Faraway Tallahassee is frequently and wildly out of touch with the daily lives of Floridians.

Higher utility bills? Hey, it’s only a few dollars a month. Unaffordable housing costs? They’re coming down. Sky-high property insurance? It’s getting better.

So let’s see how Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature put a positive spin on a Florida Atlantic University poll showing that almost one in two Floridians are so strapped by the high cost of living that they are thinking of leaving the state.

That half the population believes life would be better in North Carolina or New Hampshire is a stunning indictment of the DeSantis record and a threat to the state’s economic future.

Sunshine and beaches are no longer enough. If even a fraction of FAU’s poll numbers translate into outmigration, it

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