10 Worst States for Retirement!
10 Worst States for Retirement "Some of the prettiest, most touristy states in the nation are also some of the toughest on retirees." http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-worst-states-for-retiremen...
Forum Discussion
Lot of factors go into picking a retirement location, that fits a person individually. Many of the articles list Florida as being very desirable as a retirement location, weather, low taxes, no income tax, good medical care, etc. But even though we live here, and have for just over 10 years, it was not a good move for us to move here. I grew up on a ranch in southern Oklahoma, moved to Alaska for 25+ years to live in the rural parts of the state, then moved to western Colorado for about 10 years, then here.
Summer time in south Florida is miserable due to the heat and humidity, to me. I don't like the large population either. Every where I lived before was very sparsely populated but Florida is close to wall to wall people and gaining more daily. Florida is now the 4 largest in population of the states and is reported that it will pass New York state by 2015. Just too many people for me, but most articles don't address such matters.
The best advice I have read about retirement is to stay put in the location where you retire, if you are a long term resident of that area. When you move, don't burn your bridges and be locked in to the new place. When we were full timing for 2 1/2 years we met a group of RVers on the Gulf side of Florida that had moved south to Florida from the Great Lakes area. They hated Florida on a full time basis, so they had moved back to Tennessee to spend their summers and then to Florida for the winter in their RVs. They referred to themselves as "halfbacks". LOL Several of them stored their RVs in Florida and drove back to Tennessee in their car. One guy told me he had sold his truck and just had the storage lot pick up his 5th wheel.
A person has to figure out what they are looking for prior to moving. We have friends that love to golf, almost daily, so Florida works fine for them. If we didn't have young grandsons here in Florida, we would head back to western Colorado in a flash. Even now that most of the front range of Colorado has become more like a large version of the Republic of Boulder. The western slope is still somewhat sane, IMHO.
Summer time in south Florida is miserable due to the heat and humidity, to me. I don't like the large population either. Every where I lived before was very sparsely populated but Florida is close to wall to wall people and gaining more daily. Florida is now the 4 largest in population of the states and is reported that it will pass New York state by 2015. Just too many people for me, but most articles don't address such matters.
The best advice I have read about retirement is to stay put in the location where you retire, if you are a long term resident of that area. When you move, don't burn your bridges and be locked in to the new place. When we were full timing for 2 1/2 years we met a group of RVers on the Gulf side of Florida that had moved south to Florida from the Great Lakes area. They hated Florida on a full time basis, so they had moved back to Tennessee to spend their summers and then to Florida for the winter in their RVs. They referred to themselves as "halfbacks". LOL Several of them stored their RVs in Florida and drove back to Tennessee in their car. One guy told me he had sold his truck and just had the storage lot pick up his 5th wheel.
A person has to figure out what they are looking for prior to moving. We have friends that love to golf, almost daily, so Florida works fine for them. If we didn't have young grandsons here in Florida, we would head back to western Colorado in a flash. Even now that most of the front range of Colorado has become more like a large version of the Republic of Boulder. The western slope is still somewhat sane, IMHO.
