1. Liberals and a lot of public health experts were wrong:
They predicted COVID would specially ravage FL, given its YOLO policies and elderly population. But the state is still officially reporting fewer deaths-per-million than the national average and nearby states.
They predicted COVID would specially ravage FL, given its YOLO policies and elderly population. But the state is still officially reporting fewer deaths-per-million than the national average and nearby states.
2. Conservatives are wrong:
There is a lot of chest-beating about how the Florida economy is kicking ass. But as far as I can tell, its economic performance is—kind of like its pandemic performance—much more *average* than the national narrative would make you think.
There is a lot of chest-beating about how the Florida economy is kicking ass. But as far as I can tell, its economic performance is—kind of like its pandemic performance—much more *average* than the national narrative would make you think.
3. The WSJ is wrong:
Remember that viral headline claiming that nearly as many people are moving out of FL as moving in? So, I talked to the demographer behind that claim. And he told me it was a straightforward misinterpretation of his work. Oops!
Remember that viral headline claiming that nearly as many people are moving out of FL as moving in? So, I talked to the demographer behind that claim. And he told me it was a straightforward misinterpretation of his work. Oops!
4. The most ecstatic Florida boosters are wrong:
The state isn’t a haven from the rampant growth in housing costs and declining inventory that afflicts the coastal superstar cities. Instead, Florida's housing market is in danger of replicating those dynamics.
The state isn’t a haven from the rampant growth in housing costs and declining inventory that afflicts the coastal superstar cities. Instead, Florida's housing market is in danger of replicating those dynamics.
5. I’m wrong:
Well, probably! I can’t tell you how, yet. But I am, after all, writing about Florida. And in the long run, everybody who writes about Florida is wrong, eventually.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Well, probably! I can’t tell you how, yet. But I am, after all, writing about Florida. And in the long run, everybody who writes about Florida is wrong, eventually.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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