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The fact is, people are moving from every state in the Northeast to places like Florida, for a "cheaper" (not necessarily "better") way of life. And many of these people are unhappy, because they miss the lifestyle, pace, food, family, etc that they had up north -- but they just cannot afford it.
But the fact remains, real estate down south is still nowhere near the cost of real estate up north, which means that the north (including NJ) is still more desirable to a higher % of people.
But the fact remains, real estate down south is still nowhere near the cost of real estate up north, which means that the north (including NJ) is still more desirable to a higher % of people.
And of course, the absolute scarcity of land and high $$ New York salaries have nothing at all to do with the situation, right?
I would appreciate Florida more if it had a city with word-famous architecture, historical sites, museums, fine arts and culture on the scale of New York, London or Paris. Unfortunately, it does not in spite of being one of the oldest settled states.
And of course, the absolute scarcity of land and high $$ New York salaries have nothing at all to do with the situation, right?
Of course those are factors but those factors boil down to this fact -- MORE people are willing to pay MORE money to live in NJ. Inclusive of land availability or salaries, people are willing to spend more U.S. dollars for the experience of living in NJ versus living in FL.
Living in NJ is literally worth more money to people, than living in FL.
Fl does have historical sites, museums/fine arts/culture, and architecture. Plus world famous beaches, beautiful springs, beautiful weather for more of the year compared to NJ, beautiful landscaping, world class sports complexes, world class golf courses, world class entertainment venues, exclusive shopping/dinning/nightlife. The largest cruise ship port in the world, the Florida keys, a short boat ride away from the Bahamas, plenty of lakes, an international city (that is much more important than any city in NJ, despite what some people have said on here), and fyi FLs education system has improved greatly these past few years, it is no longer ranked low, many FL HS make the top 100 in the newsweek list of the top 1,000 schools in America based on the number of AP courses offered and how well they do on the AP exams (which are national tests). I know people from my public FL high school that have graduated and made it in to top universities such as NYU. Also FL is home to some of the largest universities in the US.
Yes NJ has the edge when it comes to arts and museums but that doesn't mean they don't exist in FL. FL is geared more towards entertainment, out door, recreational, family friendly and laid back lifestyles, so FL has the edge when it comes to that, even though it still exists in NJ. I don't expect most people on CD to like FL more because most people on here are liberal urban loving, government control, broadway loving type people. But in general I think FL is better.
Of course those are factors but those factors boil down to this fact -- MORE people are willing to pay MORE money to live in NJ. Inclusive of land availability or salaries, people are willing to spend more U.S. dollars for the experience of living in NJ versus living in FL.
Living in NJ is literally worth more money to people, than living in FL.
More people would rather live in FL that's why it has double the population of NJ.
NJ is dense enough as it is...it CAN'T have the population of Florida.
Per capita, however, there are more people per sq mi in NJ.
Yes it can, if the demand was high enough, high rises would begin to pop up in no time, look at NYC, and there is still empty land in NJ. Its not like the real estate agents are turning people away who want to move to NJ, lol. That might be how it works in your dreams, but in real life real estate agents are having trouble getting people to move in.
And its not like Florida is THAT big, its ranked 22nd in land area, yet ranked fourth in population... You can't use Florida's size as an excuse for its population. Look at Wisconsin its about the same size as FL in land area, yet look at its population.
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