Per the census, the recession has most folks hanging out at home together, but not in a temporary sort of way.
Families are bunking up multigenerationally, tying together their collective financial binds in order to survive.
As reported by the Orlando Sentinel, (9/21/2009) "...for the first time since the 2000 census, whether home foreclosures and rising unemployment are forcing children, parents and grandparents to live together in the same house. In Florida, there are more than 240,000 multigenerational households."
I wonder if local and state residency restriction laws cite a special exception for those blessed with sex offender status and down on their luck financially to live with family members living within legally-created gated communities?
And I also think we know that answer. As the tax revenue flees the Sunshine State, I can't help but add, karma will get you every time.
Read more about why people are leaving Florida in droves here.
"The time has surely come for the laws to meet the times."
--John Mayall
--John Mayall
2 comments:
Oh heck, Sunny, Florida solved the problem of hard economic factors for former sex offenders long ago! None of this "multigenerational" living for them, often, its not even one generation. The simple answer is for them to live under a bridge or 10, in the everglades, in the woods, on park benches...oops NO NOT on park benches, too close to the kiddies out playing in the park after 10:00 pm.
We don't have to worry about things like that, our lawmakers have solved the "where does a jobless or financially burdened former sex offender live? NIMBY! Florida says if we make it hard enough on them maybe they will move to Georgia, Georgia says the same thing, and on and on and on.
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In October the County Delegations start meeting. This is a perfect time for you to speak before multiple legislators at once and let them know how damaging these ineffective laws are.
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