# Fuck Florida **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 29, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235 "2024-09-29T10:55:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/21 "2024-09-29T20:07:34Z")
True but I think if Yellowstone pops its top the whole US, indeed the world, will be affected in a bad way. I’ve told myself that if I see in the news that Yellowstone has exploded I will drive to the nearest airport ASAP and get on the first flight to New Zealand I can. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/22 "2024-09-29T21:16:35Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Florida has no income tax. But they get your money anyway. We moved from Florida to Maryland, which has an income tax, but overall, our cost of living went down. Insuring our home and cars is cheaper and the sales tax in our county is lower. Florida has all kinds of impact fees, including on new homes and vehicles registered in state for the first time. I don’t miss Florida in the least and I certainly don’t plan to go there if I don’t have to. We had to fly thru Miami in February, but that hardly counts. As far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing there for me. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/23 "2024-09-29T21:29:12Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I’d think Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska and South Dakota are free from most natural disasters. Maybe a bad snow storm is the worst thing. The school where I taught was in an earthquake zone, so there’s that. Do forest fires count as natural disasters? Wyoming and Montana get plenty of those, but then, so do a lot of places, and sometimes they’re human-caused. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/24 "2024-09-29T21:36:46Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > That article seems to suggest Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois and South Dakota use the least amount of money in disaster relief funds (which suggests they have few disasters or just fewer people/property affected by disasters). I think that the number you’d want to look at is relief funds per capita. Nebraska and South Dakota might not need much relief funding simply because there’s nobody there to be affected by a disaster, but if tens of millions of people moved there to enjoy the “safe” environment, the spending following whatever disasters there are would go up. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/25 "2024-09-29T21:43:52Z")
Do not head to NZ! Volcanoes don’t ya know? it’s in the ring of fire afterall. Florida RE is looking dicey. Condos especially, buying? Proceed very carefully with moneybags of cash and an exit strategy. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/26 "2024-09-29T23:42:06Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > But they get your money anyway. We moved from Florida to Maryland, which has an income tax, but overall, our cost of living went down. Insuring our home and cars is cheaper and the sales tax in our county is lower. Florida has all kinds of impact fees, including on new homes and vehicles registered in state for the first time. In the opposite corner, Washington State is the same. No income tax but high sales tax and high costs of living. But it’s a heck of a lot nicer to live here. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/27 "2024-09-30T00:13:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Nebraska and South Dakota might not need much relief funding simply because there’s nobody there to be affected by a disaster There are 1.96 million people in Nebraska. That is not ‘nobody there’. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/28 "2024-09-30T00:17:49Z")
Not literally nobody, no, but it’s still a pretty low-population state, compared with the likes of Florida or New York. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/29 "2024-09-30T01:21:08Z")
This article doesn’t even mention Wyoming, Montana, or Idaho. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/30 "2024-09-30T01:54:46Z")
I never said it did. My first post was a guess. Then I found an article on point (sort of). Have a cookie anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/31 "2024-09-30T02:10:13Z")
That’s not much more than the population of my county. How is that not just a rounding error? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/32 "2024-09-30T02:30:34Z")
_Obviously_ there are people who live there but compared to the rest of the US, yes 1.9 million for an entire state is basically “nobody.” ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/33 "2024-09-30T02:42:21Z")
1,961,503 and Warren Buffett ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/34 "2024-09-30T03:04:57Z")
Would Population per square mile be a good way to measure this math question? ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/35 "2024-09-30T03:11:48Z")
Pfft, I couldn’t live in NE; too many people. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/36 "2024-09-30T03:29:46Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Washington State is the same. No income tax but high sales tax and high costs of living. But it’s a heck of a lot nicer to live here. And between the cataclysmic earthquake that could happen any day and the volcano that’s going to bury Tacoma under 30 feet of mud, this state (at least the western half of it - maybe people live east of the Cascades, we don’t know, and frankly we don’t want to know) is sitting atop a ticking time bomb itself. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/37 "2024-09-30T03:41:15Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > I couldn’t live in NE; too many people. Assuming I’m not being whooshed, where do you live? Alaska? (Hawai’i works for me; we have fewer than 200,000 people total). ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/38 "2024-09-30T03:43:13Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > And between the cataclysmic earthquake that could happen any day and the volcano that’s going to bury Tacoma under 30 feet of mud, this state (at least the western half of it - maybe people live east of the Cascades, we don’t know, and frankly we don’t want to know) is sitting atop a ticking time bomb itself. Thanks for the warm fuzzies, sunshine! 😜 ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/39 "2024-09-30T04:07:16Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I’d think Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska and South Dakota are free from most natural disasters. Maybe a bad snow storm is the worst thing. Granted it was almost 90 years ago, but central MT got hit with a series of earthquakes that did a fair amount of damage. [Here](http://www.helenahistory.org/miscellany_helena.htm) are some pix of Helena. Snow? Pfffffffffft! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235/40 "2024-09-30T04:56:18Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > There are 1.96 million people in Nebraska. But only One I care about! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235.md?page=3)