[Pincho-toot]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

That's a big pile of hooey.

There are hundreds of miles of unpopulated land in Florida, much of it within close proximity to existing population centers. The tendency in this state is to build out from existing cities versus spreading out and anyone with any sense who has driven around the state (or heck flown over it) could tell you that.

Well the last thing Florida needs is more of its wilderness areas turned into a parking lot for Tj Maxx and cookie cutter stucco wall ranches out the wazoo. With pink flamingoes on manicured lawns.

[logicalconsequence]

FLA population density ranked by FLA county:

Florida Population Density County Rank

Once you get down past the top 7 counties, it's not too crowded at all.

[Arcenal813]

Originally Posted by logicalconsequence

FLA population density ranked by FLA county:

Florida Population Density County Rank

Once you get down past the top 7 counties, it's not too crowded at all.

It's really not. And 4 of the top 7 are roughly half protected lands (Seminole, Orange, Broward and Miami-Dade)

[Corrie22]

20.1/sq mi Monroe, FL .....it's like we're not even here

[beach43ofus]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

20.1/sq mi Monroe, FL .....it's like we're not even here

More Python's than humans down there...be careful

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

That's a big pile of hooey.

There are hundreds of miles of unpopulated land in Florida, much of it within close proximity to existing population centers. The tendency in this state is to build out from existing cities versus spreading out and anyone with any sense who has driven around the state (or heck flown over it) could tell you that.

Originally Posted by Pincho-toot

Well the last thing Florida needs is more of its wilderness areas turned into a parking lot for Tj Maxx and cookie cutter stucco wall ranches out the wazoo. With pink flamingoes on manicured lawns.

Bizarre response much?

Not sure how/why you extrapolated that response out of the post I provided.

[CCS414]

A lot of it is going to be submerged by rising ocean levels in a few decades anyway. Unless they just plan on endlessly building sea walls.

[StarryKnight1]

Originally Posted by floridarebel

The problem is everything is built for cars. Development is spaced out sprawl where things are separated and you have to drive for everything.

Originally Posted by Arcenal813

This 100%

The lack of public transportation that is feasible and viable for everyday average folks is generally built in a segmented manner - as said, in the 20th century, not much effort was put into public transit from the beginning whereas, eg the New York City Subway was built much smaller than it is now (service started in October 1904) but gradually built up the route and line network to the state it is now in 2024. The same can be said for DART (Dallas), MBTA (Boston), CTA (Chicago), and so on and so forth.

It is much more difficult, and financially encumbering, to construct a brand new public mass transit line where none existed before, as opposed to adding onto an already existing system.

[beach43ofus]

Work-from-home will disburse population away from over-crowded areas, & into less crowded areas. People prefer more space & lower costs.

This eliminates the need for public transportation, which is mostly a way of getting to/from work.

People make less trips to stores too, since so much gets delivered to doorsteps. Proximity to stores is no longer needed.

We are entering a period of mass migration away from high-density living, & into low-density places w/ lower costs.

Only the top X% will be able to afford to live near the beach. Everyone else will live in middle Florida.

This is happening everywhere, not just in Florida. The big city exodus began decades ago, & now its ramping back up.

[Bobdreamz]

Originally Posted by logicalconsequence

FLA population density ranked by FLA county:

Florida Population Density County Rank

Once you get down past the top 7 counties, it's not too crowded at all.

The Stats that they are using in the link above can under report the density especially in the bigger Metros.

For instance Miami Dade County is listed as having 1,897 Square Miles of land but that also includes part of the Everglades Nat'l. Park and Water shed Conservation areas.
I have a Realtor Map from when I was in the business that neatly divides the County into perfect 1 Square mile increments across Miami Dade County for our MLS system.

Out of those 1,897 Sq. Miles roughly about 500 Sq. Miles is developed & habitable which means it is more densely populated than that link shows.

Miami Dade Pop. : 2,600,861
Divided by
Populated Area : 500 Sq. Miles
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Average Density:= 5,201 People per Sq. Mile

Not the 1,069 people per Square Mile reported in that link.