>>I live in North Florida and would pay for the south to go.
I agree, but let’s spend that money on a fence to keep them penned up in south Florida (aka Cuba Norte).
On second thought, I agree with the fense, with a wall and moat. My suggestion would be to place it on a latitude just south of the space center.
Amen, a fence with armed guards. And shoot anything that crosses it.
Yes, a fence should be part of the deal. Maybe even implement MacArthur’s idea of a 5 mile DMZ seeded with cobalt-60.
Instead of building a fence, and spending tax money I have a better idea (already posted).
Let the new state boundary run along the various canals, rivers and Lake Okeechobee. My proposed boundary would be at Stuart, on the Atlantic Ocean and run west along the various canals and rivers, through Lake Okeechobee and then west along other canals and rivers to Fort Myers on the Gulf of Mexico.
There are only 19 bridges that cross this line. Our only costs would be erecting 38 signs announcing you are entering/exiting the new state.
BTW - that would also exclude the new state’s access to money generated in the entertainment complex called Orlando-Kissimmee. But then, that identifies the real reason, IMHO, for this dumber than normal political move.