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TrudyM
04-30-2016, 09:51 AM
If a snowflake is someone who only comes down for a few months (and usually rents) and a snowbird is someone who comes down for 5 to 6 months (rents or owns). What is a Florida resident who owns and claims this as their legal address but leaves for June July and August. I do not consider myself a snowbird as I am now a resident of Florida but I am planning to avoid the mid summer bake. So what do you call me.

HimandMe
04-30-2016, 09:56 AM
Another friend and resident of the Villages...welcome! Labels separate, don't you think?

Bogie Shooter
04-30-2016, 10:08 AM
If a snowflake is someone who only comes down for a few months (and usually rents) and a snowbird is someone who comes down for 5 to 6 months (rents or owns). What is a Florida resident who owns and claims this as their legal address but leaves for June July and August. I do not consider myself a snowbird as I am now a resident of Florida but I am planning to avoid the mid summer bake. So what do you call me.

Smart.

cherylritt
04-30-2016, 10:31 AM
How about Seasonal, I am down here for 6+ months and rent then go back to my beautiful northern Michigan, I love the fact that I have the best of both worlds ...Just an observation do we really need the labels? Then again in my area {resort town} we call vacationers Fudgies LoL

Barefoot
04-30-2016, 11:30 AM
If a snowflake is someone who only comes down for a few months (and usually rents) and a snowbird is someone who comes down for 5 to 6 months (rents or owns). What is a Florida resident who owns and claims this as their legal address but leaves for June July and August.
We call ourselves Seasonal Residents. We spend winters in our home in The Villages.
We spend summers in Canada where it's cooler.

manaboutown
04-30-2016, 11:35 AM
First of all I call you smart! Years ago after an aunt and uncle who had resided in Towson, MD their whole lives bought a home in Winterhaven, FL. I used to drop by and visit them - but never in the summer. Over time I got to know a couple of successful local businessmen who spent their summers elsewhere, one in an RV, the other in a second home in the NC mountains. Neither one was fond of central Florida summers.

I have heard people who split their time between two homes referred to as splitters so that is what I call myself. Since splitter is not descriptive of weather driven change of residence perhaps another term would be more appropriate to the OP's circumstance.

Second Homes: Meet the Splitters | Realtor Magazine (http://realtormag.realtor.org/home-and-design/home/article/2006/04/second-homes-meet-splitters)

`Splitters' not content to call only one place home - tribunedigital-chicagotribune (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-12-31/news/0512310225_1_splitters-second-home-wci-communities)

graciegirl
04-30-2016, 12:11 PM
Genetic mix of bird and frog is an ....

Amfibbingifnothappian.

BK001
04-30-2016, 12:18 PM
I would call you LUCKY!

asianthree
04-30-2016, 02:35 PM
If a snowflake is someone who only comes down for a few months (and usually rents) and a snowbird is someone who comes down for 5 to 6 months (rents or owns). What is a Florida resident who owns and claims this as their legal address but leaves for June July and August. I do not consider myself a snowbird as I am now a resident of Florida but I am planning to avoid the mid summer bake. So what do you call me.

Snowflake is an owner who floats in and out as they please to their home. I am a snowflake. Other half reverse snowbird leaves in and out during high season. That's dance competition season, and you can never miss a performance

joldnol
04-30-2016, 03:03 PM
depends on where you are spending the summer

villages07
04-30-2016, 04:28 PM
If a snowflake is someone who only comes down for a few months (and usually rents) and a snowbird is someone who comes down for 5 to 6 months (rents or owns). What is a Florida resident who owns and claims this as their legal address but leaves for June July and August. I do not consider myself a snowbird as I am now a resident of Florida but I am planning to avoid the mid summer bake. So what do you call me.

I call them "Summer Fleas" ... they flee for the Summer to cooler climes, and, smart they are.

Barefoot
04-30-2016, 06:26 PM
I call them "Summer Fleas" ... they flee for the Summer to cooler climes, and, smart they are.
Summer fleas and Splitters --- I'm learning a whole new terminology!

manaboutown
04-30-2016, 06:38 PM
How about Fair Weather Frog?

You have Florida residency/domicile but hop out of Dodge when the weather turns hot and humid.

chuckinca
05-01-2016, 03:33 AM
Humiditybird.

The summer temperature in Florida isn't the problem - it's the high humidity with the 90 degree temperature that makes it uncomfortable.

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TrudyM
05-03-2016, 08:24 AM
Summer fleas sounds good. It is not about labels per say. People were making up a chore duty schedule for glass fusion and were asked to notify if we were snowbirds. Someone replied she was a full participating member and didn't consider herself a snow birds as she only leaves for three months, where as many members are only here for three months, which made me think.

graciegirl
05-03-2016, 09:47 AM
Another friend and resident of the Villages...welcome! Labels separate, don't you think?



Labels and stereotypes are not inherently a bad thing. In fact, they can be quite helpful in understanding a complex society in which nothing stays the same.

I do grow so tired of being called a "hottie" though.

Nucky
05-03-2016, 09:54 AM
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Labels and stereotypes are not inherently a bad thing. In fact, they can be quite helpful in understanding a complex society in which nothing stays the same.

I do grow so tired of being called a "hottie" though.

I feel your pain...I understand. :a20:

Barefoot
05-03-2016, 02:54 PM
[/B][/COLOR]Labels and stereotypes are not inherently a bad thing. In fact, they can be quite helpful in understanding a complex society in which nothing stays the same. I do grow so tired of being called a "hottie" though. oic. GG, you're funny. :ho:

Barefoot
05-03-2016, 03:00 PM
quietBern

We live in The Villages January thru May, then up to NJ till Sept. Again we are off to NJ in November for Thanksgiving and Holidays, returning to The Villages after Christmas.

Someone once referred to us as "Elevator People" because we go Up and Down.��

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We also go up and down. That is clever - I like "Elevator People". :laugh:

quietBern
05-03-2016, 05:23 PM
We live in The Villages January thru May, then up to NJ till Sept. Again we are off to NJ in November for Thanksgiving and Holidays, returning to The Villages after Christmas.

Someone once referred to us as "Elevator People" because we go Up and Down.😉

Soxman
05-04-2016, 03:39 AM
A flurry?

rubicon
05-04-2016, 04:33 AM
I call myself lucky if I am alive anywhere:D