I was born and raised in Florida, retired from the military in Florida. Florida got to be so expensive for me that I moved to Tennessee nearly three years ago. Nice climate, no income tax, friendly people and the politics aren't a national laughing stock. I got twice the home and five times the land here in the Volunteer State for what I was paying in Florida. And as for the vehicle registration fees, I would have paid $72 for a vehicle title in Florida. I paid $5 in Tennessee. My registration would have been $101 in Florida. Here, $26.
I still visit my sister in Panama City, but living in Florida is something this military retiree can no longer afford to do.