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 n.— «Demographers have a name for it: chain migration. “People who live near each other share information about where to retire, where to vacation,” said Lance deHaven-Smith, a professor of public administration at State University in . “They tell their and neighbors, and then they end up in the same place.”» —“Snowbirds Flock Together for Winter” by Julia Lawlor New York Times Feb. 2, 2007. (: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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