As a Floridian, let me say

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At least in Florida, unlike your precious CA, we don't have enormous homeless clusters along every road, or bums and crackheads pooping on sidewalks.
At least in Florida, unlike your precious CA, Christians can freely practice their religious beliefs without having to worry about either being beaten within an inch of their lives by random nutcases and bigots, or being sued for everything they own and charged with a "Hate crime" for praying in public.
At least in Florida, unlike your precious CA, farmers can continue to produce food for the people to eat without being driven to the brink of bankruptcy by corrupt government bureaucrats passing oppressive and often unnecessary new environmental legislation (i.e. Cali's "Delta smelt" lunacy).
So, remind me again, which state is it that is regressing?