The longtime Fox News host said his decision boiled down to a trifecta of misery in New York – sky-high taxes, crime creeping into every corner, and the delightful experience of being treated like a wanted fugitive every time he tried to eat a plate of linguine at a Manhattan restaurant.

Apparently, Hannity couldn’t so much as order a Caesar salad without being greeted by death stares from the city’s enlightened elites.

So, on January 2, 2024, Hannity pulled the trigger: goodbye Gotham, hello Gators (the football kind and the swamp variety). He now broadcasts his radio and TV shows from sunny Florida, a state where the only side-eye you get at dinner is from an alligator lurking in the canal.

Hannity calls it freedom and as NYC spirals deeper into crime and chaos (a nightmare bound to worsen if Zohran Mamdani takes the mayor’s seat), more New Yorkers are likely to follow his lead, ditching crime-ridden subways and crushing taxes for palm trees and a government that doesn’t treat their paychecks like an ATM. Wouldn’t you?

The only drawback? This new arrangement means that Hannity and his fiancée, Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt, are now playing out a long-distance romance. She’s still based in Manhattan, which means the couple’s date nights now require a plane ticket.

In the end, Hannity’s exodus is more than a personal move – it’s a snapshot of a larger migration. As New York bleeds residents to friendlier tax codes and safer streets, Florida keeps racking up the wins. Hannity’s relocation makes one thing clear: the “free state of Florida” is open for business, and New Yorkers are lining up at the exit.