I have very little experience with Florida. I’ve visited, and I really liked what I saw.
There doesn’t appear to be any “traditional” or “Legacy’ businesses there. And nothing old seems to exist. Everything is new and clean.
Not my cup of tea, but I’ve also known hundreds, literally known hundreds of people from Connecticut who have moved there for either retirement or to escape the BS of Connecticut.
And I get the idea from many years ago that it’s really just “Connecticut Lite”.
Connecticut is “California Lite”, that’s for sure. Whenever something gets passed in CA it’s about 10 years before CT passes the same crap.
Am I off here ?
My husband and I have many family members and friends in Florida. We love to visit there.
The cattle and citrus industries are probably the oldest, followed by tourism.
Connecticut has been a very liberal state for a very long time. - top 5.
Florida has been traditionally Conservative or Dixiecrat with densely populated pockets of Yankee liberalism. Broward is THE spoiler county for the state. NY, NJ, Mass, & CT elderly and transplants rule and displace natives.
Cali has had minimal influence upon Florida. However, FL has copied some of their bad educational policies.