[sunrico90]

Please list what you persive as Florida's greatest advantages.

For me not having a state income tax, great weather most of the year (no snow), friendly community, and available good paying jobs makes this state my primary choice.

Info to Florida NorthWest: Florida's Great Northwest, Inc.

[Obrero]

No State income tax

A very friendly business tax structure

Lower cost of living (than Northern NJ)

Sunsets to die for (west coast)

An abundance of excellent restaurants (Sarasota)

Weather (most of the time)

[Audacious]

Originally Posted by UKOK

No State income tax

A very friendly business tax structure

Lower cost of living (than Northern NJ)

Sunsets to die for (west coast)

An abundance of excellent restaurants (Sarasota)

Weather (most of the time)

Heeeeey! That's what I was gonna say.

[sunrico90]

Florida ranks 5th in the Tax Foundation's State Business Tax Climate Index. The Index compares the states in five areas of taxation that impact business: corporate taxes; individual income taxes; sales taxes; unemployment insurance taxes; and taxes on property, including residential and commercial property. Neighboring states ranked as follows: Georgia (19th) and Alabama (20th).

The ten best states in the Tax Foundation’s 2007 State Business Tax Climate Index are as follows:

1. Wyoming
2. South Dakota
3. Alaska
4. Nevada
5. Florida
6. Texas
7. New Hampshire
8. Montana
9. Delaware
10. Oregon

The ten worst states in the Tax Foundation’s 2007 State Business Tax Climate Index are:

41. Minnesota
42. Maine
43. Iowa
44. Nebraska
45. California
46. Vermont
47. New York
48. New Jersey
49. Ohio
50. Rhode Island

[backtofla]

i'm married but............................................... ............the chicks!

[pianogal]

Some of this applies to all of Florida - some applies more to the Orlando area:

The Weather
No Income Tax - no tax on food, drugs
Cheap wardrobe (no winter clothes, coats, etc.)
Great Shopping
Great Variety of Restaurants
Great Entertainment
Best Beaches!
Beautiful Tropical Gardens
Lots of Wildlife
Good Jobs
Diversity

[Rhett_Butler]

Heavy tourism that pays enough tax so the residents don't have to...

[sunrico90]

The tourism market is huge, we all at some point benefit from it.
This keeps the economy going, just multiply the average amount of money a tourist will drop in the local economy: $200 x 23,000,000 = lots of money....

Quarter One Visitor Numbers for 2007
Visitors Percent of Total Most Recent Value Change
Total Visitors 100.0%

January-March
23.0 million* -0.9%

Air Visitors
54.7%

January-March
12.6 million* -1.3%

Non-Air Visitors
45.3%


January-March
10.4 million* -0.5%

Found the figures:

Total Tourism Spending (Tourism/Recreation Taxable Sales) 1999-2006:
1999 - $44.6 billion
2000 - $48.5 billion
2001 - $48.6 billion
2002 - $49.5 billion
2003 - $51.5 billion *
2004 - $57.1 billion
2005 - $62.0 billion
2006 - $65.0 billion

[smash731]

Cheap golf

Awesome thunderstorms (unless I'm behind the wheel )

Disney

Cheap car registration

Less air pollution than Baltimore (even when it's very hot in Fla. I don't feel like I can't breathe)

Ocean water is warm

No capital beltway!!!

[macguy]

Originally Posted by smash731

Cheap golf

Awesome thunderstorms (unless I'm behind the wheel )

Disney

Cheap car registration

Less air pollution than Baltimore (even when it's very hot in Fla. I don't feel like I can't breathe)

Ocean water is warm

No capital beltway!!!

I don't want to disappoint you but Baltimore's air quality is better then most of Florida, water also. Baltimore air quality is actually almost 4 times better then Fort Lauderdale and Miami.