Members TampaYankee Posted July 14, 2014 Members Posted July 14, 2014 8 U.S. Cities With the Most Retirees KIRSTEN KLAHN, JULY 12, 2014 See original article at: http://wallstcheatsheet.com/personal-finance/8-u-s-cities-with-the-most-retirees.html/?ref=YF Quote
Members TampaYankee Posted July 14, 2014 Author Members Posted July 14, 2014 Some surprising entries to me: Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Hot Springs. I expected all to be in Arizona and Florida with Palm Springs maybe in the mix. Hot Springs looks like the cost of living winner. I'm very familiar with Clearwater and it is a great town if one could dry out the humidity. Quote
Members Suckrates Posted July 14, 2014 Members Posted July 14, 2014 Those are probably the cities with the Most cemetaries as well ? Quote
Guest CharliePS Posted July 15, 2014 Posted July 15, 2014 Unlike the other places on the list, Pittsburgh and Buffalo are not cities that people have retired TO--the retirees there are natives who have simply aged in place, and don't want to or can't afford to move elsewhere. The same thing has happened in much of the rural Midwest, especially in the Great Plains states, where the average ages are fairly high. I thought it was funny that the blurb on Palm Bay showed a photo of the beach in "nearby Fort Myers," which is actually on the other side of the state, sort of like showing a photo of "nearby Malibu" in an article about the Mojave Desert. Quote
Members TampaYankee Posted July 16, 2014 Author Members Posted July 16, 2014 I thought it was funny that the blurb on Palm Bay showed a photo of the beach in "nearby Fort Myers," which is actually on the other side of the state, sort of like showing a photo of "nearby Malibu" in an article about the Mojave Desert. It struck me as a lazy copy writer or editor unwilling to scrounge up a beach shot a little closer to home. It is not like the lower East Coast of Florida is bereft of beaches. <shakin' my head> Quote
