Future Now
The IFTF Blog
Demographics: The Globally Mobile Boomers
"Global travel is getting easier every day, and the growing ubiquity of digital media has given entire populations an intimate window on life in the rest of the world. Cybersurfing netizens know vastly more about life in, say, Seoul or Kathmandu than their parents did. As a result, they're not just more inclined to visit; they may well move there.
At the vangard of the the globally mobile are retiring boomers. Their parents may have retired to a golf community in Florida, but these new retirees are considering the entire planet--and golf is not in their game plan at all.
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