I have a relative who “snow birds” between Illinois and Florida, keeping an apartment in each place.
When I retire and the kids are moved out, I could see having a small place in Vermont to spend the summers, and a place down South for winter.
I no longer want two places. While having our new Lago Vista home built, and then while moving our belongings here, we were between the two houses. I hated it. If I couldn’t find my prescription drug or my watch, I didn’t know which house my missing items might be. We used to have our house in Lake Jackson Texas, our father’s house in Denver, our apartment in Los Angeles county, our kids’ apartments... we were paying expenses on all of the above. It was too much for my simple little mind.