I live in Florida and follow local news. There are snowbirders who have come here for years. But now are thinking about going somewhere else for the winter. But not just because of the news.
They are actually being treated differently by people they use to consider friends because their friends are believing everything they hear and read.
Now, they are looking to spend winter in Costa Rica and Panama City.
I too live in Florida and follow the news. Our government, yes, but I don't get the same vibe blaming Floridians for this shame. If anything there's embarrassment. FWIW it'll be Floridians who'll pay the price in myriad ways (higher taxes, fewer jobs, even fewer services).
I do, the better off ones tend to congregate around Sarasota. They're weird (lesbian adulterating conservative school board moms, senators turned into university presidents with $400K+ salaries, Micheal Flynn, Devin Nunes). The quiet ones are sane. We're thoroughly gerrymandered and outvoted.
I live in Orlando and interact with lots of tourists including Canadians.
It’s mostly the older Canadians who are snowbirders who are thinking about Costa Rica.
In fact, in a few years, my wife and I are thinking about snow birding in Costa Rica from Florida for a few months and eventually establishing permanent residency down there while still keeping our Florida home.
I’m more than willing to pay into their government run healthcare - Caja.
They are actually being treated differently by people they use to consider friends because their friends are believing everything they hear and read.
Now, they are looking to spend winter in Costa Rica and Panama City.