New York enacted some of the most restrictive COVID-19 lockdowns in the entire nation. As a result, citizens began jumping ship for Florida — and the exodus is by no means slowing down.

“A total of 21,546 New Yorkers swapped their driver’s licenses for the Sunshine State version during the first four months of this year — a 12% increase from the same period in 2021,” according to The New York Post. “The 2022 totals are 55% higher than the first four months of the last pre-pandemic year of 2019.”

In contrast to New York’s COVID-19 policies, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) kept his state’s economy open for business.