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I'm amazed that someone would want a lower standard of living when they retired. Wonder why the Yankees don't just move to Mexico, or Afghanistan, or Africa, or somewhere else with a REALLY low standard of living?

You have the true southern expertise in matters financial. A retired person is on a fixed income. Moving to an area where everything costs less makes that income go further. DOH!

They don't go to other countries because they already conquered the south once, plus, all their lives, part of their taxes goes to support the states in the south that have never been able to adequately support themselves. Since they have been paying for it, why not use it?

You have the true southern expertise in matters financial. A retired person is on a fixed income. Moving to an area where everything costs less makes that income go further. DOH!

Oh, you meant lower COST of living?

They don't go to other countries because they already conquered the south once, plus, all their lives, part of their taxes goes to support the states in the south that have never been able to adequately support themselves. Since they have been paying for it, why not use it?

They definitely should be going to New Mexico or Montana then - those two states receive, per capita, the most Federal spending per tax dollar paid. North Dakota, Alaska, South Dakota, and Hawaii are also in the Top Ten.

Note that these are NOT Southern states.

In the interest of fairness, the other 4 Top Ten states are Southern - they are Virginia, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Alabama. Virginia, Mississippi, and Alabama get a lot of defense expenditures, and West Virginia has Senator Robert Byrd.