Indeed, the 2020 census showed so many New Yorkers leaving that New York State lost a congressional seat, while Florida gained one. Even Cuozzo’s social media accounts showed him lounging with a happy alligator grin at Palm Beach’s Colony Hotel and other Florida locales on what he would have credulous New Yorkers believe were miserable visits. The temptation to leave New York was hard to resist at the height of the pandemic. Cuozzo’s article “wasn’t offensive,” retorted his Boca Raton-based Post colleague and recovering New York chauvinist Karol Markowicz. He had heard bad things about alligators. A friend’s ocean view was blocked by new construction. What are his complaints about the “Sunshine State?” On a visit to Miami Beach, he had waited too long for coffee. Many have found refuge in Florida, which prides itself on generous tax laws, low crime, a pro-business environment, unobtrusive pandemic policies, an anti-woke ethos, and general ease of life. “Listen up, New York-Florida sucks, and you’ll all be back in five years.” So proclaimed New York Post reporter Steve Cuozzo last June, after the flight south of hundreds of thousands of his fellow citizens from the Empire State.
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