Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Report says best place is Wyoming? Where in Wyoming can senior citizens get reliable chronic and geriatric care, with reliable transportation to-from the clinic?
Anyone who moves to Wyoming to retire, to a place where they don't know anyone, with no real public transportation and most likely poor services is an IDIOT!
Wyoming has fewer than 600,000 people. Its largest cities, Cheyenne and Casper, have less than 60k population each. Its next biggest city, Laramie, has 30k. It only has 9 cities that have populations over 10k. I'm sure those 9 cities can provide all the necessities and amenities any retiree would ever need or want.
The article is a feed from bankrate.com, which tells you everything you need to know about the likely methodology of the "survey". Tax rates was the prime determinant of ranking, and you can bet that the taxes included in the tax rate were many taxes that don't apply to most retirees. It doesn't matter if another state doesn't have a state income tax and NYS does, if you have a private pension < $20k if your retirement income is just your SS + $20k pension + $3600 in IRA/401K funds. How much income tax are you going to pay on $3600 in income? It doesn't matter to most retirees that retirees with incomes of $100k annually get a a better deal in State X than they do in NY.
What's happening to many retirees is that the cost of property taxes make it too prohibitive to retire here. This is mostly true for Nassau and Suffolk counties however, not NYC. Go take a look over in the Long Island forum and see what most of their posts are about...It's not uncommon to be retired and have a paid off house, but 13K property tax for the year in Nassau County. Some of them are relocating to North Carolina, Kentucky, etc.
__________________
"The man who sleeps on the floor, can never fall out of bed." -Martin Lawrence
the best state to retire to is the one that meets your goals and expectations.
^This
About every three weeks Yahoo will have an article "Best States to Retire to" or "Best Foreign Country to Retire to", and if you read the comments, these lists are almost universally ridiculed.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
