Nearly half a million retirees just packed their lives into U-Hauls, Out of 420,000 moves, a staggering 72% moved to red states That is just over 300,000 retirees. They aren't looking for a vacation; they’re escaping a system that views their home equity as perpetual annuity.

But on the flip side 120,000 retirees actually moved into blue states. If you think they did it for the politics or the weather, Nope.