Liberalism is proving to be effective at one thing: driving people into red states with a new poll showing that more than a quarter of New Yorkers intend to flee their state soon.
And Florida, under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, is arguably the most popular destination for them.
As The Blaze reported, Siena College released a poll last month revealing 27% of New Yorkers intend to leave the state within the next five years.
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Don Levy, polling director at the Siena College Research Institute, noted, “These are high numbers. These are take your breath away numbers.”
To Levy’s point:
- 49% of New Yorkers said they don’t feel safe from crime
- 40% replied that New York is not a good place to raise children
- 60% were not completely sold on whether New York is a good place to retire, while 31% said the want to spend their golden years elsewhere.
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The Blaze noted that nearly 11,000 New Yorkers have decamped to Florida during the first three months of the year.
Combined with the last two years, roughly 138,000 New Yorkers are now Floridians.
A report last month by the real estate website Redfin revealed that Miami, Tampa, and Orlando were among the top destination cities for people looking to relocate — and that most of their traffic came from New York.
The Blaze recalled that last August, New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul told Republicans in her state, “Just jump on a bus and head down to Florida where you belong, OK? You are not New Yorkers.”
Apparently, they are taking her advice.
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