Far from the truth. Sure there are people who are retired down there, just like any place with warm weather year round. Boca is one of the most beautiful and wealthiest places in the world. The women there are unbelieveable. You have plenty of young women and mature women (Supermodel and porn star material) looking for a guy who is attractive with status and money, and Merlino can offer them that. You have beautiful golf courses, shopping, resorts, MLB spring training, private country clubs, restaurants, deep sea sport fishing, beautiful yachts, and you are not far from Ft. Lauderdale which has plenty of nightlife. There are plenty of things to entertain Merlino down there, and the weather is amazing. I wish I had a place in Boca Raton. The question should be "Why would he want to go back to Philly at all?"