Best States For Retirement

[Benny B]

No surprise... FL is #1, CO is #3, CA and IL are middle of the pack (25 & 28), and WV and KY (48 & 50) are bringing up the rear. 

Surprising.... South Dakota at #2, Iowa at #7 and Wisconsin charting in at #12.... ahead of SC (18), AZ (14) and TX (20). 

Maybe snow isn’t so bad, after all.

[warriorchick]

No surprise... FL is #1, CO is #3, CA and IL are middle of the pack (25 & 28), and WV and KY (48 & 50) are bringing up the rear. 

Surprising.... South Dakota at #2, Iowa at #7 and Wisconsin charting in at #12.... ahead of SC (18), AZ (14) and TX (20). 

Maybe snow isn’t so bad, after all.

This doesn't tell us anything if we don't know the criteria and how each one was weighted.

Do you have a link?

[ZiggysFryBoy]

This doesn't tell us anything if we don't know the criteria and how each one was weighted.

Do you have a link?

It's Benny approved.   Dont need no link.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Maybe wallethub?

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-states-to-retire/18592/

[Cheeks]

The only state in the top 20 for all three categories....UTAH.  Also was high high on our list.

California 34th for affordability....that made me laugh.  Yes, there are parts of California that are really cheap and all the meth you can want, along with brutal heat and poverty.  Anywhere desirable, forget it.

[warriorchick]

Honestly, any ranking by state is basically garbage.

Take Illinois, for instance.  Your experience retiring in Wilmette is going to be very different than your experience retiring in Cairo or East St. Louis.

The only thing that is truly comparable state-by-state is climate and state tax burden.

[StillAWarrior]

The only state in the top 20 for all three categories....UTAH.  Also was high high on our list.

My son is moving to SLC after he graduates. He and I are going to have a good old fashioned father-son road trip out there first week of July.

[warriorchick]

My son is moving to SLC after he graduates. He and I are going to have a good old fashioned father-son road trip out there first week of July.

Make sure you spend some time in Park City while you are out there.  It's probably the most un-Mormonly place in the area.

[Cheeks]

My son is moving to SLC after he graduates. He and I are going to have a good old fashioned father-son road trip out there first week of July.

My son was down to Utah, Pitt, Syracuse, Marquette in his last four to decide on school.  SLC was great when we visited. Enjoyed it a lot.   30 minutes from Park City.  I highly recommend doing the Olympic Bobsled run.  Well worth it.  Total blast.  In the winter it is the real deal on ice, but in the Summer about 10mph slower on wheels...still great.

An Olympian in training will drive.....you friggin move.  It rocks.

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[Lennys Tap]

Honestly, any ranking by state is basically garbage.

True. I'm in Naples and I wouldn't trade it for any place in the states - but there are places in Florida I'd want no part of.

[MU82]

Honestly, any ranking by state is basically garbage.

Yep yep.

[Benny B]

Ah hell.... forgot link.  My bad

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/best-states-for-retirement-212045654.html

[mu_hilltopper]

Yahoo was reporting on Wallethub .. so here's the primary link:

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-states-to-retire/18592/

Lots of criteria there, although each person would have their own weightings.  I mean, "weather" but only kicks in 2.6% of the total.   I think for most people, weather is anywhere between 50-90% of their decision.

[tower912]

Weather is it.  For the first time, my wife and I discussed the possibility of being snowbirds.   She increasingly struggles with cold.   I used to mock the notion.  Now I see I may have to do it for my wife's health.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

California 34th for affordability....that made me laugh.  Yes, there are parts of California that are really cheap and all the meth you can want, along with brutal heat and poverty.  Anywhere desirable, forget it.

That is quite the statement.  There are plenty of nice places in California that are nice and relatively inexpensive.  A good friend of mine owns a nice plot of land with an ocean view near Eureka, and it wasn't anymore expensive than a lake lot in northern Wisconsin. 

[Cheeks]

That is quite the statement.  There are plenty of nice places in California that are nice and relatively inexpensive.  A good friend of mine owns a nice plot of land with an ocean view near Eureka, and it wasn't anymore expensive than a lake lot in northern Wisconsin.

