[sinatras]

Originally Posted by silverct9a

Thanks for confirming - Next time you visit South Florida, take a look around...they aren't here in large numbers either...even in the downtown areas.

Not the end all be all test, but I've seen maybe two California plates in Palm Beach and Broward counties in 2024 (I traverse the tri-county area frequently) so far.

I have seen at least 3 California plates this year in Tampa, and one Utah plate. Tampa is a destination for Californians in San Diego..........they think Tampa is the Florida version of San Diego.

[EscAlaMike]

Originally Posted by sinatras

But this is great news!

After decades of Americans slamming the media for their elitism, bias, incompetence, or [insert insult here], everyone should be thrilled at the demise of the national and local media.

If they are in fact elitist, biased, incompetent, or [additional insult], then it's no big loss.

Media still exists. You just have to go looking for it now as the mainstream sources can't be trusted.

[silverct9a]

If they think that, I don't know what to say honestly

Originally Posted by sinatras

I have seen at least 3 California plates this year in Tampa, and one Utah plate. Tampa is a destination for Californians in San Diego..........they think Tampa is the Florida version of San Diego.

[MKTwet]

They're just chasing after another gold rush, eventually will become less concentrated to just one region. I think the article is just another travel piece to help CA from it's current decline. It's one sector, it's not like a huge amount of people going to move back. People will go where it is economically viable for them. Every other tech right now is bad except for AI. Of course the VCs need to grab as many workers as possible to start new AI companies to get funding.

[gatorlyn]

Can't win 'em all. Personally, I'd be happy to be Top 15-20, if I didn't have to pay West Coast prices.

Curious how FL compares to other states when it comes to Aerospace Tech.

[beachmouse]

Originally Posted by Arcenal813

I can’t recall the last time I saw a CA plate in Central Florida.

We get a few of them here and there in the panhandle. Typically military folks who decided not to drop $800 or so to transfer their plate to Florida just yet. (Military is exempt from the ‘30 days after establishing residency to register a vehicle’ rules, though the folks coming from Vandenberg usually eventually switch over because it’s slightly cheaper on the registration side than keeping it titled in California) We also get a decent number of Alaska plates from folks who recently PCS’ed from Elmendorf.

[Arcenal813]

Originally Posted by gatorlyn

Can't win 'em all. Personally, I'd be happy to be Top 15-20, if I didn't have to pay West Coast prices.

Curious how FL compares to other states when it comes to Aerospace Tech.

I would venture to say quite high up there, considering Central FL (Orlando, Melbourne, Titusville) with Lockheed, NASA, etc. etc...?

[Trip Mcnealy]

Originally Posted by Arcenal813

I would venture to say quite high up there, considering Central FL (Orlando, Melbourne, Titusville) with Lockheed, NASA, etc. etc...?

Also Pratt in south Fl

[silverct9a]

Pratt Whitney, Sikorsky, and numerous outsourced engineering firms in northern Palm Beach County (PSM, PSI, Belcan etc).

Originally Posted by Trip Mcnealy

Also Pratt in south Fl

[ntwrkguy1]

The fact that the richest tech guy -- Bezos -- just relocated to FL tells you all you need to know.

The guy literally saved $600 million on his planned sale of Amazon stock.

SAVED $600 million.

Unless CA gets control over its spending and taxation, I expect a lot of other companies to exit the state. The savings are huge, even for the employees making six figures or above.