<p>What happens when Cuba goes free and all the people in Miami move home?</p>
<p>@ SSobick</p>
<p>Florida's GDP per capita in 2006 was $33,178, which was 35th out of the 50 states.</p>
<p>"All the people in Miami move home?"</p>
<p>The Cuban elite moved to the USA a very long time ago. They will not be able to reclaim the property that was stolen from them. I seriously doubt people will scramble to return to Cuba.</p>
<p>When, and IF Cuba becomes a Democratic nation the whole area will prosper. Miami will become that much more important.</p>
<p>I agree with SSOBICK. Miami is becoming important in international commerce. Want proof? Look at the MBA programs there. There is not only the usual suspects like FIU and U-Miami, but ranked programs are popping up. the University of Florida just started a Miami MBA and 2 years ago Northwestern started Miami Executive MBA taught 100% in Miami. Miami may become the hub of trade for the emerging markets of South and Central America.</p>
<p>Currently, UF MBA is ranked 37 and Northwestern is top 5.</p>
<p>With respect to the future populations of Fl and CA....we must take into account that those projections may change. I read an article in the Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale's newspaper) that said at that moment more people were leaving Florida than arriving. Same thing goes for CA. Also hasn't Florida's public school system enrollment actually fallen the past few years. Perhaps when housing prices come down things will change but we need to take into account what has occurred recently when looking at those projections.</p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone has any information on how much the demographic that will actually be applying to CA and FL colleges will grow from now to 2030. If that demographic isn't growing, particularly in Florida, will the growth really affect UF's selectivity if the state grows to 28 million but its all basically older demographics that won't be utilizing UF.</p>
<p>For the next couple of years the state of Florida is only projected to grow by 300k a year. In comparison to other states Florida is still skyrocketing, but compared to 2000-2005 annual growth it's not even close.</p>
<p>Hopefully when the the real estate market picks back up, the population increases will as well.</p>
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<p>Not to diverge too much off topic, but the drop in housing prices is a good thing...it's the only solution that will work. When homes are cheaper, people will be able to buy them on normal salaries without resorting to exotic mortgages...that will then put us on the track for positive, real growth. This is a necessary pain we're going through right now...the US needs to unwind the bubble excess.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^^agreed!</p>