vic, still a little bitter I see.
I live in Florida, reasonable standard of living, tourists pay for just about everything, about 500 people a day move here, no income taxes, competitive property taxes, boys are boys/girls are girls. Disney, universal, sea world...beaches all over the place, college for in state residents cheaper by comparison, school choice for kids, no state budget deficits, immigration under control
Now are there some nits...sure there are just like everyplace. hurricanes - can usually count on at least one making landfall each year, higher home insurance rates (did I point out no income taxes), too many short term rentals for all the folks who come here for vacations and it does get a little warm but that's why God invented swimming pools....
Anyway, to each their own