10 Worst States for Retirement!

jalichty wrote:
WyoTraveler, why do you pay more taxes in Wyoming than you would in California/ The sales tax here is 4% compared to Ca. 7-8%, no income taxes and still fairly low fuel taxes. Property tax is a little high, but nothing like Texas.

And, us Wyoming folk don't pay, directly, most of the taxes that fuel our government

, the energy industry and tourists do that, kinda. Most studies show that people from out of Wyoming pay up to 35% of all sales taxes collected in the state.

YUP! But it is not just the tourists/energy that pay your bills. Wyoming is subsidized by the taxpayers from other states.
That's right all of US pay for Wyoming!

So many people really are not aware that, "WE", all the other states with higher, denser population SUBSIDIZE the other states. Based on shear numbers factors.

The more rural a state is the less population per area which equates to not enough people to pay taxes to keep that state afloat......so the rest of us pay for it.

I'd move to Wyoming in a heartbeat it so beautiful but that would put me right back into snowbird mode to get the heck out when the temps started dropping and the snow started to fly! :B

Funny, I googled 10 worst states for retirement and came across several articles, with a different list of states. Take it for a grain of salt. Maine and Oregon are on my favorites list. Clean air, low crime rate. So you got to buy a coat and stock up on fire wood..:W

silvercorvette wrote:


A few days ago I paid $3,329 for diesel when I drive to NY diesel can be 50 cents to a dollar more.

Sure hope that was $3.329/gallon. $3, 329 is a little steep. :)

The unfortunate aspect of these ratings is that it's in reference to an entire state. There's huge differences in the results/scores when the data is gathered for various regions within a given state. Some of the regions within any state will score very high in the various "data sections" and overall while other regions score extremely poor. The overall rankings by using regions would be very different than an entire state's scores and rankings. Giving an average for an entire state is so misleading.

An observation:

People move to or retire in a local area or region within a state, not the entire state. So much difference!

I think the best place to retire is the place you love. If it costs more and you can afford it...go for it. A lot of people go through a whole statistical run through before they decide...but the truth is if it doesn't feel like home to someone...they won't stay there or really be happy.

Some of my family lives in Oregon, right on the coast. Climate is very good year round, compared to the rest of the state from about 50 miles from the coast and east. Whole different story there. A semi-major problem is Californians have figured that out, and are moving north. Similar problem in Colorado, that used to be a very nice state. Now look at it, their politics have taken a sharp left turn, being controlled by the population centers on the east side of the state.

I'd move to Tennessee in a heartbeat if it wasn't for the almost 10% sales tax. Wow. Guess I'm stuck here in Ohio.

I won. I'm living in the No.1 state for the worst retirement. Funny thing is I've been retired for 4 years now and didn't know it was the worst state for retiring in. Funny thing about these articles is if you Google worst crime states, most of them are also best for retiring. Yes it does cost more for fuel in Oregon but we also don't have sales tax. Being retired I drive way less than when working so for me it's a wash. Plus it's just down right gorgeous here in the summer. Now winter is another topic. But at least we don't have tornados, hurricanes or 2-3' of snow on the ground for a month and it's not 95-100 degrees for 4-5 months during the summer.

Obviously, I'm in one of the wrong spots to enjoy my retirement. Better consider moving....Eeeehhh, probably not!!

WyoTraveler, why do you pay more taxes in Wyoming than you would in California/ The sales tax here is 4% compared to Ca. 7-8%, no income taxes and still fairly low fuel taxes. Property tax is a little high, but nothing like Texas. And, us Wyoming folk don't pay, directly, most of the taxes that fuel our government, the energy industry and tourists do that, kinda. Most studies show that people from out of Wyoming pay up to 35% of all sales taxes collected in the state.

rockhillmanor wrote:
I'm 'real' surprised Tennessee is not on that list.

I stopped off in TN for a few days to look around at property and to stock up on supplies, food, etc. and by the end of the day I had paid $100.00 in TAXES!

I took a look at my receipts and their state tax is almost 10%. I got back into my MH and started heading further south!

I thought Tennessee was one of THE places most people like to retire to. :?

But TN has no income tax (unless you have over $2500 in investment income). Sales tax and property tax is it.