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There are a lot of reasons for the increase in traffic and the increase in tourist over the last few years. We have been here since the 207/208 season when the economy was in the dumps and the local economy that relies heavily on tourism and snowbirds suffered greatly. The economy began to improve and has been robust to the present day.
Florida needs tourism and snowbirds to survive and all this traffic is annoying to those like us who spend the winter here but it is Florida's life blood. It has already slacked off after April 1st. The traffic is still heavy but noticeably less. We actually drove down I-4 east bound exit 55 to exit 62(the disney Exit) at the speed limit yesterday with not a stop or backup. Besides being "residents" we know all the back roads and short cuts.
and can for the most part avoid I-4 and the other heavy traffic roads. We wait till the 2nd of third week of April to head back North and the traffic has slacked off by that time.
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