In October 2014, the City of South Florida passed a
resolution in favor of South Florida seceding from Florida and becoming the 51st
State of the United States. Vice Mayor Walter Harris, the resolution’s sponsor,
told the city’s commission that the government of Florida had not been
addressing adequately the issue of the sea-level rising. Already, Miami was
subject to regular flooding at high tide. This reason for secession has a
serious downside, however; a better rationale may ironically come from the
perspective of Floridians in North Florida.
The full essay is at “Adieu
to South Florida”
