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Old 01-04-2015, 03:32 PM
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It will never change. My family and I moved to S. Florida in 1953 and it is always congested in the winter due to tourist and snow birds. Back in the 40's and 50's the summer was so slow that most hotels and restaurants on Miami Beach closed for the summer. It was many years later that they began to promote Miami summers with bargain deals and the summer started to open up.
Of course once the winter began the prices went through the roof and the tourist were gouged if they were wanting to escape the miserable weather up north.
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