Why do people retire to Florida? Besides the sunshine, palm trees, sandy beaches and plump, ripe oranges, people approaching retirement age might also crave a warmer climate to call home in their golden years, especially if they live in the snow and cold for most of the year.
As you sit there mulling over a happy retirement in the Northeast or Midwest, thousands of others have already packed up their belongings and are on their way to Florida. The facts back it up.