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Originally Posted by Ohiogirl
I don't think there are any official numbers - someone correct me if I'm wrong. The numbers I have heard bandied about (is bandied a word)? are between 60-70% are year-rounders.
I think that many year-rounders also take off (vacations, if you will, or visiting family) in the summer to try to avoid the really hot weather for a while. Of course, they could be visiting family in the midwest, where it might be just as hot except for a shorter time, and not constant.
Also, in the summer, fewer people are out of a/c comfort so you just don't see as many people out and about. Doesn't mean they are not there, just cocooning for awhile, in reverse of up north.
I think it's true, as others have posted here, that the newer villages will have more snowbirds to begin with, and also more rentals. The longer you are here, the more your social life centers in TV, and you start staying longer, and decide to sell the home up north (or wherever).
I also think that in this economy, more new retirees are deciding it is too expensive to have 2 homes and in the near future at least, more will be year-round. That's MO, anyway. Wonder if the realtors are seeing this?
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Ohiogirl is right on.
Many snowbirds come down in October and stay until April, going back north for the holidays.
There is a group that comes for January, February and March. I would guess that many of those are renters, but I could be wrong.
I think Ohiogirl is right about seeing more full timers in the future because of the economy.