For a few years during the pandemic, it seemed like the “snowbird,” the stereotypical retiree moving to the sunny acres of Florida, might be going extinct.
An annual study of where US seniors choose to retire logged a precipitious drop in the Sunshine State’s most famous city. In 2021, Miami was the number eight retirement destination in the country, according to the research by financial advisor SmartAsset. The following year, it had tumbled more than 150 places, all the way down to number 168.
