Posted on 12/17/2025 12:31:49 PM PST by Miami Rebel
Once the darling of American transplants, Florida’s appeal seems to have dimmed. Just three years ago, Florida ranked among the nation’s top destinations for people making a move. But that momentum seems to have faded. Florida still offers the warm climate and favorable tax structure that remain major draws, but it’s lost ground on the crucial affordability factor. In the year through November, just over half of global moving company Atlas Van Lines’ Florida-related moves were inbound, the firm said in its annual Migration Patterns Study — a near-even split between people moving in and moving out that marks a sharp shift from the pandemic era, when Florida ranked among the nation’s strongest inbound states. During the COVID-era peak, 60% of Atlas’ Florida moves were inbound — then the fourth-highest ratio in the country — as the state became the fastest-growing in the U.S., per Census estimates. But in 2025, for the second consecutive year, inbound moves accounted for only about half of the company’s Florida relocations, among the lowest shares Florida has posted in more than a decade. While the moving company cites Florida’s warm climate and lack of a state income tax as serious draws, rising housing costs, insurance premiums and climate concerns are increasingly pushing out residents, said Chellsie Parker, a representative of Atlas. Nationally, moving has slowed to its lowest level in decades. Only about 11% of Americans moved in 2024, down from more than 14% a decade earlier, according to Atlas, thanks in part to high housing costs nationwide.
States such as Arkansas, Idaho and North Carolina — where housing costs are generally lower — topped Atlas’ inbound migration rankings this past year, outpacing Florida’s middle-of-the-pack showing.
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Commie rag
Has the panhandle remained affordable?
Prove it, Sluggo.
Some moving to Florida don’t realize what the summers are like there
Sis has a condo in JAX, but summers in her cabin in the high desert of California. 100 degrees, but not 100% humidity
They’re moving because the DemonRATS of the Party of Death just bought the Miami mayor’s job for one of their skanky blonde Barbies like Blondie Spamburger, Blondie Mikey the Chopper driver, and Blondie Karen, Eileen Huggies.
Insurance rates have skyrocketed.
You’re funny.
LoL both sound not ideal for summer! Maybe Pacific Northwest for that. Maine?
I said something similar to a fellow passenger on a flight to Las Vegas. The response, “An oven is still hot.”
My total policies now approach $20,000. They’ve more than doubled in the last few years.
Word salad.
My ship pulled into Fort Lauderdale and being a lowly paid sailor, that place was ridiculously high-priced.
Alaska it is! 🏔️
You have to pay for all those storms and uninsured drivers.
Because it’s less developed, the Panhandle still has pockets of affordability. The high end — Santa Rosa Beach and Destin — have properties whose price tags are in the Coral Gables - Manalapan - Vero Beach league.
Overall, the Florida real estate market has eased, with the Southwest, Marco Island to St. Pete, showing the greatest declines. Private capital flooded that area and is now leading to dumping.
Home insurers have fled the state. Citizens was set up by the state as an insurer of last resort. I have a policy with them.
I was sure Nashville would be the area listed as the “Florida replacement”. That was until I noticed that the houses near my childhood home in “Charlotte Park” (which was bought by my parents in 1980 for $53k), are now over $500k and UP!
So Nashville is no longer “affordable”.
Please stop moving to NC.
Very true. I’m a 32459 Zipcoder and I couldn’t afford to live here If I had to buy today. Places inland along the “Forgotten Coast” are still affordable. Carabelle, Mexico Beach on down to Apalachicola.
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