[Freak_NL]

In that respect DeSantis could be seen as an eco-warrior in disguise: make Florida politically so completely unattractive to live in that people will leave in droves, reducing the state's carbon footprint. A shame that his policies are just as likely to attract a certain type of person too…

[kcplate]

It’s kind of funny that you think that DeSantis has made Florida “politically unattractive” to where people will “leave in droves” when over the last few years there has been such an influx of people to Florida escaping New York, New Jersey, and Illinois to Florida primarily due to excessive taxes and their Covid politics.

In my neighborhood, there aren’t many of us long time multi-decade Florida residents. Most of my neighbors have been Florida residents for less than 5 years and many since Covid. And in my experience in my neighborhood, the types of people that his policies attracted are the type of people who simply got tired of the kind of policies in their former states and municipalities that they perceived were hurting their kids education…regardless of their political leanings. Many of my new neighbors lean left politically, but moved here because our schools were open.

Certainly not saying every DeSantis policy is a winner or popular, but when other states were shut down, killing small businesses, and watching their kids fall behind in education, Florida was open. People noticed and it appealed to them.