Thanks for the update on your decision process. We hope you will come our way in your relocation research, and will share your findings and feelings with ClimateDog subscribers as you travel around.
Congratulations to you and Arliss on your circumnavigation! I know a lot of people who say they're interested in moving out of the US -- to Canada, Mexico, Portugal and other places where they see the physical and political climate as attractive. Apparently you did not find a future home in any of the countries you visited. Glad to have you back!
Thanks, David, for a timely article. As you know, we left Florida in January 2017 to sail around the world. Six and a half years later, we returned to Florida in June and are faced with finding a new home ashore. Right away we have decided a few things: 1) We do not want to live in Florida; 2) We will rent a place, not buy; and 3) We want to be close to our grandchildren who live in Atlanta. 4) We do not want to live in an area subject to high threats of climate change effects.
To further explain reasons 1) and 4), despite there being no income tax in Florida, the politics in this state have gone way too far to the right for our liking. The governor is simply crazy, being focused on anti-WOKE rhetoric rather than reducing the cost of living and supporting those families who are more financially disadvantaged.
We have heard statistics that people are moving into this state at the rate of about 1,000 people per day. The real driving force, we see, is simply the weather. Northerners, such as ourselves being originally from Michigan, are just tired of living in a cold climate. We see this as a big driver making people move south. As a result, here in Florida, construction development is running rampant and the roads and highways are getting clogged with cars. But, as a result of climate change with the higher threat of hurricanes and flooding here, insurers are leaving Florida because they cannot cover what they have have promised. They can't make enough money here; more likely they lose money covering hurricane damage. So, it is much harder for homeowners to get proper and sufficient coverage. That has not slowed the exodus from the north however, at least not yet.
Your articles have been useful to us, thank you. We are planning a trip around the country next year to look for suitable places to live, and we'll factor in climate change effects in our search for a new home.
Thanks for the update on your decision process. We hope you will come our way in your relocation research, and will share your findings and feelings with ClimateDog subscribers as you travel around.
Congratulations to you and Arliss on your circumnavigation! I know a lot of people who say they're interested in moving out of the US -- to Canada, Mexico, Portugal and other places where they see the physical and political climate as attractive. Apparently you did not find a future home in any of the countries you visited. Glad to have you back!
Thanks, David, for a timely article. As you know, we left Florida in January 2017 to sail around the world. Six and a half years later, we returned to Florida in June and are faced with finding a new home ashore. Right away we have decided a few things: 1) We do not want to live in Florida; 2) We will rent a place, not buy; and 3) We want to be close to our grandchildren who live in Atlanta. 4) We do not want to live in an area subject to high threats of climate change effects.
To further explain reasons 1) and 4), despite there being no income tax in Florida, the politics in this state have gone way too far to the right for our liking. The governor is simply crazy, being focused on anti-WOKE rhetoric rather than reducing the cost of living and supporting those families who are more financially disadvantaged.
We have heard statistics that people are moving into this state at the rate of about 1,000 people per day. The real driving force, we see, is simply the weather. Northerners, such as ourselves being originally from Michigan, are just tired of living in a cold climate. We see this as a big driver making people move south. As a result, here in Florida, construction development is running rampant and the roads and highways are getting clogged with cars. But, as a result of climate change with the higher threat of hurricanes and flooding here, insurers are leaving Florida because they cannot cover what they have have promised. They can't make enough money here; more likely they lose money covering hurricane damage. So, it is much harder for homeowners to get proper and sufficient coverage. That has not slowed the exodus from the north however, at least not yet.
Your articles have been useful to us, thank you. We are planning a trip around the country next year to look for suitable places to live, and we'll factor in climate change effects in our search for a new home.
Charlottesville is pretty perfect. ❤️