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U.S. Territories

SunSeeker

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1. I imagine anyone who can afford to leave has done so.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 05:12 AM

Dec 2018

The folks who have been hardest hit are lesss likely to have left since they tend to be from poorer areas, and less likely to have contacts on the mainland.

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I imagine anyone who can afford to leave has done so. SunSeeker Dec 2018 #1