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I live in Florida and follow local news. There are snowbirders who have come here for years. But now are thinking about going somewhere else for the winter.
by scarface_74 2y ago
I live in Florida and follow local news. There are snowbirders who have come here for years. But now are thinking about going somewhere else for the winter. But not just because of the news.
They are actually being treated differently by people they use to consider friends because their friends are believing everything they hear and read.
Now, they are looking to spend winter in Costa Rica and Panama City.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoHave you heard any interest in Cuba by chance? I'm curious if the anti Florida sentiment gives the island a tourism bump.
- JustExAWS 2y agoThere is way too much red tape for an American to visit Cuba.
- howard941 2y agoCoincidentally (not meaning to pick on you) my next door neighbor vacations in Cuba. Loves it.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoI meant Canadians traveling to Cuba instead of Florida.
- scarface_74 2y agoI live in Orlando and interact with lots of tourists including Canadians. It’s mostly the older Canadians who are snowbirders who are thinking about Costa Rica. In fact, in a few years, my wife and I are thinking about snow birding in Costa Rica from Florida for a few months and eventually establishing permanent residency down there while still keeping our Florida home. I’m more than willing to pay into their government run healthcare - Caja.
- howard941 2y agoI too live in Florida and follow the news. Our government, yes, but I don't get the same vibe blaming Floridians for this shame. If anything there's embarrassment. FWIW it'll be Floridians who'll pay the price in myriad ways (higher taxes, fewer jobs, even fewer services).
- JustExAWS 2y agoI bet you don’t live near older, more conservative brainwashed, Floridians. https://torontolife.com/real-estate/real-estate-florida-snowbirds-fleeing-trump-tariffs/ https://torontolife.com/real-estate/real-estate-florida-snow...
- howard941 2y agoI do, the better off ones tend to congregate around Sarasota. They're weird (lesbian adulterating conservative school board moms, senators turned into university presidents with $400K+ salaries, Micheal Flynn, Devin Nunes). The quiet ones are sane. We're thoroughly gerrymandered and outvoted. EDIT: Your link saddens me.