Floridisation

Noun

Floridization (uncountable)

1. (British, English, Oxford, US) The process of coming to resemble the US state of Florida in some respect.
   • And some were annoyed just because they respected Cuban culture and resented its increasing Floridization.1977, Howard Senzel, Baseball and the Cold War: Being a Soliloquy on the Necessity of Baseball, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 264
2. (British, English, Oxford, US) The phenomenon of the percentage of seniors in a specific region progressively increasing as the population ages.
   • The investment banker Pete Peterson calls this "the Floridization of America." The decline in births, right after the peak years, has had an impact on every business that targets young adults.1998, AFTRA, New York, N.Y.: American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27