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Originally Posted by Shawn
I'd say anecdotally this is spot-on, especially if you include Bermuda in the mix. It's only 4 and a half hours from Boston to Aruba. Under 4 to the Bahamas. 4 on the dot to San Juan PR. The Caymans and USVI are popular too. Flights are usually around $300 on the low end, so definitely accessible.
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just looking at nonstop flights, bos-wash is better connected to the carribean than the midwest is, which makes sense from a geographical and immigration perspective
as someone else mentioned, a lot of that is due to the fact that bos-wash cities have a lot more carribean-descended people than midwest cities, but i also have to believe that creates a positive feedback loop that, because there are more flights to more islands, bos-wash people are more likely to vacation on those islands.
now, absolutely none of this is to say that no one in the midwest goes to the carribean, or that no one in bos-wash goes to cancun, i'm just talking about very general inclinations and which direction the scales tend to tip. kinda like how bos-wash retirees
tend to go to atlantic coast florida and midwest retirees
tend to go to gulf coast florida. those aren't close to being absolutes, just general trends.
total nonstop carribean island destinations by city:
new york: 27
boston: 13
DC: 11
philly: 10
baltimore: 7
hartford: 2
chicago: 10
minneapolis: 7
detroit: 3
st. louis: 3
cleveland: 2