[Tungsten_Udder]

This was discussed in other recent threads. In the article you link to, it's finally worded clearly. The population actually has NOT dropped according to the sources used for this. Rather, more people moved out of Florida than moved in to Florida, apparently only counting people who already lived in the US. There was still a population increase due to births and immigration. Here's the relevant sentence, with emphasis added by me: "We see it in recent Census Bureau data, which said over the 12 months ending July 1, Florida saw 9,300 more people leave than move here. Florida's population grew only because of births and immigration."

I also agree with the comment that even if the population dropped by 9300, that's hardly a drop in the bucket given the population of the state. However, it turns out that the population increased rather than decreased. It's just that 9300 more people who lived in Florida moved out of Florida than people who lived in other states moved to Florida.

[Mike Peterson]

Lets start with the thread title first.

"Florida population drops like a rock", if the population is higher now than it was a year ago then that hardly constitutes dropping like a rock, in fact the title is completely false.

9800 out of 18,000,000 is .00054 of the population so even if we didn't have an increase of poulation due to births it still would not be dropping like a rock.

I think the OP should have taken her own advice about no gut reactions and thinking first.

[Mike Peterson]

Originally Posted by Thxcv

It is not just Florida's population that is dropping like a rock, the population of the entire United States of America is dropping pretty badly as people flock to other nations like Canada, China, and parts of Europe in hopes of a better life. George W Bush has really wrecked the entire nation by sending the cost of everything through the roof and selling all of our jobs overseas to nations like China and Japan, and because of this, many people have lost hope for the future of the United States. Therefore, it is not just Florida that is losing it's people; it's the entire USA as many middle class people are especially moving to Canada.

Please show me the census figures for the people moving from the U.S. to China.
In fact I think your whole post is completely erroneous.

[Mike Peterson]

Originally Posted by DailyJournalist

That is a huge drop for a state that had positive population growth for many years.

.00054 is huge?

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by Mike Peterson

Lets start with the thread title first.

"Florida population drops like a rock", if the population is higher now than it was a year ago then that hardly constitutes dropping like a rock, in fact the title is completely false.

9800 out of 18,000,000 is .00054 of the population so even if we didn't have an increase of poulation due to births it still would not be dropping like a rock.

I think the OP should have taken her own advice about no gut reactions and thinking first.

But why are you discounting the population trends of previous years? When compared to that the change is significant.

[Tungsten_Udder]

Originally Posted by Mike Peterson

Please show me the census figures for the people moving from the U.S. to China.
In fact I think your whole post is completely erroneous.

I'd gladly move to China for awhile, but only if I had a job offer first.

[crystalblue]

the title is a hypothetical, which i thought was made obvious by asking what would happen if florida did in fact lose millions of people as so many floridians wish.


Obviously, Florida is still growing, but for the first time to my knowledge, Florida is having an exodus of people (not counting immigrants).

So, to be clear, IF Florida lost 6 million people over the next few years, would that be the good thing so many think it would?

[Tungsten_Udder]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

So, to be clear, IF Florida lost 6 million people over the next few years, would that be the good thing so many think it would?

Well, there's not a right answer to that--it's subjective. Depends on what someone would like. I tend to be a "win-win" kinda optimist, so I'm okay with it if the population stays the same, decreases tremendously, or increases tremendously.

[Mike Peterson]

Originally Posted by DailyJournalist

But why are you discounting the population trends of previous years? When compared to that the change is significant.

Way to completely take what I wrote and change it to something completely different.

No where in my post did I even bring up previous years. I was discussing what the OP posted which was total bunk.

A population increase is a population increase no matter how you slice it.

[Mike Peterson]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

the title is a hypothetical, which i thought was made obvious by asking what would happen if florida did in fact lose millions of people as so many floridians wish.


Obviously, Florida is still growing, but for the first time to my knowledge, Florida is having an exodus of people (not counting immigrants).

So, to be clear, IF Florida lost 6 million people over the next few years, would that be the good thing so many think it would?

Actually you title was a statement not a hypothetical and it was not obvious at all that you intended it to be.

That being said, of course it would not be good if the state lost 33% of it's population but since the population is and will keep increasing I don't think that is a worry.