Did you move last year? census states most people did not because of the recession. florida actually lost population. Alaska and Wyoming gained population. have the border/sunshine states lost their appeal because of illegal immigrants?
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john pennington
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That may PARTIALLY be the problem here (central Florida), but it's more the fact that the job market here is horrible. So much of the commerce here depended on the urban planning and construction industry - and now that has come to nearly a complete halt, so many people are out of work. I know more than a few people who have left the state in search of work in the last two years. Both my husband and I lost our jobs, and were out of work for over a year. Fortunately, his work has picked back up, and with the government stimulus, we're starting to see road construction projects popping up again. Maybe it's going to start getting better. I certainly hope so.
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I did move last year, but I stayed within my State.
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Florida lost population principally because it has been repeatedly hit by hurricanes, which destroy infrastructure and kill jobs. There are other factors. One is that Florida grew too fast to begin with. 1000 ppl per day were moving in during the 1990s and that was unsustainable. Demand for things like real estate boosted the values and gave rise to ridiculous speculation and house-flipping. Growth itself was a major industry. A few hurricanes blew through. Hurricanes were nothing new, with one in 1928 having killed over 2500 people, but apparently the union educrats do not teach history anymore. On top of all that, the place is uncomfortably hot. It is suitable for living only so long as you hide in air conditioning most of the time. Once everybody figured out it was a stupid thing to move there, and with so many jobs dead, leading to less commerce and more dead jobs, and so many idiots got caught holding the bag after investing at the top of the market, people had to leave.
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