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Best Age-Friendly Places to Retire

The Best Age-Friendly Places to Retire in list is influenced by the World Health Organization’s age-friendly Ventures cities movement and scores are provided by people who live there. Have an opinion? Find your city and leave a review.

Raleigh
#26
#26 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
464758.0
North Carolina

Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. Raleigh is the second-largest city in the state of North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak...

170 reviews
170 reviews
Philadelphia
#27
#27 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
1580863.0
Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863 The Philadelphia Corporation on Aging has a...

2387 reviews
2387 reviews
East Hartford
#28
#28 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
51252.0
Connecticut

East Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 51,252 at the 2010 census.

67 reviews
67 reviews
Queens
#29
#29 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
0.0
New York

Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City. It is geographically adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the southwestern end of Long Island and to Nassau County farther east on Long Island; in addition,...

238 reviews
238 reviews
Manchester
#30
#30 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
58241.0
Connecticut

Manchester is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 58,241. The urban center of the town is the Manchester census-designated place, with a population of 30,577 at the 2010 ...

56 reviews
56 reviews
New York
#31
#31 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
8398748.0
New York
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NYC's Dept. of Aging provides scores of resources for its citizens, including: Locations of senior centers around the city which provide help and entertainment, such as art, music, and dance classes, walking clubs, yoga, and tai chi, chronic...

567 reviews
567 reviews
Columbus
#32
#32 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
787033.0
Ohio
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Columbus is the state capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a population of 879,170, it is the 14th-most populous city in the United States, and one of the fastest growing large cities in the nation With the as...

240 reviews
240 reviews
Alexandria
#33
#33 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
160530.0
Virginia
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Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 139,966, and in 2016, the population was estimated to be 155,810. Located along the western bank of the Potomac...

69 reviews
69 reviews
Randolph
#34
#34 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
32158.0
Massachusetts

The Town of Randolph is a suburban city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2010 census, the town population was 32,158. Randolph adopted a new charter effective January 2010 providing for a council-manager form of government i...

39 reviews
39 reviews
Providence
#35
#35 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
178042.0
Rhode Island
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Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. It was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He named the ar...

94 reviews
94 reviews
Austin
#36
#36 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
790390.0
Texas
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Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. It is the 11th-most populous city in the United States and the 4th-most populous city in Texas. It is also...

142 reviews
142 reviews
Miami
#37
#37 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
470914.0
Florida
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Miami is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of south Florida in the southeastern United States. As the seat of Miami-Dade County, the municipality is the principal, central, and the most populous city of the Miami metropolitan area and par...

330 reviews
330 reviews
Summerville
#38
#38 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
50730.0
South Carolina

Summerville is a town in the U.S. state of South Carolina situated mostly in Dorchester County with small portions in Berkeley and Charleston counties. It is part of the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The po...

44 reviews
44 reviews
Denver
#39
#39 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
716492.0
Colorado
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Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado With more than 40 years' experience as the designated Area Agency on Aging (AAA) for the eight-county region, the De...

72 reviews
72 reviews
Hartford
#40
#40 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
122587.0
Connecticut

Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making it Connecticut's third-largest cit...

324 reviews
324 reviews
San Diego
#41
#41 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
1419516.0
California
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San Diego is a major city in California, United States. It is in San Diego County, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California.  With an estimated population of 1,419,516 as of July 1, 2017, San Diego is the eighth in the United ...

110 reviews
110 reviews
San Antonio
#42
#42 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
0.0
Texas
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San Antonio, officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh most populous city in the United States and the second most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States. Every day in San Antonio, seniors, 60 years of age and old...

710 reviews
710 reviews
Springfield
#43
#43 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
155032.0
Massachusetts
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Springfield is a city in western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eas...

42 reviews
42 reviews
Pittsburgh
#44
#44 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
305704.0
Pennsylvania
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Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County. As of 2017, a total population of 305,704 lives within the city limits, making it the 63rd-largest city in the U.S. The m...

130 reviews
130 reviews
Gainesville
#45
#45 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
133857.0
Florida

Gainesville is the county seat and largest city in Alachua County, Florida, United States, and the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The population of Gainesville in the 2013 US Census estimates wa...

70 reviews
70 reviews
Milwaukee
#46
#46 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
594833.0
Wisconsin

Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States. The county seat of Milwaukee County, it is on Lake Michigan's western shore. Ranked by estimated 2014 population, Milwaukee was...

80 reviews
80 reviews
Nashville
#47
#47 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
0.0
Tennessee

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. Middle Tennessee Council On Aging: COA strives to ensure that the community values, honors and supports older adults and caregive...

99 reviews
99 reviews
Sacramento
#48
#48 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
508529.0
California
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Sacramento ( SAK-rə-MEN-toh; Spanish: [sakɾaˈmento]) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. It is at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of Californi...

49 reviews
49 reviews
Pembroke Pines
#49
#49 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
170712.0
Florida
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Pembroke Pines is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States. Pembroke Pines' current population is estimated at 168,587 as of 2016. The city had a population of 154,750 as of the 2010 census, making it the second-most populous city...

35 reviews
35 reviews
Staten Island
#50
#50 of 91 Best Places to Retire in United States
0.0
New York

Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. Located in the southwest portion of the city, Staten Island is the southernmost part of both the city and state of New York, with Conference House Park l...

61 reviews
61 reviews
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