Florida Ranks #2 for Wannabe Residents

This from the Orlando Business Journal----

High unemployment and housing crisis be darned: Florida is still among the most popular states when it comes to where people want to live.

Only California is more popular, taking the No. 1 spot for the sixth year in a row as the place Americans would like to live if they didn’t live in the state they now live. Hawaii came in third.

“The most popular states and cities where large numbers of people would like to live tend to attract tourists and business,” according to a Harris news release. “They are places where people like to take vacations and where companies like to have their offices and factories.”

Oddly enough, however, no Florida cities were among the top destinations for resident wannabes.

New York City topped the list of cities people would most like to live in or near, followed by Denver and San Francisco.

The other most popular states were:

Texas (No. 4), Colorado (No. 5). Three states tied for sixth place: Arizona, North Carolina and Washington state.

The other cities on the top 10 are San Diego (No. 4), Seattle (No. 5), Chicago (No. 6), Boston (No. 7), Las Vegas (No. 8), Washington, D.C. (No. 9), and Dallas (No. 10).

The poll of 2,498 U.S. adults took place Aug. 10-18.