NAPLES, Fla. – NAPLES — There are plenty of reasons for Bostonians to visit the Naples area. There’s the weather, the golf, the beaches, and, in spring, the chance to visit the training camp of the Boston Red Sox in nearby Fort Myers.
And, as a part-time resident, I’ve found that someone wearing a Patriots or Red Sox cap or pahkin’ his car is usually greeted with a smile instead of a sneer, especially so in the condo complexes and golf communities in sprawling East Naples.
John Sorey III, mayor of Naples, said southwest Florida has long been a haven for Midwesterners, but he started noticing a strong Bostonian presence in the last 20 years or so.
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