Lots of snowbirds stay in specific RV parks because of recommendations from fellow travelers in other RV parks. There is strength in numbers. Winter visitors add roughly 20 percent to the 10,000 Deming population. In Truth or Consequences and surrounding Sierra County, the 9,500 population swells to 11,000 or more. Other areas grow as well.
Snowbirds often volunteer at local museums, chambers of commerce, etc.
They often expand the offerings at senior centers and art centers. Snowbirds, like Southern New Mexico, are a harmony of contrast. They are protective of their independence and privacy, but they are active, cooperative, and community-minded. The hospitable desert hosts sociable hermits. The landscape of often stark beauty provides a backdrop for people with nothing to do leading full lives.