I applaud what Gov DeSantis is doing in FL, but is the cost of living wasn’t so high there it would indeed be the ideal spot to retire. But my daughter and son-in-law moved from FL last year because of the cost of living there was thru the roof. Bring that down and FL will be the destination for a lot more folks.
Easy money. No crime in Wy. Everyone’s got guns.
I hope law enforcement retirement plans are easy to move around on a national level. There would be plenty of movement.
Just like every other state some areas are more expensive than others and I’ll give you an example.
The house next door to me was just purchased by a lady moving here from the Miami area......sold her home there for around $800k and paid cash for her new house here in northeast Florida.....the house here was not much more than half what she sold her house in south Florida for.
As far as cost of living goes.....last time I checked, there were 1500 people A DAY moving here from other states.
my daughter and son-in-law moved from FL last year because of the cost of living there
Other than homeowners insurance, depending on where you live, costs of living are much less in Florida compared to most poaces. If you are living coastal SW Florida, real estate iss going to cost more because of increased demand. There are still pockets of Florida oasis, but you have to look for them.
What we noticed when considering moving to FL from CA 12 years ago was that insurance rates — if you even could get insurance — were through the roof. That does factor in to the cost of living that you mention.
Also, we were focused on the Sarasota-Bradenton area, and the traffic was SO bad that we nixed relocating there. Why would we go from CA’s 101 and 405 to sit in traffic in FL? We would not.
Sister and BIL lived there from the mid-’80s, and moved here to TN about five years ago. They had to visit a couple months ago and said “Never again!” because of the traffic.