Average home prices in Eureka are 2.3X higher than northern Wisconsin per Zillow.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Average home prices in Eureka are 2.3X higher than northern Wisconsin per Zillow.

Are you comparing land "near" Eureka with lakefront property in northern Wisconsin?  Because there is plenty of really cheap housing in small towns up north.

[Cheeks]

Are you comparing land "near" Eureka with lakefront property in northern Wisconsin?  Because there is plenty of really cheap housing in small towns up north.

Broadly comparing.  I agree with you that there are pockets anywhere of goodness all over the place.  In general, Calif is very expensive and the places that are cheap, generally speaking, are less desirable....not a surprise as that dynamic is consistent in many places in the country.  We have a tremendous tax and poverty issue in this state, along with a meth epidemic that is something to be seen.  Very difficult for the middle class.  I am rather surprised at the rankings to be blunt. 

[Dr. Blackheart]

Yahoo was reporting on Wallethub .. so here's the primary link:

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-states-to-retire/18592/

Lots of criteria there, although each person would have their own weightings.  I mean, "weather" but only kicks in 2.6% of the total.   I think for most people, weather is anywhere between 50-90% of their decision.

This suggests Ohio

https://locations.arbys.com/oh.html

[StillAWarrior]

Make sure you spend some time in Park City while you are out there.  It's probably the most un-Mormonly place in the area.

SLC was great when we visited. Enjoyed it a lot.   30 minutes from Park City.  I highly recommend doing the Olympic Bobsled run.  Well worth it.  Total blast.  In the winter it is the real deal on ice, but in the Summer about 10mph slower on wheels...still great.

An Olympian in training will drive.....you friggin move.  It rocks.

We'll have to try go get out there.  I know my son went to Park City several times when he was working in SLC last summer and loved it.  Some of the people he worked with actually live there and make the drive to SLC every day.

The bobsled would be fun.  I hope we have some time to explore a little bit and get to Park City, but we might be fairly busy moving him into his new place (which he still hasn't found...fingers crossed).

My son ran into Grayson Allen in Park City.  Fortunately, Allen didn't trip him.

[jsglow]

Weather is it.  For the first time, my wife and I discussed the possibility of being snowbirds.   She increasingly struggles with cold.   I used to mock the notion.  Now I see I may have to do it for my wife's health.

Birding is great tower. When it's 55 in Summerlin and the locals have on a freaking Goose & Uggs and I'm wearing a light sweatshirt. Plus the sun is out.

[jsglow]

We'll have to try go get out there.  I know my son went to Park City several times when he was working in SLC last summer and loved it.  Some of the people he worked with actually live there and make the drive to SLC every day.

The bobsled would be fun.  I hope we have some time to explore a little bit and get to Park City, but we might be fairly busy moving him into his new place (which he still hasn't found...fingers crossed).

My son ran into Grayson Allen in Park City.  Fortunately, Allen didn't trip him.

Walk to the top of Main Street and score yourself a Pologmy Porter.

[NorthernDancerColt]

True. I'm in Naples and I wouldn't trade it for any place in the states - but there are places in Florida I'd want no part of.

If you know anyone who is a member at Calusa Pines, you gotta play it. Same thing with The Concession up the road in Bradenton. Two of the top5 courses in Florida.

[dgies9156]

Sister Chick is right about these polls being garbage. Much depends on what you want in your retirement.

My wife and I went to the Treasure Coast of Florida for part of the year (October to May). I still work remotely and we’re able to get a very pleasant winter. Our town has a vibrant arts and entertainment community, restaurants that could stand up to major metro communities and we’re less than two hours from three major airports. Spring training is less than an hour away.

Oh, and down here, we get FS1 and most of the Warrior games, which is an absolute must for me.

If you want seasons, we have three here. Snowbird, summer and hurricane. That’s why we’re back in Chicago in May.

My parents, in sharp contrast, retired to Douglas County, WI. They originally were from up there (it’s furthest northwest point in the state), apparently thought snow was a gift from God and had stayed close to several of their best friends in high school. Douglas County is gorgeous in summer and wicked in winter. But people like that.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Walk to the top of Main Street and score yourself a Pologmy Porter.

This.  And wear your MU gear, since Wasatch Brewery was started by an MU grad.