It was no surprise to read the data that confirmed that the go-go growth years of Florida have halted. Relocation patterns have been skewed as the housing crisis keeps more people at home. The South and the West – the traditional destinations of those migrating to warmer areas – have been notably impacted.
So, it’s no shock that from 2007 to 2008 more people — 9,000 — left Florida and its budget roulette for other states than moved here. Not long ago, such a cold-shouldering scenario would have seemed implausible.
What is also sobering is a look at the states that have attracted the most move-ins — often at Florida’s expense — from other states. Among the top five: Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.
They aren’t that far north.