Tag Archives: Florida

Las Vegas, Nevada, Times They Are A-Changing

Baby Boomer Migration Tilts Toward Las Vegas, Tampa And Phoenix

Editors’ Pick | Apr 28, 2021,03:23pm EDT | 517 views

Brenda Richardson, Senior Contributor, Real Estate, I cover residential real estate, including buying, selling and trends.

Sunny retirement locations are still a big draw for Baby Boomers.
getty

Baby Boomers are the wealthiest generation of Americans alive today, and while some may no longer be active in the housing market, plenty are still looking to buy homes.

But where are Baby Boomers looking to buy? To answer this question, LendingTree analyzed mortgage purchase requests made in 2020 on the LendingTree platform across the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas.

Here’s what the study found:

Las Vegas, Tampa and Phoenix are the metros where Baby Boomers make up the largest share of mortgage purchase requests. In Las Vegas, 19.97% of purchase requests came from Baby Boomers. In Tampa and Phoenix, the numbers are 17.33% and 16.36%, respectively.

–from article
Continue reading Baby Boomer Migration Tilts Toward Las Vegas, Tampa And Phoenix →
Arts & Humanities, Books & Reading, Memories & History, Travel

John D. MacDonald’s Mission to Save Florida | CrimeReads

“Last fall, as part of the annual Bouchercon celebration of mysteries and their authors, one panel was devoted to discussing a writer who’s been dead for three decades and a character who last appeared in a book when Reagan was in the White House. One of the panelists, Ace Atkins (The Sinners) showed up in a T-shirt that proclaimed: “BASTARD CHILD OF TRAVIS MCGEE.” Immediately the other panelists all clamored for identical shirts. I was one of them.”

Editor’s Note: I have read, years ago, all of his Travis McGee books; I have one around now, in the garage collection.

Source: John D. MacDonald’s Mission to Save Florida | CrimeReads

Food & Drink, Travel

36 Hours in Miami and Miami Beach – The New York Times

Travel

44 Islands and 42 Bridges: A Florida Keys Road Trip – The New York Times

1 Comment

A fisherman near U.S. 1 in the Florida Keys.CreditScott McIntyre for The New York Times

Current Affairs, Love & Relationships, Memories & History, Music

Against the Wind – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – YouTube

The kids are alright, heading back to school in America, and speaking out, with strong voices.

They are speaking out “Against the Wind,” as we did in the ’60s –protests, sit-ins, love-ins, whatever we could do to create change.

Keep on speaking out, against the wind, because you know the wind will change direction, and you will know you helped it happen…

#DouglasStrong #NeverAgain #SpeakOut #MSDStrong

Arts & Humanities, Books & Reading, Food & Drink, Pleasures, Travel

Nothing Can Kill Key West

The place that Hemingway put on the map will always have a special kind of magic.

Source: Nothing Can Kill Key West