Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Florida
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 01-05-2024, 06:46 PM
 
2,962 posts, read 4,995,939 times
Reputation: 1887

Advertisements

Quote:
Originally Posted by kyle19125 View Post
Harry, I can rattle off several areas that are neither. Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Indian River County, Brevard County, St John's County, Lake County, Polk County, Sumter County, Marion County, Santa Rosa County, Okaloosa County and Escambia County as well as others.
I live in Indian River County. Anywhere west of Rt. 95 is flood prone. If you watched the news recently, you could have seen the flooding in Fellsmere just from a heavy rain storm. The Fellsmere Brookside Cemetary is East of 95 in Sebastian for that reason. The Infrastructure can't handle the present population. They're trying to save Indian River Lagoon from the sewerage. The roads don't meet 1950's standards. FPL is about the only one making meaningful improvements. Osceola has some decent land and they're planning massive developments.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 01-06-2024, 04:45 AM
 
836 posts, read 850,658 times
Reputation: 740
Quote:
Originally Posted by logicalconsequence View Post
Florida ranks 8th in the U.S. in population density. Most of it is w/in a 30 minute drive of the coast. In those areas, development is moving into vertical mode.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...lation_density

In the rest of the state, there's vast undeveloped space.
https://www.city-data.com/forum/flor...-dense-ny.html

NY = 416.42/sq mi (7th)
FL = 414.8/sq mi (8th)

It looks like FL is about to surpass NY in the population density as well, more than likely this year as FL's population continues to grow with domestic (and international) migrants from NY, NJ, PA, CT, MA, OH, MI, and IL and the Latin American and Caribbean countries of Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Nicaragua, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, and the Bahamas.

As the major cities of Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville continue to grow in size and mature, FL will have the same clout as CA used to have from the 1950's to 2000.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-06-2024, 06:48 AM
 
Location: USA
249 posts, read 115,446 times
Reputation: 236
Work from anywhere will disburse population, & the big cities will continue to lose people.

More uniform density will result...it might take a few decades though.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-06-2024, 09:24 AM
 
1,848 posts, read 3,724,411 times
Reputation: 2486
Okaloosa County was mentioned, not sure if it was about infrastructure or water supply or lots of undeveloped land available. If it was in reference to land, think again. The majority of what you see as undeveloped is military reservation. Everything north of FWB and Niceville up to I-10 and almost to Alabama is military land, and we are boxed in on the other side by the gulf. The Military reservations in the area are in excess of 500,000 acres. We are busting at the seams here. In Niceville in particular the land that isn't owned by the military is owned by one family and they are developing lots of new homes, but on one side people complain about it adding more kids to the schools, roads etc, while the other side complain there is no affordable housing. Sure, the new stuff will be $$ but if it frees up the less expensive older homes, then there will be more affordable homes available. Schools and roads are another issue. People are moving here every day! Houses in my neighborhood are selling in one day, even with the high interest rates. The military are required to move here, but many of the newcomers are remote workers who just want to be in Florida.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-07-2024, 03:52 PM
 
30,395 posts, read 21,215,773 times
Reputation: 11954
Maybe 6 Cat 5 canes than clean it out some.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-08-2024, 07:18 AM
 
Location: Alabama
13,611 posts, read 7,911,419 times
Reputation: 7093
"Overpopulation" is an incredibly relative term. Even if you try to use objective criteria to determine whether a place is "overcrowded", it's still just somebody's opinion.

The island of Java is a little bit smaller than Florida in square miles, but has 145 million people to Florida's ~22 million.

I think Florida will be okay.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-08-2024, 07:41 AM
 
18,426 posts, read 8,258,982 times
Reputation: 13757
population per square mile....

Java 2,600 persons per square mile

1 New Jersey 1,283.4 per mi²
2 Rhode Island 1,074.3 per mi²
3 Massachusetts 919.82 per mi²
4 Connecticut 746.7 per mi²
5 Maryland 648.84 per mi²
6 Delaware 522.09 per mi²
7 New York 433.9 per mi²
8 Florida 416.96 per mi²

https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings...per%20mi%C2%B2.

so Florida is at "extreme" capacity.....with 1/3 of New Jersey
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-08-2024, 10:49 AM
 
2,962 posts, read 4,995,939 times
Reputation: 1887
Ever been to Java? Would you want to live there?

https://en.tempo.co/read/528113/cita...polluted-river
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-08-2024, 10:58 AM
 
Location: Alabama
13,611 posts, read 7,911,419 times
Reputation: 7093
Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryWho? View Post
Ever been to Java? Would you want to live there?

https://en.tempo.co/read/528113/cita...polluted-river
Florida won't be turning into Java any time soon.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-09-2024, 05:06 AM
 
Location: Free State of Florida
25,689 posts, read 12,772,161 times
Reputation: 19257
The ranking below shows why so many people are fleeing the Northeast for points South....the Northeast is at extreme capacity, & residents want out....I don't blame them at all.

Who wants to live in overcrowded places with bad weather, high cost of living, an high taxes?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Corrie22 View Post
population per square mile....

Java 2,600 persons per square mile

1 New Jersey 1,283.4 per mi²
2 Rhode Island 1,074.3 per mi²
3 Massachusetts 919.82 per mi²
4 Connecticut 746.7 per mi²
5 Maryland 648.84 per mi²
6 Delaware 522.09 per mi²
7 New York 433.9 per mi²
8 Florida 416.96 per mi²

https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings...per%20mi%C2%B2.

so Florida is at "extreme" capacity.....with 1/3 of New Jersey
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Florida

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top