NY business flees from Cuomo to the land of DeSantis

It was only a matter of time before New Yorkers moved their businesses out of the Democrat-run state of New York and moved to Florida. The coronavirus lockdowns seems to be the elephant that broke the camel's back as the economy circles the bowl, the New York Post writes.

“Two weeks ago, when the thermometer plunged below 20 and indoor dining was still off-limits in the city, intrepid New Yorkers continued to cling to vestiges of their social lives,” the Post noted Sunday. “But just a short flight away — in tony Palm Beach, Fla., where La Goulue recently opened an outpost that’s a mirror image of its Manhattan mother ship — all inside tables and seats at the bar are full. Patrons are laughing and living it up, seemingly oblivious to the perils of fraternizing during a pandemic.”

And while New York's Gov. Andrew "Nostrils" Cuomo made headlines as the best governor ever to govern on the face of the Earth, and his state was the second highest in corona deaths just behind New Jersey, also run by a Democratic governor, the state of Florida was merely 26th overall in that category, and that was in spite of the freedom of association it allowed under the leadership of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Scores of Manhattan restaurants have suddenly opened in Palm Beach, the Post writes, "escaping" the freezing cold weather and severe COVID-19 restrictions. NY residents left the city in droves, heading for sunny Florida during the height of the pandemic.

“[Palm Beach] is really working with you, not trying to put wood in your wheels,’’ a restaurant owner told the Post, adding that, in New York City, dining has just opened to 25% capacity. “I have seen so many friends of mine, I can’t believe it. And all our New York staff is asking to come work here.’’

But not only businesses have decided to relocate to Florida, families are doing the same due to the better weather and the competent way Republicans handle crises. 

Not surprisingly, New York has “posted the biggest population decline of any [state] in the US, putting it on track for its first population fall of any decade since the 1970s,” according to the BBC. And the people who are moving there are young and have been driving down the median age of Florida's population.

Please consider subscribing to Brain Flushings and check out the ads on these pages. It costs nothing to subscribe and it's worth every penny. And remember, every ad you click on, you help in the fight against the China virus.

Tweet