Looking for your best place to retire?

Your best place to retire won’t be the same as someone else’s. To make a smart choice you need to consider your preferences for climate, type of town, region of country, tax preferences, and budget. This site will help you evaluate a range of different best places to retire from the best states to the top cities for retirement.

If you do your research carefully you won’t have to be a slave to a “best places to retire” list that might have been prepared by a 20-something writer at a popular magazine. The first step is to write down your retirement priorities. After that you can study the states, cities, and active adult 55+ communities listed on this site and make some decisions about the ones you would like to explore further.

Best Place to Retire Lists

Almost every financial magazine puts out a best place to retire list. Money, US News, Fortune are just a few of them. Many of the same towns appear over and over. At the same time there are many places to retire that have a lower profile, but still offer an inexpensive but desirable lifestyle.

Use our Best Places to Retire Lists to find links to the major best places lists, a list of the most commonly selected best places to retire, and our selections for some top retirement towns that are most overlooked.

Go to our Best states to retire in to find a summary of what states are commonly considered the best for retirement, along with more detailed links for additional information.

More Resources:

• Best States to Retire
• Money Magazine/CNN Best Places to Retire
• U.S. News Find the Best Place to Retire
• 55+ Communities Directory
• CBS Moneywatch Best Places to Retire Lists
• Best Locations to Retire
• New Active Adult Communities to Retire
• Tennessee Retirement Information