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Why New Yorkers Keep Moving to Florida. The Real Estate Math Behind the Move.

For a New Yorker considering Florida, the sales pitch is powerful: warmer winters, no state personal income tax and the possibility of turning expensive northern real estate into a different lifestyle.

Why New Yorkers Keep Moving to Florida. The Real Estate Math Behind the Move.

For a New Yorker considering Florida, the sales pitch is powerful: warmer winters, no state personal income tax and the possibility of turning expensive northern real estate into a different lifestyle. The migration is real. But the numbers tell a more complicated story than an endless stampede south. Census estimates summarized by USAFacts show roughly 50,700 people moved from New York to Florida in 2024, making New York Florida’s largest source of residents arriving from another state. Florida’s net gain…

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