Snowbirds' impact on the local economy.
This is written for deep south Texas, but I suspect it is true for many areas. Interesting article, at the end they also makes a case for the slow declining snowbird numbers which many members seem to...
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Snowman9000 wrote:
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I wonder. After reading the replies to my thread about looking for a younger snowbird park, I concluded that park model parks are approaching a decline in demand. If a park is 70% full of park models, I will bet big that it will NOT sell out. IMO those days are gone and the demand will be a problem going forward. Which probably means the parks will go downhill, or transition to something else.
The leading edge of baby boomers are just now hitting their 70's - meaning that this is a rising tide of aged RV'ers.
My feeling is that the over 70+ age group will have "been there, done that" in their travels. Next, they will tend toward buying the park models.
A financial planner once quoted that in retirement there are three phases of retirement. The "go-go years, the slow-go years and the no-go years."
