I'm trying to be artsy and now there's nowhere to retire

I’m minding my own business, trying to be artsy, and now there is nowhere to retire?

“While he acknowledged that scientists are unable to predict its consequences, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday compared the scourge of global warming to the threat of terrorism…..”

I wonder why our parents and grandparents have always sought a warmer clime to retire to? I wonder if they knew they were being terrorized?