[dewilson58]

Wait five minutes, a new article will come out.

[MikeN]

Perfect

[opinionist]

Those three states have no obvious appeal to me.
If I were to pick two retirement states, they would be Florida and Arizona.
The home insurance problem was addressed with legislation.
Two hundred fifty thousand lawsuits were filed weeks before the legislation's start date.
Rates will go down or remain flat after the lawsuits have cleared through the legal system.

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by jimkerr

I have yet to see traffic here. Try livining on Los Angeles, Atlanta or Miami. That’s traffic!

The topic is Florida not The Villages, Miami is in Florida.

[Rzepecki]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

The roofing scam causing housing insurance to skyrocket?

No, the insurance company scam on homeowners caused prices to rise.

[Rzepecki]

Originally Posted by jimkerr

I have yet to see traffic here. Try livining on Los Angeles, Atlanta or Miami. That’s traffic!

Exactly! Drive defensively and you’ll be okay.

[Ptmcbriz]

Definitely certain areas of Florida. Hurricanes are bad press. That will never change. What will change are interest rates which are affecting the housing market nationwide. Insurance rates will keep getting impacted with each destructive hurricane. Common sense. No destructive hurricanes, rates start easing with time. It’s not helping with the firing of the forecast modelers at NOAA, and the threat of closer. It’s questionable whether they still have enough trained personnel for flying into the hurricane eyes or the experts to analyze the data to give accurate predictions. We may be relying on the European models for the future.

[gighilton]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

News Media is saying Florida is no longer the ideal state to retire in
with insurance prices and general expense.

Could they be referring to the coastal housing and their HMO expense?

Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi is where Floridians and northern
retires are moving to.

Your Thoughts

Ask who wrote or made the report what their criteria was. Depends on the weather you like, food, environment, taxes...or a litany of anything else.

[jsa]

Originally Posted by jimkerr

I have yet to see traffic here. Try livining on Los Angeles, Atlanta or Miami. That’s traffic!

100% agree. Try Boston. There isn't real traffic in TV.

[Sparky99]

TV is a blast! Who cares what social media has to say...

Just like the stock market: ignore the noise!

[CybrSage]

Originally Posted by Ptmcbriz

We may be relying on the European models for the future.

Every hurricane they show several models, one of which is the European model.
None of the other models stop existing if one group that uses them stops; meteorologists are taught them all in school.

[G.R.I.T.S.]

Your first words say it all…”news media.”

[Ignatz]

Originally Posted by jimkerr

I have yet to see traffic here. Try livining on Los Angeles, Atlanta or Miami. That’s traffic!

Truth! I haven’t seen any traffic in TV. Morse and 44 is a slight issue at some points of the day. It’s not traffic in the normal sense of the word.

[Lea N]

Originally Posted by Laker14

IMO, there is no such thing as "ideal"...to paraphrase the cliche "perfect is the enemy of good", I would say "ideal is the enemy of something that's pretty darn nice and a whole lot better than what I have right now"...

I knew TV wasn't perfect. I did not foresee the roofing scam...I did expect hurricanes, and I did foresee an insurance "crisis" (for lack of a better word).... I came to The Villages for the lifestyle and to escape NY winters, not with the expectation of escaping reality.

Very nicely said. I like this and will keep these wise words in mind for future reference.

[NavyVet]

No traffic?
Roads and traffic situation is crazier than ever this year. We left South Florida in 2003 to get away from impossible traffic. Due to poorly planned roads, overbuilding, long, terribly timed lights, and multiple light cycles to get through an intersection, TV is now JUST LIKE the traffic of Broward and Miami-Dade counties; horrible. It's a hassle to go anywhere. I am so over TV. I am planning my escape for when it becomes feasible.