Karol Markowicz is a columnist for the New York Post, and a resident of NYC. She writes at City Journal that during the Covid-19 troubles she, her husband and 3 kids escaped to Florida for 4 months. There the kids went to school everyday, played sports, and had a normal life.
Now they're all back in NYC but you get the feeling they might decamp to FL permanently. Her column comparing the experiences they had in FL and NY is a good read. FL comes out looking very much like a winner.
I'd have one caution for Ms. Markowicz. If your family chooses to move to Florida, become Floridians; embrace the difference. That difference is the reason you left NY. Leave your NYC abrasiveness behind alongside the stuff you choose not to ship south. Relax and smile at folks, don't turn FL into a new NYC with palm trees and water bugs.
