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Will people leave Florida after devastating hurricanes? History suggests not

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Up and down Florida’s Gulf Coast, residents are deciding whether to stay or go following two recent hurricanes.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.

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Such questions about Florida’s appeal are raised regularly after the state experiences a busy hurricane season. One such season was in 2004, when four hurricanes crossed the Sunshine State. If moves into the state offer any answer, then hurricanes have served little as deterrents. Florida’s population has grown by a third to 23 million residents in the two decades since Charley, Frances, Jeanne and Ivan ravaged the state.

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