[twodave]

This is a somewhat hasty generalization. Plenty of us who live and have our entire extended family in Florida manage to do so without living in areas of high flood risk. I live less than a mile from the St John’s river, but practically the entire city of Jacksonville would have to be underwater for it to reach my house.

[Zigurd]

"This is fine." Seriously though, if a significant part of the city flooded, the fact you didn't have property damage from a specific flooding event isn't very much comfort. There would be disruption from impassable streets, infrastructure damage, and emergency services pushed to the limit.

[twodave]

You could say that of anyplace, of course. The point is that it’s more nuanced than, “Everybody should just leave Florida.”