too hot and humid for me
too many people, especially from the upper east coast
Yeah, I can't handle the humidity. I can deal with heat, but the humidity is crushing, and then with humidity you get mosquitoes. If I could wave a magic wand and exterminate mosquitoes from the planet, I'd do it.
Now, it's possible that would completely and totally disrupt the ecosystem by removing those mosquitoes from the food chain, destroying the environment and ending human civilization as a result.
I'd still do it.
Not that many people in Florida. Only 21 million. You want to talk about too many people. Cali has like 40 million and Texas has like 30 million. There's way too many people in California and Texas, especially from Mexico.
Remember that California is an ENORMOUS state. And
most of those people are located in two areas, the LA/San Diego megalopolis, and the SF Bay Area.
30M of the state's total 41M people live in those metropolitan areas. Which means if you're looking for a place where you're retiring (i.e. you don't need to center your life around a job), there are a LOT of options that aren't overcrowded. And that's not just inland... Big swaths of the central coast aren't overpopulated because there aren't enough jobs to justify it, and then you have beautiful places that are only slightly inland like Paso Robles. I'd gladly retire someplace like Paso.
I won't deny that the cost of living is terrible, and the taxes are ruinous, but outside of that, California is pretty perfect. Especially with all that delicious, delicious Mexican food ;-)