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Just read on the news Florida is beating N Y in increase of population.
Can this be because retires are moving to Florida to get away
From the cold Northeast?
Has the upsurge in the stock market helped this much?
The figures, estimates for July 2013, showed that New York had about 19.65 million residents, while Florida had 19.55 million, with Florida gaining more than 230,000 people from a year earlier. New York’s growth was more modest, with some 75,000 new residents.
Those numbers represent the continuation of longstanding trends in population, as new foreign-born immigrants and other transplants flock to Florida while New York’s growth continues to suffer under the weight of stagnant or declining populations in upstate areas.
Jan K. Vink, a specialist with the Program on Applied Demographics at Cornell University, which reviews Census Bureau estimates and supplies raw data to the agency, said the figures for July indicated that Florida would most likely surpass New York in early 2014, perhaps as soon as March.
There are a lot of reasons that Florida's population is growing. Florida is a tourist destination. The weather there is generally nice.
People from foreign countries (particularly India, England, Canada) come for vacations, see what life is like, and feel that they can have a better life in Florida than in their home country. Often they immigrate on an E2 visa (which is a program that allows foreigners to purchase a business that will employ Americans and in exchange gives them a 2-year visa which is renewable so long as they continue to own and operate the business while employing Americans). You will find a lot of British-owned businesses in Orlando.
Generally, housing costs play a part in the decision to relocate also.
There are a lot of reasons that Florida's population is growing. Florida is a tourist destination. The weather there is generally nice.
People from foreign countries (particularly India, England, Canada) come for vacations, see what life is like, and feel that they can have a better life in Florida than in their home country. Often they immigrate on an E2 visa (which is a program that allows foreigners to purchase a business that will employ Americans and in exchange gives them a 2-year visa which is renewable so long as they continue to own and operate the business while employing Americans). You will find a lot of British-owned businesses in Orlando.
Generally, housing costs play a part in the decision to relocate also.
Housing costs in Florida are going up too.
Here in Ma they have increased 14% near me with varying amounts elsewhere.
Perhaps with retires being able to sell their homes, they can now move South.
And the stock market is a big factor.
Now if only interest rates would rise!
I think Florida has become the new California for people wanting a new life and warmer weather. A lot of Florida's population increase isn't retirees but movees.
But there are still a lot of retirees. 10,000 Boomers reach 65 every day and will for the next 19 years according to Pew Research. If only a small percentage moved to Florida, that would still be significant. The good news for the current generation is that more professional jobs will become available.
I was considering moving from Long Island to a suburb of Albany. Less taxes and a great college for my son to attend. But after this last (relatively minor) snowstorm, I'm thinking that I have to be out of my mind to be retired and aging and to contine living in the snow belt. I'm 56 and still capable of shoveling, but I've gotten my fill of it, and the wife and I are headed south once my youngest graduates HS in a year and a half. We may not go as far as Fla, but it'll be south of Virginia.
So no, it does not surprise me about Fla's population increase.
They have no state income tax, and the benefits of owning a large estate there are the best in the nation.
Tiger Woods and too many other PGA tour stars to mention live there, and Woods has lived there since the mid-90s.
Because of taxes Florida is popular with pro athletes.
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