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Originally Posted by Crawford
I'm guessing Texas doesn't get a huge number of snowbirds. No ocean and no dry heat (at least not the heavily populated parts). Florida, the Carolinas and Arizona have obvious leisure draws.
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South Texas (the Valley) has large numbers of snowbirds. There are RV parks and typical palm tree lined snowbird communities all over the place down there. That happens to be near or on a part of the Gulf where the beaches and water are nice. They arrive in the fall and leave in the spring. The weather in the Valley is usually mild in the winter (although it can get much colder than south Florida).
Edit: Here's some information:
http://www.wintertexaninfo.com/wtlifestyle.html
I haven't found information on where these snowbirds come from. My understanding has been, however, that there are a lot of Canadians among the snowbird population in South Texas.