tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post8964111945922259397..comments2024-03-28T08:26:58.108-04:00Comments on Our Odyssey: Spring Break 2016: Barnacles Gone WildLouisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306854459459257368noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post-89549944485833178432016-03-25T10:19:13.554-04:002016-03-25T10:19:13.554-04:00Having been in Florida for (gulp) 27 years now, I ...Having been in Florida for (gulp) 27 years now, I have witnessed the north/westward march of spring break. Embracing the college kids sounds like a shiny nickel to a town until they see what it really does... run off steady business. Fort Lauderdale was the first to declare no more. Then Daytona (though "black" spring break is still popular there. Destin/Fort Walton did several years ago, and Panama City threw in the towel this year. Galveston will be next I would guess. More and more young hedonists are finding the scratch to go to Mexico and Jamaica somehow in this jobless world. Florida is back to being a den of little folks over spring break for the most part.Charles Cornetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12764902367888456214noreply@blogger.com