[Rakkasan1]

It's seems that the prevailing fashion is to go off and enjoy yourself with the expectation that the State will look after your parents in their tiny, sweltering apartments.

sounds a lot like Minnesota, just change 'sweltering' to 'freezing'.

[Stoat]

It's seems that the prevailing fashion is to go off and enjoy yourself with the expectation that the State will look after your parents in their tiny, sweltering apartments.

sounds a lot like Minnesota, just change 'sweltering' to 'freezing'.

I don't recall seeing all sorts of news stories about Minnesota grandmas freezing to death because their sons and daughters were off vacationing in Florida, however.

It's seems that the prevailing fashion is to go off and enjoy yourself with the expectation that the State will look after your parents in their tiny, sweltering apartments.

sounds a lot like Minnesota, just change 'sweltering' to 'freezing'.