Claudia Putnam

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“It is ironic that before air conditioning, people were content to camp out in the desert for six months. Now as soon as it hits 100, folks are in a mad rush to go somewhere else,” he said, adding that “the demographics of winter visitors are changing. The World War II generation was content to play bingo, go to dances, go rockhounding, and volunteer in our several community service organizations. As the Baby Boomers replace them, we observe that they want more things to do or they get bored.”
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
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