Floridization

Florida +‎ -ization, from the sizable number of retirees who settle in the state.

Floridization (uncountable)

1. The phenomenon of the percentage of seniors in a specific region progressively increasing as the population ages.
   • 2000, Robyn I. Stone, "Toward Person-Centered Care", Nursing Homes, 1 February 2000:

     Although the percentage and the sheer volume of elders and people with disabilities living in the United States in the 21st century is increasing, their distribution will vary across the country; the Floridization of the country will happen in pockets.

   • 2004, Dennis Pirages & Theresa Manley DeGeest, Ecological Security: An Evolutionary Perspective on Globalization, Rowman & Littlefield (2004), →ISBN, page 48:

     While the United States is not yet severely impacted, many European countries and Japan — much further along the road to Floridization — are already confronted with the need for action. The consequences of aging are even more dire in these countries because their populations "are aging even faster, birthrates are lower, the influx of young immigrants from developing countries is smaller, public pension benefits are more generous, and private pension systems are weaker."

   • 2013, Damien Ma & William Adams, In Line Behind a Billion People: How Scarcity Will Define China's Ascent in the Next Decade, FT Press (2013), →ISBN, page 103:

     Even if policy shifts resources away from hard investment and back into social spending, the “Floridization” of Chinese demographics will intensify the shortage of healthcare provision over the next decade, worsening the frayed contract between patients, providers, and the government.