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Friday, November 07, 2025

As home prices skyrocket and insurance premiums soar, the cost of living has some Floridians rethinking life in the Sunshine State.

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Yup. "In the United States alone, a spike in non-renewal rates across the homeowners' insurance industry - even beyond high-risk markets in Florida and California - indicates that climate threatens to trigger a national insurance crisis."

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-- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) Nov 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM

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... Housing prices in Florida jumped more than 50% during the pandemic, and while they've leveled off since, they remain well above pre-2020 levels, according to Newsweek.

Property taxes have continued to rise, and Florida now ranks near the bottom for affordability -- 49th out of 50, according to WalletHub.

A study by SmartAsset found that a single adult needs to earn $97,000 a year to live comfortably in the state. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-06 01:39 PM | Reply

It's a ---- hole State.

About 45% say they're living paycheck to paycheck and no longer believe the American Dream -- especially homeownership -- is within reach.
- FTA

Quite simply Government spending is eroding value of their work. This is true across the country, affordability everywhere is rapidly falling as "transitory" inflation continues.

M2 is at another high, last time it triggered inflation.

#2 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-11-06 02:33 PM | Reply

Stay in your ---- hole and rot, scum.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-06 03:09 PM | Reply

#2

What government spending? Oh, you mean 300 billion for a "ballroom"? ---- off, imbecile.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-06 03:10 PM | Reply

Or maybe it's Gov Taxation of individuals via Tariffs.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-06 03:16 PM | Reply

The Exodus form Egypt... I mean, New York City, is just going to make it worse.

#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-11-06 03:59 PM | Reply

You know what you won't see.

Anyone moving to Texas.

What a shhthole state.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-11-06 04:09 PM | Reply

The Exodus form Egypt... I mean, New York City, is just going to make it worse.

#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Doubtful.

The word "exodus is thrown around a lot despite the movements being nowhere near that level.

And we're starting to see the initial trends of movement into states like FL and TX reverse themselves as people who moved there find it's not what they were sold.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2025-11-06 04:13 PM | Reply

You know what you won't see.

Anyone moving to Texas.

What a shhthole state.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-11-06 04:09 PM | Reply | Flag:

You're retarded. But yes, it's terrible here. Please stay far away.

#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-11-06 04:50 PM | Reply

Where's your trailer house located?

#10 | Posted by jpw at 2025-11-06 05:06 PM | Reply

Let them all move to South Georgia, below the gnat line.

#11 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-11-06 07:59 PM | Reply

@#8 ... The word "exodus is thrown around a lot despite the movements being nowhere near that level. ...

Agreed.

...And we're starting to see the initial trends of movement into states like FL and TX reverse themselves as people who moved there find it's not what they were sold. ...

Yeah, it is that "find it's not what they were sold" aspect that seems to be the concern.

They were sold, "no income tax."

But then the found themselves to be faced with property taxes ans insurance costs.


My guess is that the latter were not mentioned in the sales pitch to buy property in Florida.

But then, the sales pitches to buy property in Florida have always been so honest.


#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-07 11:27 PM | Reply

Hey, if idiots elect a human caused global warming denier, they have to expect losing a lot of the coastline,, expect more and more deadly storms taking apart homes...you have to expect more social unrest as the poor understand it is all a game, and the game is rigged so they lose, and if they are Black or Brown, they have to expect a uniformed someone pointing a weapon at them sooner or later.

#13 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-11-08 07:34 AM | Reply

The West is the Best. Looked out my window. Blue skies. Short sleeve shirts. About 65 degrees. Perfect November day in the Sunshine State. Maybe I'll take my dog for a walk in the nearby canyons.

#14 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-11-08 01:10 PM | Reply

What government spending? Oh, you mean 300 billion for a "ballroom"? ---- off, imbecile.

#4 | POSTED BY LEGALLYYOURDEAD AT 2025-11-06 03:10 PM | REPLY | FLAG:
The ballroom is being by Trum[ and private donors.

Other ones there were privately funded:

FDR's Indoor Swimming Pool (1933): This pool, located in the West Terrace, was financed by the "Roosevelt Swimming Pool Fund" established by the New York Daily News, which raised money through private donations, including pennies from schoolchildren, for the president's polio therapy. It was later covered and converted into the White House Press Briefing Room under Richard Nixon

Ford's Outdoor Swimming Pool (1975): President Gerald Ford, an avid swimmer, had an outdoor pool installed on the South Lawn, which was also financed by private donations.

#15 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-11-08 02:42 PM | Reply

-------------, pedo 47 just pissed away $40 billion on Argentina.

