaded down here a few years ago to central florida. I used to love to come here to visit . But living here is not for me at all whatsoever. But it has shown me how much I miss virginia
Alot of young people are leaving too. Tampa costs the same as Boston to live in and even the big national companies pay as if its still a low cost of living area. I'd guess over 50% of my office quit and moved after covid and costs escalated but they keep paying the same as Florida in 2015.
Absolutely true 1900 dollar rents on 50k a year for office workers is not sustainable.
My wife and I moved to Florida in late 2015. You have a fantasy that the whole state is like Disney World. Medical system is a disaster, low wages and very crowded everywhere. We lasted a few months and returned to our home state. Nice place to visit for a few days but unless you have lots of money, it's no fun.
I’m not seeing any mass exodus, I’m seeing lots of developments being built and more and more traffic everywhere. They keep building and building but they do nothing about improving roadways for the huge increase in traffic.
Especially in Ocala.
That’s probably all the immigrants coming in with money
@@1225328 Those "immigrants" are from the Midwest!
@@sanibelnaturals9381 yeah they’re coming from the border of Texas
@ oh I’m sorry most of them are coming from South America
I love floida's East coast. It is hotter in the summer than it was when I moved here 10 years ago, but the winters are nicer with the higher temps. N of Jupiter, traffic is less congested. Our homes have retained their value better than west coast. Healthcare is AWFUL. Bring your good health.
I'm grateful to have sold our Tampa home of 27 years last July, at the top of the real estate market. After living in Tampa Bay for 35 years, my wife and I retired and moved to northeast TN to get away from the heat, humidity, our loud partying neighbors, and the skyrocketing home insurance. We also moved here to experience the four seasons again. We couldn't be happier here.
I left South Florida back in 2019 before the S-T hit the fan. I was living there since 1986. to be exact Cooper city Florida. I believe I made the right move. The only thing is I live in the suburbs of St. Louis Missouri yes you get snow and freezing weather so are you staying in the house? but not as much as you think.
HOA fees….
Our son lives in Cape Coral. I live at the beach in Ocean City Maryland with a 1200 a month mortgage
4 seasons and mild winters. We miss the only family we have but it would be financial suicide
Flood Zone soon
Lol rents here are like 1900 a month for a 1 bedroom shitbox
I'm a New York resident, Florida nice for Jan Feb March rentals living year around no thanks ,New York has real medical personnel and many social programs to benefit the elderly you know those socialist states😂😂😂
Your son may come back to Maryland give it time.
Cape Coral here too, 2600 a month for a 3 bed,2 bath, no pool…. Traffic is frustrating, groceries are absolutely out of control, no parking at the beaches and beer is 5.50 a bottle on the weeknights and weekends. Is that normal?
Live on westcoast, hurricanes,flooding, heat,mold,sand ,traffic, Yankees.But concealed carry, red state,great hospitals,blue water,great restaurants, good strong hearted neighbors.To live in Florida you got to be a gladiator.