Everybody’s moving to Florida

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🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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We’re not just talking snowbirds. The Sunshine State is the fastest growing in the nation despite, you know, climate change. Vox’s Marin Cogan and Umair Irfan explain why. This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Serena Solin and Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Florida man is responsible for a large percentage of abnormal incidents that occur in Florida.
0:07.0	No one knows his true identity, date of birth, what he looks like, and so I headlines
0:12.3	always say Florida man.
0:17.0	Florida man won $2 million from scratch off lottery ticket, different Florida man busted
0:22.3	with cocaine cookies while other Florida man torched car belonging to girlfriend who also
0:27.4	his cousin.
0:28.4	No, yes, it's true.
0:31.8	Those are real headlines and it may sound a mess, but there's a great migration underway
0:37.6	to the land of in God we trust Florida motto.
0:41.6	Vox reporters have been covering an exciting and possibly significant demographic movement
0:46.6	in the U.S.
0:47.8	And coming up on today explained we find out why does it seem like everyone is moving
0:52.4	to Florida.
1:01.0	Support for this show comes from Delta Airlines.
1:03.6	No one sees the world quite like an airline, but the world seen below is changing.
1:08.5	Fast.
1:09.5	That's why Delta Airlines is committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
1:14.1	It's why Delta is getting rid of 4.9 million pounds of single use plastics annually and
1:19.4	why they're accelerating their push to source sustainable aviation fuel.
1:23.9	Because Delta knows a thing or two about getting where it needs to be, and it's time we all
1:27.9	got going.
1:28.9	Together, learn more at delta.com slash sustainability.
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