Florida was once a swampy rural backwater, the poorest and emptiest state in the South. But in the 20th century, air-conditioning, bug spray and the miracle of water control helped transform it into a migration destination for the restless masses of Brooklyn and Cleveland, Havana and Port-au-Prince.

I am a sixth generation Floridian, but I am told there are more than 4000 new people coming to live here every day.

The housing market is going very well in our capital. (so says two tennis-friend Realtors)

The state is definitely growing. The old saying "Yankee go home" isn't working anymore. :~)

Run away growth is not an answer to anything except disaster. Development should be controlled to be in synchronization with infrastructure. The control of resources have been squandered by the greedy developer using government as a tool.