In Naples, Florida. In Naples we had our first encounter with snowbirds. A library with 36 televisions. One on every station that carries an NFL game. A snowbird is someone from the U.S. Northeast, U.S. Midwest, Pacific Northwest, or Canada who spends a large portion of winter in warmer locales such as California, Arizona, Florida, Texas, the Carolinas, or elsewhere along the Sun Belt region of the southern and southwest United States, Mexico, and areas of the Caribbean. Snowbirds are typically retirees, and business owners who have a second home in a warmer location or whose business can be easily moved from place to place. Some snowbirds carry their homes with them, as campers or as boats following the east coast Intracoastal waterway. In the past snowbirds were frequently wealthy persons with independent incomes who maintained several seasonal residences and shifted residence with the seasons to avail themselves of the best time to be at each location; this custom has declined considerably due to changing patterns of taxation and the relative ease of long-distance travel compared with earlier times.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 22:41:19 +0000
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