#16 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-08 02:49 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#15 All of those "privately funded" projects were all carried out under the rules and regulations governing the White House and its improvements and maintenance.

The Trump got a wild hair up his rear orifice and just ordered it destroyed.

I can explain it to you. But I can't understand it for you.

You're not too smart, are you?

The 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution has done nothing for the United States of America.

Absolutely nothing.

#17 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-08 02:53 PM | Reply

#16 $40,000,000,000.00 to Argentina:

Then there is the little issue that Trump has mandated US banks to provide Argentina another 20 billion in loans. However, thus far banks have refused unless the US government guarantees the loans.

In other words, we, the taxpayer could be on the hook for 40 billion. That madame, is highly likely since Argentina has reneged 20 times on IMF loans since the 1950s.

#18 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-08 02:56 PM | Reply

Another bullshit article, nobody is leaving Florida.

Poor Democrats all think alike. inflation from all that government spending? It must be tbat ballroom or perhaps tariffs (even though that's actually generating money for the government lol)

It's never the multi-billion dollar welfare programs that were never funded correctly to begin with that always end up costing more than initially reported.

#19 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-11-08 10:58 PM | Reply

#19 $40,000,000,000.00 to Argentina:

Then there is the little issue that Trump has mandated US banks to provide Argentina another 20 billion in loans. However, thus far banks have refused unless the US government guarantees the loans.

In other words, we, the taxpayer could be on the hook for 40 billion. That madame, is highly likely since Argentina has reneged 20 times on IMF loans since the 1950s.

#20 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-08 11:01 PM | Reply

#19 A Burger King crown and a happy meal

But my favorite part of the summit is the menu they designed for Trump ... .

We've got a salad called "Reminiscing the Success Story of New York" with Trump's favorite Thousand Island dressing, which is basically Big Mac sauce.

We've got a Korean Platter of Sincerity with US Beef. We've got a "gochujang-ketchup glaze" and mini beef patties with ketchup, in case Trump can't find anything else on the menu to eat, because they know he's got the palate of a toddler.

And we've got a "Peacemaker's Dessert" that includes a gold-adorned brownie, because what else do you serve Scrooge fucking McDuck besides literal gold on a brownie.

So yes, South Korea basically gave Trump a Burger King crown and a happy meal with extra ketchup and patted him on the head and told him he's been a real good boy.

** They mocked him right out in the open while making him feel like they were kissing the ring. **

#21 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-08 11:02 PM | Reply

#19 Around the time of the election, [Binance founder ChangPeng] Zhao's representatives began discussions with allies of Trump, saying they wanted to find a solution to Binance's legal troubles in the U.S. and offering a deal with a Trump family business, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Once Trump won, Binance formed a high-level task force to strike a deal with the Trumps' nascent cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, that Binance could leverage into clemency for Zhao, other people familiar with the matter said.

This spring, Binance took steps that catapulted the Trump family venture's new stablecoin product, enhancing its credibility and pushing its market capitalization up from $127 million to over $2.1 billion.

Trump granted Zhao a presidential pardon last week, likely paving the way for the world's largest crypto-trading platform to return to the U.S., from where it was banned after the company pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money-laundering rules. At the time, the government said Zhao had caused "significant harm to U.S. national security" by allowing sanctioned Iranian crypto exchanges, Russian drug-traffickers, Hamas militants and other criminal groups to move billions of dollars through the exchange.

The bottom-line (as if there is a bottom):

The pardon marks the most distinct instance yet of Trump using the powers of his office to benefit someone at the center of deals that have enriched his family.

No sh*t.

#22 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-08 11:02 PM | Reply

#19 And if I were Trump ( God forbid), I'd be nervous. Because when people start using state races as a low-cost way to punch your movement in the face, they tend to keep punching.

2026 is coming.

substack.com

#23 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-08 11:03 PM | Reply

#19 - Why has the Trump given $40,000,000,000.00 of American taxpayer money, to a country known for defaulting on previous international loans?

- When are the Epstein files going to be released?

- Why did Kristi Noem spend $172,000,000.00 of American taxpayer money for not one, but 2 Gulfstream private jets (the US Government already has a fleet of air transportation exclusively for executive- and Cabinet-level personnel)?

- Why is there a Qatari Air Force Base - Qatari, a country that's financed international terrorism - being built in Idaho in the USA?

- Why has the Trump added $2,000,000,000,000.00 (and climbing) to the nation's debt just since he took office in January, 2025?

#24 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-08 11:07 PM | Reply

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