Interesting thread, I am both concerned and disheartened by what the residents of the USVI and Puerto Rico have had to endure. We have a deep bond with the U.S. Virgin Island of St. John. Over many many years and vacations my wife and I have spent close to a year of our lives on the Island of St. John staying at the now closed Maho Bay Camp. It was not camping in a tent on the ground, but rather a permanent structure built with pressure treated two by four framing and canvas on a solid platform on the side of a hill overlooking paradise. To our death bed it will probably be our favorite place on the planet earth. St. John is such a small and welcoming island and the off the beating path parts of the island are so beautiful and unique no one can even comprehend it unless they go there and experience it for themselves. St. John was absolutely devastated by last years dual hurricanes, as was as St. Thomas and Puerto Rico. So sad! Unfortunately for St. John, the least populated USVI, it has fallen to the bottom of the peeking order for assistance and is slow to recover from the devastation.
As far as having Puerto Rico and the 3 USVI's becoming part of Florida, interesting but I doubt it would be a political possibility. Imagine the fight for this? Florida is the largest swing state politically in the USA. The addition of the Caribbean to Florida as a voting state would swing Florida blue big time.
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