SifuPhil
R.I.P. With Us In Spirit Only
- Location
- Pennsylvania, USA
I've been getting my usual 7-year itch lately, the one that compels me to up and move to a totally new place. I don't know why this happens to me - perhaps I have congenital wanderlust.
Whatever the reason, I've always enjoyed Florida when I went there on vacation and, even earlier, when I spent a single semester at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne (on the Atlantic, about a half-hour north of Vero Beach). In looking at possible rentals throughout the state recently I came across the dreaded "Old People Come Here To Die" phrase.
I understand that Northerners come down in droves because they like the idea of not shoveling snow, and that many of them mistakenly think that Florida is just one big Disneyworld. What I DON'T understand is how true the OPCHTD phrase really is.
Any thoughts on this one? Do we Yankees really act like elephants when our time is up, migrating to the Great Homo Sapiens Graveyard by instinct? Is it just the fact that only the financially-secure types can really afford to live in a nice area of the Sunshine State? Is it just a myth?