[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Dave_n_Tenn

If you've ever heard "that's not how we do it up north", I'll bet the voter card is democrat. NE transplants in Dade are from (NY), in Broward (NJ) and the surround burbs (Palm Beach), all blue counties. Not in absolutes, but my personal observations (anecdotal) after working 35 years with FPL .

NE retiree's = St. Lucie County (PSL) and the I4 corridor (Orlando) = also blue.



Gosh ... I remember in Martin co (home) , some election cycles the dems didn't even run a candidate for local stuff.

Eh, I don’t know. If you zoom in and look at what areas vote Republican in these counties, they are largely the wealthy areas that have a lot of northern transplants. Places like Riviera, WPB, Lake Worth, etc are liberal strongholds in PBC, and don’t have the amount of retirees you see in places like Jupiter, PBG, etc.

Case in point: Sarasota County is not a safe blue county, and has a TON of northern transplants.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

California and Washington State, and Washington DC have huge wealth gaps too. Fortunately, we are not seeing a lot of transplants from those places.

I'm seeing a widening gap even between wealthy people who are moving to Forida. The difference between the top 1% and the top 2% is increasing raplidly. The top 2% have a net worth of $2.3M, the top 1% have a net worth of over $12M...huge diff.

I wonder how the Op, and all who have responded to this thread, would define wealthy? Not having to work anymore? Having a net worth of X$'s? Top 1%? Top 2%?

I don't think many of us are coming into contact with the top 1% very often, or we are we don't realize it.

Statistically, the income range departing quickest from CT is the seven figure income group. They’re going to FL. Because a low six figure HHI isn’t really considered “wealthy” up north, or even in SOFL, I’d say it’s those with seven figure incomes, or a huge nest egg.

[beach43ofus]

Less than one half of one percent of American earn $1M+/yr, so that is a very narrow sliver of the population.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

Less than one half of one percent of American earn $1M+/yr, so that is a very narrow sliver of the population.

But those with a huge nest egg account for a much greater portion of the US, and are among those leaving the NE states for FL.

[Dave_n_Tenn]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

But those with a huge nest egg account for a much greater portion of the US, and are among those leaving the NE states for FL.

They've been doing that for a long time. Miami usta be called the 6th boro of NYC.

[floridarebel]

Hopefully they don't drive up the cost of living.

[chopchop0]

Originally Posted by floridarebel

Hopefully they don't drive up the cost of living.

Lol they have in the desirable coastal areas. If you are looking at the middle of the state outside the nice areas of Orlando, it is more affordable

[Gulf coast jon]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

I'm seeing a widening gap even between wealthy people who are moving to Forida. The difference between the top 1% and the top 2% is increasing raplidly. The top 2% have a net worth of $2.3M, the top 1% have a net worth of over $12M...huge diff.

I wonder how the Op, and all who have responded to this thread, would define wealthy? Not having to work anymore? Having a net worth of X$'s? Top 1%? Top 2%?

I don't think many of us are coming into contact with the top 1% very often, or we are we don't realize it.

Net worth of 2.3 Million? I don't think that's the top 2 percent. More like 5.9 million, in 2017 dollars according to https://dqydj.com/net-worth-percenti...united-states/

Where exactly did you get the figure of 2.3 million from?

[logybogy]

I think you are going to see a continued domestic migration out of south florida into central and north florida in the coming years and decades as a result of higher cost of living including insurance costs because of sea level rise and hurricanes. The middle class will leave. The rich will move in and the poor immigrants that service them will continue to replace the middle class. It will be like Mexico City with even more extreme disparities between the haves and have nots.

[Joe_in_Mi]

I understand not wanting to pay taxes, I personally don't want to pay anymore than I have to. But if you're not willing to pay taxes, please don't expect the rest of the taxpayers in the USA to cover you when hurricanes or flooding due to higher sea levels hit you in Florida. The SunBelt states receive more in Federal funding than they pay in via taxes, and since y'all are anti-tax, you can understand how the rest of the tax payers in the country are getting fed up with that. So check your hypocrisy at the door, and man up. Pay your own way, like you're always saying you want everybody else to do.