Serge arrived in Saint-Ambroise on April 25. He will leave with the first frost. Proud of his installation, he goes around. Man cultivates his tomatoes, his herbs and even potatoes. Very in the trend of the local.
The retiree and his spouse live in Jonquière. In summer, they close the house and settle down a few kilometers away. Far from the United States. Their neighbor does the same thing. “We are well with us. There are a lot of people here in the six months that do that. Florida, I have it here. Why would I go to give them six months? ”
His spouse tells us, laughing that they are in RPA “in outdoor residence!”.
Go elsewhere
At the Florida Domaine, there are people passing through, those installed for six months and the district for the people who stay there year -round, in small houses.
We wondered if some would choose to change sector and stay all year round in Saint-Ambroise.
“I have two or three friends who did this, but it’s not just because of Donald. There is also the exchange rate and insurance that is increasingly expensive, ”says Gilles Larose. We stop a few minutes. It covers with friends.
“THE snowbirdsthey are camping people all year round, so those who will no longer go to the United States will leave anyway. They will find another destination. The Republic, Mexico, ”replies Sophie.
And is it correct to return to Florida? For these retirees, obviously, it is the maxim of living and letting live that prevails. “They put that big on the news, but people do as they want.”
The others abound in the same direction. “We will not see more new world here,” believes Nancy.
Denis has been going to the Dominican Republic for all winters for 30 years now. He expects to see more Quebecers next winter.
Some change their destination every winter, the goal is only not to spend the winter in the cold.
Attract the youngest
Lands from $ 31,950. At the entrance to this district decorated with false palm trees, we display that 615 fields, out of the 716 available, have already found takers. The owners of the field now aim for a younger clientele, or even small families.
Admittedly, couples in the forties and the fifties have started to settle there, but not even younger.
“The children we see are the grandchildren of the residents,” reply our interlocutors.
The daily has indeed met any small family in the permanent residents sector. Some come to camping for the summer, as if they were at the chalet.
Despite the owner’s efforts, “it’s still very 55 and over,” said Rose-Hélène.
Definitely, the estate remains an anomaly in the Boréal landscape. A form of oasis for these retirees who recreate the heat of small communities.
As Serge told us, it is their Florida.
