When factoring in affordability and quality health care, cost of living, retiree friendly businesses and services, and options for an active lifestyle in retirement, Santa Barbara, Calif., is number one.
The new list comes out of Livability.com, who use all the indicators mentioned above to select 10 U.S. cities to retire to. “As the aging population grows and diversifies, so will their ideas of ideal retirement,” writes Matt Carmichael, editor at Livability.com.
Other places that took top spots are Sarasota, Fla.; Plano, Texas; Tacoma, Wash.; and Carson City, Nev.
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