Awful to say, but after Rachel's coverage of FL surgeon general fiasco,

[elleng]

I'm glad my folks are no longer living there; My mother passed in FL 10+ years ago, and Dad moved to Iowa, where he passed after living in a 'community,' and being overseen by my brother.

Concerned about all my high school classmates (AND DUers) who ARE there.

[LiberalFighter]

1. Florida should be referred to as the Duck State.

Quack Quack

[elleng]

2. True.

Wasn't happy my folks moved there, from NYState, but they were attending to their well-being; went OK for a # of years, but THIS crap!

[sarcasmo]

3. Covid has kept me from the Florida beaches and I will never return.

[monkeyman1]

5. thank god my step daughter is getting the hell out of that state !

[BigmanPigman]

4. I'm concerned for my neighbor, a Dem,

who is looking to transfer to a job there only so he can be near his mother who moved there. I have the feeling that is one of the reasons many Dems end up moving there. This is the second friend who did this in the last 3 years.

The only time I set foot in the state was when I visited my grandmother. I hate just about everything in FL, from large insects and high humidity to a freeway that has billboards lining it with advertisements for funeral homes and nursing homes as well as probate lawyers. I left out the fact that they drive super slowly as a huge pet peeve.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Here in New York, we have "snowbirds" who spend the winter there, mostly senior citizens

I know a really nice older lady who goes there every winter and last year I warned her because of what we were hearing about Covid, but of course she went anyway, said she lives in a "safe" area. *sigh* And now that we know about DeSantis' insanity, it's definitely worse - but this lady left for Florida again just last week.

[Thunderbeast]

7. DeSantis has killed thousands....

and has no problem killing more Floridians.