Lived in Richmond my whole life but mod r/FloridaMan so I feel like I know a lot about the state, and I have family there. You couldn't pay me to live in Florida. The state is one giant shell game where some people deny to themselves global warming is going to make it an unlivable monument to man's hubris, some people know it's coming and are trying to get out at the last minute, and some people know it's coming and are getting out now - plus the old people who don't care because they won't be here to see it. Also the insurance market is collapsing with no signs of it getting better under De Santis or Crist, so it's only going to get less and less affordable to live there.

Additionally the culture is extremely superficial and Florida ranks 41 / 51 for education spending per student - for context, DC is 4, MD is 9, VA is 21.