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Hortensis

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5. Well, advise not holding your breath while hoping yours don't

Fri May 19, 2023, 05:54 PM

May 2023

return to your back yard. Florida's climate and geography alone are not ever even acquired tastes for some, and many people who come so hopefully return to the family and friends they left.

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It's not your imagination: There really is a MAGA migration to Florida [View all] RKP5637 May 2023 OP

If they all want to go there, fine Jilly_in_VA May 2023 #1

I think it's sinking, so we might have to do nothing except saw it loose from the mainland! n/t RKP5637 May 2023 #8

Gotta do what gotta do durablend May 2023 #20

that NEVER gets old CatWoman May 2023 #37

Geez, if that is not enough to make otherwise sane people avoid moving to Florida... hlthe2b May 2023 #2

Well, advise not holding your breath while hoping yours don't Hortensis May 2023 #5

the snakes, alligators and iguanas are a deal breaker for me. CatWoman May 2023 #16

Lol, and climb over your garden fences and...scorched earth. Hortensis May 2023 #17

You can run away from snakes, alligators, and iguanas. Demobrat May 2023 #34

yeah CatWoman May 2023 #35

Pretty tough running away from Fascist dictators as well.... AZ8theist May 2023 #39

Yeah, and probably the most difficult. They are very infectious. n/t RKP5637 May 2023 #47

You are taking tongue-in-cheek comments WAAAAAY too personally. hlthe2b May 2023 #24

HAH!!! CatWoman May 2023 #30

Two words: Lauren Boebert hlthe2b May 2023 #33

We know a former lovely friend of our son growing up who moved to Florida Hortensis May 2023 #3

Ha! 2naSalit May 2023 #4

TeeHee, noted the Name people are all on the coasts. quaint May 2023 #6

Few can afford the beaches now. And where the rest are moving Hortensis May 2023 #7

The Villages and places like it are growing like weeds. Mariana May 2023 #45

I read that in 25 years or so vast parts of Florida will be uninsurable. Axelrods_Typewriter May 2023 #14

Yes. Haggis 4 Breakfast May 2023 #53

Most of the MAGAts pouring into Florida are retirees. Mariana May 2023 #55

We tried to warn them. CrispyQ May 2023 #38

Yeah, right color! n/t RKP5637 May 2023 #48

I had some (kind of ex-friends) move there Nictuku May 2023 #9

Hurricanes were hitting Florida long before it became a MAGAt magnet. Mariana May 2023 #46

My sister in law who was born and raised in CA lived there when she first got married in 1992 kimbutgar May 2023 #10

They can have their Feeble, Filthy, Frumpy Florida Fat Fuck Blue Owl May 2023 #11

Co-worker retired to Florida and moved back two years later. His problem with Florida? Midnight Writer May 2023 #12

My adopted daughter just left there Jilly_in_VA May 2023 #13

FloriDUH, it's a diseased state with all the the MAGA slithering there like snakes. n/t RKP5637 May 2023 #49

lol Cool graphic, thanks! ancianita May 2023 #15

and al capone... msongs May 2023 #19

Don't forget Ted Bundy who fled to Florida. wnylib May 2023 #41

... RKP5637 May 2023 #50

Florida has always been an escape hatch GenThePerservering May 2023 #18

Rec just for the cRtoon malaise May 2023 #21

If only there was... Septua May 2023 #22

I feel bad for Floridians like my niece and her husband mountain grammy May 2023 #23

lived in South Florida in the 80's.... bahboo May 2023 #25

Great map. Once considered moving there as I had relatives. So glad I didn't. Evolve Dammit May 2023 #26

I lived in Miami in the 70's & 80's. I'm in San Francisco now. Happy to stay in my City By The Bay. NBachers May 2023 #27

Beautiful view LoveTheDU May 2023 #42

Hmmm. Marcuse May 2023 #28

all a bunch of nauseating assholes LymphocyteLover May 2023 #29

Hopefully they're heading there from toss-up states Johonny May 2023 #31

Stay there . . . AverageOldGuy May 2023 #32

Dilute their Vote NowISeetheLight May 2023 #36

Wait until the critters sneak up on them.. Historic NY May 2023 #40

Hopefully they're coming from swing states IronLionZion May 2023 #43

Just the depiction of Rick Ssssssssssssssssssssssccccccccoooootttttt BumRushDaShow May 2023 #44

Yeah, that really revealed his inner self! n/t RKP5637 May 2023 #51

Let every MAGAt migrate to Florida meow2u3 May 2023 #52

Back when I loved Florida I thought "unfortunate that it's shaped like a..." lostnfound May 2023 #54