With 62 million Americans now aged 65 or older and another 20 million expected to join them over the next two decades, more retirees are skipping the big cities and heading for places where the neighbours still wave.
There are roughly 62 million people in the United States aged 65 or over right now. That is about 18% of the entire population, and the number keeps climbing. Over the next 20 years, projections suggest another 20 million will cross that threshold.
