After hurricane Irma, retirees refuse to move to Florida

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Many retirement Americans planned to move to sunny Florida.

But after the collapse of the destructive hurricane Irma’s staff, some of them decided to revise their plans. CNBC.

55-year-old Sammy Musovik was planning to buy a condominium in Coconut Grove in Miami or in South Beach at the end of the year, transferring his restaurant in Manhattan to the management of two sons.

“I was going to retire and move to Florida, but now I'm definitely reconsidering that decision. I want to feel comfortable and enjoy life, I don’t want to feel in danger,” the man explained.

Florida attracts retirees with low cost of living, lack of personal income tax, an extensive network of medical facilities, and a large selection of recreational activities, including golf, museums, and beaches.

Mild and sunny weather, which lasts there all year round with the exception of the hurricane season, is another “plus” of the state.

However, the devastation and destruction from hurricane Irma and other powerful hurricanes that formed in the Atlantic in the 2017 year, forced many retirees to reconsider their relocation plans to Florida.

According to statistics on the migration of Americans older than 55 years, over the past decade, Florida has been the most attractive destination for the elderly. The competition for this state is Georgia, Arizona, North and South Carolina.

“Weather events can have a real impact,” said University of New Hampshire economics professor Karen Smith Conway, referring to increases in the cost of living, especially for insurance in post-hurricane states.

According to Conway's research, migration to Louisiana has declined dramatically since Hurricane Katrina.

“For five years, we have seen a significant decline in migration to Louisiana. I think that after Irma there will also be a similar drop in Florida,” the professor said.

After Florida’s 2004-2005 was hit by devastating hurricanes, particularly Charlie and Ivan, most retirees chose this state of Georgia.

However, researchers note that reducing immigration to Florida and the surge in moving older people to other states after a hurricane is usually short-term.

Often this is due to the fact that after the collapse of the elements of insurance rates in the state increase, and Florida becomes less accessible to life than some other states, in particular, both the Carolina and Tennessee, so pensioners choose them. But a few years later, the stakes are falling again, and the elderly again prefer to go to Florida.

Recall Hurricane Irma was named the strongest in the Atlantic in the history of observations. The number of deaths caused by Irma in Florida is 13 people, another 4 people killed South Carolina and two in Georgia. At least 37 people died from a hurricane on the islands of the Caribbean. The hurricane left almost 10 a million people in Florida without electricity, leading to the destruction of thousands of homes and roads.

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