Puerto Rico exodus underway
The trickle began as soon as flight service was restored between the mainland and Puerto Rico. The trickle is now a stream and growing everyday as Puerto Ricans abandon the island and come to the mainland. It won't be long before that stream becomes a deluge.
The implications for Florida are staggering.
While some of the migration will be to New York City and other major metropolitan areas, the vast majority of migrants are likely to come to and settle down in Florida. Most likely will never return to Puerto Rico.
The biggest destinations in Florida are Miami-Dade County, the Tampa/St. Petersburg greater metropolitan area (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, Pasco and Polk Counties) and the Greater Orlando area (Lake, Orange, Osceola and Seminole Counties).
This could greatly effect Florida politically, pushing it Democrat both at the Statewide and the legislative level. Florida is currently a down the middle purple State, so it is easy to see how thousands of migrants could tip the balance. But they will be settling in areas where they will be tipping a number of individual districts the other way, perhaps enough to give Democrats a good shot at the State Senate and an outside shot at the State House.
The effect will likely be somewhat muted for the 2018 cycle, as these folks have more on their minds to deal with then politics. After that, who knows.
From a economic angle, it will put a strain on the housing markets, with immigration well exceeding new construction. Business will likely benefit from a flood of cheap labor.
It will clearly change the landscape of Florida in many, many ways
http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?2479670-Puerto-Rico-exodus-underway
The trickle began as soon as flight service was restored between the mainland and Puerto Rico. The trickle is now a stream and growing everyday as Puerto Ricans abandon the island and come to the mainland. It won't be long before that stream becomes a deluge.
The implications for Florida are staggering.
While some of the migration will be to New York City and other major metropolitan areas, the vast majority of migrants are likely to come to and settle down in Florida. Most likely will never return to Puerto Rico.
The biggest destinations in Florida are Miami-Dade County, the Tampa/St. Petersburg greater metropolitan area (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, Pasco and Polk Counties) and the Greater Orlando area (Lake, Orange, Osceola and Seminole Counties).
This could greatly effect Florida politically, pushing it Democrat both at the Statewide and the legislative level. Florida is currently a down the middle purple State, so it is easy to see how thousands of migrants could tip the balance. But they will be settling in areas where they will be tipping a number of individual districts the other way, perhaps enough to give Democrats a good shot at the State Senate and an outside shot at the State House.
The effect will likely be somewhat muted for the 2018 cycle, as these folks have more on their minds to deal with then politics. After that, who knows.
From a economic angle, it will put a strain on the housing markets, with immigration well exceeding new construction. Business will likely benefit from a flood of cheap labor.
It will clearly change the landscape of Florida in many, many ways
http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?2479670-Puerto-Rico-exodus-underway
