Tens of thousands of New Yorkers move to Florida

what is a secret for you now you have concrete data to confirm it: New Yorkers move to Florida.

According to data provided by the Florida Department of Highway Safety, From September 2020 to March 2021, 33,565 New York drivers changed their driver’s licenses to Florida.

In the United States, since there is no mandatory federal national ID, a driver’s license is often considered the main piece of identification. When changing address, many Americans change their licenses to the new state – even if they are not legally required to do so-, to have a new address registered.

During the same six-month period the previous year, 25,370 New Yorkers have changed their residences to Florida based on changes to driver’s licenses. In other words, in one year, the increase was 32%.

The three counties that have welcomed the most new residents from the Northeast are Southeast Florida: West Palm Beach, with 14,045 personas, Broward with 8,422, and Miami-Dade with 8,033.

Since 2019, 104.960 New Yorkers have made Florida their new house, at least in terms of driving license -which implies that there are many more, since most have moved with their families-.

The phenomenon doesn’t just happen with New Yorkers. Neighbors of New sweater they also chose the warmer southern lands. According to the same source, 53,901 Jersey residents transferred their licenses to Florida from 2019 to today. They are followed by the state of Georgia, from where 48,143 drivers moved, very similar to Illinois with 46,042 new licenses in Florida and California, with 43,801 people on the move.

The New York case is iconic not only because it has the highest number of moves confirmed through licensing, but also because those coming from New York City they usually don’t have a driver’s license – since public transport operates more in town than private cars – assuming there are even many more than those confirmed by this source.

The Florida phenomenon is not new. Traditionally, many seniors moved in search of a better climate and lower taxes. What is striking is that now they are young people Yes professionally active. The pandemic, and in particular the remote work, allowed many people to choose their place of residence rather than their place of residence based on their work.

The Florida State Bureau of Economic and Demographic Research released a report last March on the state’s so-called population explosion since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in which it explains that the ‘people are expected to continue to choose Florida after the pandemic. is finished because there is “an apparent change in lifestyle preferences, further away from large urban centers ”.

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