My parents spent about 6 months each year in Florida. Originally in Naples, then to the Florida Keys. Everyday was a vacation to them even though they maintained an ongoing business many hundreds of miles away.
We live in a place many enjoy vacationing at. It’s fine for us, as many if our family members and friends also live here. We have to go on a staycation or consciously do things if we want it to be like a vacation—go to destination spots, finer dining, etc.
We love where we live but honestly it’s just where we live, not 24/7/365 vacation.
It just occurred to me that my perspective is colored by our vacation style. Food allergies in the family deadened any comfort level we had with eating out (more than 20 years ago, before public awareness), so we rented a place with a kitchen whenever we traveled. Our vacation time always involved cleaning (we’d blast through every kitchen before using it), groceries, and food prep. It added a note of staying somewhere rather than visiting, if that makes sense.
Our part of New England has heavy travel for much of the year because of lakes, skiing, and gorgeous fall foliage. I change my errand schedule and routes anticipating tourist traffic. The easiest time of year to get around traffic-wise is mud season – Chamber of Commerce hasn’t found a way to spin that into a positive yet.