Florida has higher violent crime than NY. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_violent_crime_rate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/

Florida has higher violent crime than NY. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_violent_crime_rate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_terr... Violent crime is the best measure of overall crime as well because overall crime penalizes jurisdictions which treat their stats well and have better response to crime because the public is more likely to report crime…violent crime cannot be hidden. That being said, NY does even better on overall crime rate. https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/crime-rate-by-state https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/crime-rate-... NY’s population is 19.7mm. Florida’s is 22.4mm. Hardly half. And the difference in budget spending is almost entirely based on higher per capita spending on health and education in NY vs Florida. One can argue whether that’s appropriate but hopefully the very clear reason should help you be less amazed. https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiatives/state-and-local-finance-initiative/projects/state-fiscal-briefs/florida#:~:text=Florida%20enacted%20its%20FY%202023,aid%20from%20the%20federal%20government https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiative.... https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiatives/state-and-local-finance-initiative/projects/state-fiscal-briefs/new-york https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiative...