Here in Florida , beside growing produce including citrus they mine phosphorous for fertilizer. There are seaports ports in Jacksonville and Tampa. However, i think there are only 2 really large industries here - tourism and retirees. The only business in our small Florida town is retirees.But lots of money is made here from the snowbirds. My housekeeper says that she makes enough during the snowbird season to support herself without working at all for the entire summer. So she only does about 4 clients a week in the summer and takes some time for herself.
Florida mines phosphate rock, not phosphorous. Phosphorous is not mined. Florida has 15 seaports and shipping products from all over the US, including Florida is a major industry. Tourism is a huge business including transportation, hotels and restaurants. Less than 30% of the population is over 65 and over 100,000 of them live in "The Villages." Agriculture, citrus and cattle are out major crops. We are where space travel originated and have 'the Space Coast'. Computer components and software are also big companies. Publix and Winn-Dixie/BI-LO are both headquartered in Florida. Our major import is snowbirds who want to live here and constantly let us know how great it was or how they did it back home!
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Here in Florida , beside growing produce including citrus they mine phosphorous for fertilizer. There are seaports ports in Jacksonville and Tampa. However, i think there are only 2 really large industries here - tourism and retirees. The only business in our small Florida town is retirees.But lots of money is made here from the snowbirds. My housekeeper says that she makes enough during the snowbird season to support herself without working at all for the entire summer. So she only does about 4 clients a week in the summer and takes some time for herself.
Florida mines phosphate rock, not phosphorous. Phosphorous is not mined. Florida has 15 seaports and shipping products from all over the US, including Florida is a major industry. Tourism is a huge business including transportation, hotels and restaurants. Less than 30% of the population is over 65 and over 100,000 of them live in "The Villages." Agriculture, citrus and cattle are out major crops. We are where space travel originated and have 'the Space Coast'. Computer components and software are also big companies. Publix and Winn-Dixie/BI-LO are both headquartered in Florida. Our major import is snowbirds who want to live here and constantly let us know how great it was or how they did it back home!
Only 35% are over 65 because snowbirds are not residents in Florida - they are residents where they still have a home somewhere up north. My plan of 140 homes goes down to only 8 who stay here all summer.The largest employer in our town is the hospital which averages 20 patients a day in the summer and is full capacity in season. many of the full time residents of Florida love to go on & on about how they dislike the snowbirds - but they certainly like our money , don't they. Without snowbirds Florida would financially collapse.