The Swamp Peddlers Quotes

“The configuration of the city was laid out with the wisdom of laying out a cemetery. They just divided it into a grid and sold off every piece they could.”62”
― Jason Vuic, The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream

“That desire to own their own homes, in Florida, during their retirement years—even without high incomes—was for northerners a “seemingly universal” dream.58”
― Jason Vuic, The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream

“That first trip, we came down [U.S.] 41 and took a left, and there was one house waaaay out in the distance. I mean way out there. And that was our house. Mom and Dad were trying to be upbeat, saying ‘home sweet home’ and all that, but my only thought was ‘where the fuck are we?’ ”51”
― Jason Vuic, The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream