Florida is quickly becoming a much older, less creative version of California, with none of the homegrown industry or attempts to recruit, develop, and serve a future.
Some of those retirees like my partner & myself are multigenerational Floridians too.
Some of that wealth which was earned and saved here has been, is, and will be left to the very groups you mention. We also vote in every local, state and national election despite long odds in this state. Lawton Chiles and Bill Graham are memories as are some local issues and leaders.How many of those young people vote to change these things? Pinellas county has a school tax referendum which these childless retirees vote for each time. Vote.
Right now, too many retirees is a problem because they're putting pressure on an inadequate economy and infrastructure. Once housing gets too expensive and there are few services, the retirees will either go back to eating cat food while living on the street, or they'll move. There aren't too many intermediate choices. I'm a retiree, and as soon as a few life changes occur, I'm rocketing out of this state. Years of awful state government are about to turn this state into an actual, not merely metaphorical, shithole.
Some of those retirees like my partner & myself are multigenerational Floridians too.
Some of that wealth which was earned and saved here has been, is, and will be left to the very groups you mention. We also vote in every local, state and national election despite long odds in this state. Lawton Chiles and Bill Graham are memories as are some local issues and leaders.How many of those young people vote to change these things? Pinellas county has a school tax referendum which these childless retirees vote for each time. Vote.
Right now, too many retirees is a problem because they're putting pressure on an inadequate economy and infrastructure. Once housing gets too expensive and there are few services, the retirees will either go back to eating cat food while living on the street, or they'll move. There aren't too many intermediate choices. I'm a retiree, and as soon as a few life changes occur, I'm rocketing out of this state. Years of awful state government are about to turn this state into an actual, not merely metaphorical, shithole.
If there are too many retirees and they stop coming, is that a problem or a solution?