Recently a fellow named Matthew Hendley wrote a disparaging article in the Phoenix New Times entitled “10 Things Arizonians Hate About Snowbirds”. Many of his comments have some truth in them but those who live here need to adapt to them because the annual winter visitors bring much needed cash to the Yuma area. The reasons Hendley puts forth (and I could find only nine reasons and not ten) are as follows: (for details go to Phoenix New Times News.The photo is from that article and that publication.)
- Actions while attending sporting events.
- Attitude in pharmacies where many seniors end up.
- Blocking supermarket aisles.
- Telling too many life stories.
- Just standing around blocking access to stores.
- Talking too much about where they came from.
- Bringing in “the most hideous dogs in the world” (and carrying them around in their shopping cart in Walmart).
- Clogging roads with their big RVs (usually towing a car).
- Slow driving.
I can relate to many of these but the one that bothers me the most in the last reason: slow driving. For someone who lives in the Foothills and has to drive the ten miles to Yuma proper this can be very frustrating. Winter visitors do seem to drive well under the speed limit and often do so in both lanes of a four lane highway.
Frustrated as we often get, we love our winter visitors because they bring our friends back to help us enjoy the warm winter months and to make Yuma a more active city.
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