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Thousands of retired seniors in Florida have left Florida for Southern Appalachia, igniting indignation among locals as transplants push up house prices, spurring sales, and packed out restaurants
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March 16, 2024
The population of counties in southern Appalachia classified as retirement or recreational increased by 3.8 percent, more than six times more than six years ago. An aging and wealthy population is beginning to demand services from businesses and the government that they were not previously required to provide, attracted by reduced living and housing, reduced costs of living, taxes, insurance, and violence, as well as beautiful seasonal weather and fewer hurricanes.
Mundi Mundi Bash: 12,000 music lovers descend on tiny outback NSW town with population of 50
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August 17, 2023
As a new camping festival began on Thursday, over 12,000 people descended on Broken Hill, Australia's oldest mining town. It's only the second year of Australia's newest outback music festival, The Mundi Mundi Bash, from the same organisers of the Big Red Bash. Families flooded the vibrant Mundi Mundi Plains on day one of the three-day festival as they celebrated some of Australia's most adored musicians, including Shane Howard and The Chantoozies.