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Originally Posted by JimesonM
We just visited the villages and noticed that the traffic was quite light in June. How much of a change would we see in the winter? How many residents are snow birds versus year round residents?
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I think your post didn't get noticed because it was on another topic. My street has 13 Courtyard Villas, 9 are full time residents and 4 are snowbirds. I would believe overall that about 40% are snowbirds. The biggest influx in Jan thru April, but it does start to pick up October. I think that latest population I read was 103,000, that would probably be about 60,000 permanent and 40,000 snowbirds.
There is a huge difference on the roads and the restaurants and at the squares. Also the golf courses. We normally make a teetime request a week in advance, however this time of year we just go online and pick out an open teetime for a twosome a day or two ahead of time.
My neighbor and I played golf Friday at Glenview (championship course), got rained out, so when we got back we took a teetime for Monday at Palmer (championship course). In the winter, even though the green fees are double, we would be very lucky to find a time for a twosome that we could finish 18 holes before dark. On the executive courses, forget it, there is never any open times until at least 4pm in the winter, maybe a single person might find one. How much daylight are you going to have at 4pm in January, not much. This is the time of year we have to really get out and enjoy TV's and the golf courses.
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