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Post by Cornflake on Dec 21, 2023 7:38:29 GMT -5
"A new study from Bankrate scored all 50 U.S. states in five separate categories to determine which were the best (and worst) to retire in. The affordability category carried the most weight — 40 percent of each state’s score. The cost and quality of health care was worth 20 percent. The well-being category, measuring opportunities for recreation, the number of older adults per capita and other data, accounted for 25 percent. Weather was worth 10 percent, and crime rate 5 percent."
"Topping the list for best retirement state was Iowa, which finished third in affordability and 11th in health care. Next came Delaware, where residents pay a bit more (18th in affordability), but are still happier than most (second in well-being). West Virginia, the most affordable U.S. state, ranked third, followed by Missouri (fifth most affordable) and Mississippi (second most affordable, seventh best for weather)." -- NY Times
I like Iowa and if I had to move, it would be on the list of possibilities, but I'm addicted to the southwest.
If you're wondering what state came in last, it's Alaska.
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Post by kbcolorado on Dec 21, 2023 7:52:52 GMT -5
My endocrinologist practices in Alaska 1 out of every 3 months. He says when it gets cold (which of course is most of the time), much of the population sits inside, drinking alcohol and eating fatty foods.
Iowa is a wonderful place to live. Just one of the reasons is, you can take day trips to Minnesota without having to live there.
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Post by Cornflake on Dec 21, 2023 8:03:06 GMT -5
"My endocrinologist practices in Alaska 1 out of every 3 months. He says when it gets cold (which of course is most of the time), much of the population sits inside, drinking alcohol and eating fatty foods."
I've mentioned this before but when my wife and I were young, we drove up to the Silverton-Ouray area for a summer vacation. We stopped for gas in Dolores, Colorado. I thought it was a very appealing place. But I couldn't see how anybody could make a living there. I asked the guy who was pumping our gas, "What do people around here do?" He gave it a moment's thought and said. "Mostly they drink."
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Post by majorminor on Dec 21, 2023 8:49:44 GMT -5
No North Dakota? Pfffftttt.
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Post by PaulKay on Dec 21, 2023 8:50:47 GMT -5
That whole emphasis on cost seems skewed. The inner city of Milwaukee is probably very affordable too.
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Post by Marshall on Dec 21, 2023 8:57:39 GMT -5
Don't forget the cuisine.  |
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Post by drlj on Dec 21, 2023 10:11:39 GMT -5
I have many relatives in Iowa. I could live there. It is much like Indiana only the people seem more simple and childlike. It probably has to do with a lack of squirrel in the diet.
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Post by majorminor on Dec 21, 2023 10:21:56 GMT -5
Don't forget the cuisine. You didn't want to turn "safe search" off for a Maidrite pic? Apparently they eat 3 things out there : Pork Loin, Iowa Chops, and Maidrites. |
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Post by factorychef on Dec 21, 2023 10:26:31 GMT -5
Jello!
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Post by dradtke on Dec 21, 2023 10:35:37 GMT -5
Iowa is a wonderful place to live. Just one of the reasons is, you can take day trips to Minnesota without having to live there. Funny, if you reverse that, I agree with it completely. We love short trips down into Iowa. |
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Dec 21, 2023 10:56:12 GMT -5
Iowa probably got extra points for having the largest population of SoundHole members.
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Post by drlj on Dec 21, 2023 10:56:53 GMT -5
We went to dinner a few nights ago and Iowa Pork Chop was on the menu. Obviously the cook smuggled a few across state lines.
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Post by RickW on Dec 21, 2023 11:16:37 GMT -5
Iowa is a wonderful place to live. Just one of the reasons is, you can take day trips to Minnesota without having to live there. But…if you had Iowa, why would you want to go to Minnesota?  |
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Post by Hobson on Dec 21, 2023 11:52:02 GMT -5
I went to college in Iowa. It convinced me that I'm a westerner. I really missed the mountains.
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Post by coachdoc on Dec 21, 2023 12:02:43 GMT -5
I feel the same Hobson, about NH and Iowa. Our mountains aren’t huge, but they are scenic.
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Post by coachdoc on Dec 21, 2023 12:05:16 GMT -5
Taking it a bit further, I’ll actually get a little vertigo driving across the fly over states.
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Post by coachdoc on Dec 21, 2023 12:05:52 GMT -5
Taking it a bit further, I actually get a little vertigo driving across the fly over states. |
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Post by drlj on Dec 21, 2023 12:42:29 GMT -5
Mountains? Obviously you folks have never seen the wonder of an Iowa corn maze.
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Post by Russell Letson on Dec 21, 2023 13:01:13 GMT -5
Back when C would wonder where we might move after retirement, we shortlisted midwestern university towns, but I eliminated Iowa City and environs as way too hot in the summer. (Ditto Champaign.) Since then, moving away from St. Cloud (where we're five minutes from a major hospital and less than an hour from the Twin Cities) seems to be a solution to a non-problem. And in any case, we'll both be nearly 80 when C is finally fully retired, and who wants to move at that point? And it would take a year just to empty the house of a half-century's accumulated Stuff.
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Post by Dub on Dec 21, 2023 13:11:35 GMT -5
I went to college in Iowa. It convinced me that I'm a westerner. I really missed the mountains. I feel the same Hobson, about NH and Iowa. Our mountains aren’t huge, but they are scenic. No mountains? Whaddya talkin’? We’ve got: - Mount Auburn (Elevation: 265m / 869ft)
- Mount Ayr (Elevation: 376m / 1,234ft)
- Mount Pleasant (Elevation: 222m / 728ft)
- Mount Vernon (Elevation: 268m / 879ft)
And here’s a view from atop Iowa’s own Pike’s Peak.  |
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