Financial experts predicted Jeff Bezos’s move to Florida would pay off handsomely—and they were right. So far, the Amazon founder’s tax savings have been astronomical, worth an estimated $1 billion this year alone.
Financial experts predicted Jeff Bezos’s move to Florida would pay off handsomely—and they were right. So far, the Amazon founder’s tax savings have been astronomical, worth an estimated $1 billion this year alone.
I moved from Florida to Washington (then later the Midwest). I’ll never return to Florida, but am constantly dreaming I’ll earn enough to be able to afford Washington again
Oregon awaits…
May I ask why?
My upper-middle-class friends in Florida live in a picture-perfect suburb within walking distance of a beautiful beach, and their house was quite affordable by my NYC standards. They vote for Democrats but they don’t appear to be personally affected by the fact that Florida is a Republican state much more than they would be if they didn’t live in Florida. They have a group of friends who aren’t Trump supporters, and the few Trump supporters I had casual conversations with when I visited were nice in-person. My friend says that people look much more at class signifiers than at race. He’s clearly a white-collar family man and he has not had any problems despite being a dark-skinned immigrant.
I get why the people targeted by Florida Republicans wouldn’t want to live in Florida, but you’re talking about earning more money. My impression is that you would be fine if you earned enough to live a middle-class lifestyle unless your appearance clearly violated the social norms. Some people will think that I’m callously ignoring the plight of poorer Floridians, but in NYC I callously ignore people who are even worse-off all the time. (I don’t think a person who isn’t a charity worker can realistically spend much time in Manhattan without learning to pretend that homeless people aren’t there.) I don’t think my plight-ignoring would be substantially worse if I moved to Florida.
Do you think that might have something to do with why it’s so nice for them?
Well yeah, that’s what I explicitly talk about.
It could possibly be that the person you were asking why to isn’t upper middle class. Considering the vast majority of Americans are not.
I mention that at the very start of my post, where he’s talking about having more money.
(Also, I don’t think he’d need to be upper middle class, although if he wasn’t then he probably wouldn’t live so close to a beach.)