The Dream of a Florida Retirement Is Fading for the Middle Class.

In only a short time Florida got extremely expensive. It used to be vastly cheaper than California. Now it’s only slightly cheaper, comparing like-for-like areas, etc. And yes, I do know; I’ve now lived in both places.

One of the things I liked about Florida-that-was is that it was one of the few places in the country where lower-middle-class people and the rich lived right next to each other¹. Up until about 10 years ago there, that was widely true. Now neighborhoods like that have mostly disappeared.

Too bad. I liked the old Florida better.

1. A colleague of mine from the UK commented on this, and that it reminded him of Australia in that respect