The following is from Becker’s Hospital Review.
The Southeast is home to three of the five best states to retire, according to Bankrate’s annual rankings.
States were ranked by the personal finance website based on affordability (40%), overall well-being (25%), cost and quality of healthcare (20%), weather (10%) and crime (5%).
Key takeaways from the list, published July 22, are:
- Delaware took first place overall, moving up from second in 2023. It is a “tax-friendly state for retirees,” ranks well in diversity and has a temperate climate, according to Bankrate.
- Iowa dropped to ninth place from first place, mainly because of its affordability decreasing.
- The West is home to the three of the bottom five states, mostly because of the cost of living.
- Alaska was last place for the second year in a row because of affordability, healthcare and weather.
10 best and 15 worst states for retirement
The Best
1. Delaware
2. West Virginia
3. Georgia
4. South Carolina
5. Missouri
6. Mississippi
7. Pennsylvania
8. Florida
9. Iowa
10. Wyoming
The Worst
1. Alaska
2. New York
3. Washington
4. California
5. North Dakota
6. Massachusetts
7. Colorado
8. Maryland
9. Texas
10. Minnesota
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Unfortunately the backwards regime known as Delaware is all communist now, same as new Hampshire Connecticut and Maine, it’s the east coast radical bloc of horrible communists, so yes by all means retire to Rhode island, another one, and smoke a big cuban cigar and salute the ghost of uncle fideL , you can even call your neighbor comrade, Shame on all these once fine tourism states for being anti-Trump, we call them only loyal to Benedict Arnold, a notorious traitor who concurred with the USSR.
Sorry, but I lost interest and confidence in Becker’s Hospital Review when it came out with it’s goofy list of best healthcare and never even mentioned the WORLD RENOWNED Cleveland Clinic, regularly rated as second best on the entire planet and thought by many to actually be #1, with the Mayo Clinic having problems and coasting on an outdated reputation.
Missouri 5th best. I wonder how they came up with that?
I’d argue that Michigan is a great place to retire (although people do move to Arizona and Florida and then complain about the heat). It has great universities (which means great sports to watch), 11000 lakes plus the Great Lakes for fishing and boating, 5th most golf courses in the US, low housing costs relative to many states (ranks 14th in affordable housing according to Rocket Mortgage), top-notch healthcare systems including University of Michigan Hospital and Henry Ford Hospital, and the Corewell Health system, and relative low taxes for retirees (lots of exemptions to income).
Sure, you have to put up with winter, but that can be a plus if you are outside of Detroit or Benton Harbor. Michigan is loaded with plenty of great winter recreational areas from skiing to snowmobiling to ice fishing to just hiking the hundreds of miles of public trails. Get a 4WD or all-wheel drive vehicle and enjoy it. Oh, and for those who like scenery, there is the whole upper peninsula.
And, of course, for those who have bought into the climate doomsday scenarios, Michigan has a climate greatly moderated by the Great Lakes and Canada so those 90º days are quite infrequent.
Deleware? Meh, not so much. I mean Dover? C’mon man!
Alaska the worst for medical care? I guess if you get mauled by a bear several hundred miles from the nearest emergency room, your health will clearly suffer dramatically.
Since Alaska is NOT in the top 10 of states with the LEAST life expectancy it does not make sense for Alaska to top the list here.