| With more and more people paying attention to their | | | | Coconut Creek, FL - residents play golf 1.41 times the |
| physical fitness, and with vast improvements in health | | | | national average |
| care and technology, retirement is increasingly | | | | 2. Palm Harbor, CA - 1.39 times |
| becoming a time of your life to look forward to, a | | | | 3. Palm Desert, CA - 1.34 times |
| time when you have fewer obligations and more | | | | 4. Lake Havasu City, AZ - 1.33 times |
| opportunity to do the things you've always dreamed | | | | 5. Woodbury, MN - 1.33 times |
| of doing. How you end up spending your retirement | | | | 6. Yorba Linda, CA - 1.32 times |
| depends in large part on where you choose to retire. | | | | 7. Boca Raton, FL - 1.31 times |
| Your retirement location determines how much you'll | | | | 8. Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - 1.30 times |
| be spending, what services are available to you, and | | | | 9. Greenville, NC - 1.30 times |
| what activities you can engage in.Of course, there is | | | | 10. Diamond Bar, CA - 1.29 times |
| no one perfect retirement spot for everyone. Finding | | | | 11. Cape Coral, FL - 1.29 times |
| the perfect retirement spot for you depends on | | | | 12. Burke, VA - 1.29 timesGame, set, loveIf it's |
| what you want. But here are a few | | | | tennis you prefer, here are twelve cities where |
| suggestions.Here's to your health | | | | residents play a lot of the game you love.1. Bethesda, |
| The availability of good health care is a significant | | | | MD - residents play tennis 1.63 times the national |
| consideration for the retired population. Here are | | | | average |
| twelve cities in the country where you'll find a lot of | | | | 2. Greenwich, CT - 1.61 times |
| hospitals.1. Union City, NJ - 736 hospitals within a | | | | 3. Davis, CA - 1.61 times |
| 30-mile radius | | | | 4. Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - 1.61 times |
| 2. Jersey City, NJ - 732 | | | | 5. Newport Beach, CA - 1.60 times |
| 3. North Bergen, NJ - 728 | | | | 6. Williamsburg, VA - 1.59 times |
| 4. New York, NY - 727 | | | | 7. Laguna Niguel, CA - 1.58 times |
| 5. Passaic, NJ - 720 | | | | 8. West Bloomfield Township, MI - 1.57 times |
| 6. Clifton, NJ - 709 | | | | 9. McKinney, TX - 1.57 times |
| 7. Mount Vernon, NY - 706 | | | | 10. Asheville, NC - 1.56 times |
| 8. New Rochelle, NY - 704 | | | | 11. Mission Viejo, CA - 1.55 times |
| 9. Yonkers, NY - 704 | | | | 12. Sandy Springs, GA - 1.55 timesWelcome to the |
| 10. Paterson, NJ - 698 | | | | clubIf you like the idea of belonging to a country club, |
| 11. Bayonne, NJ - 696 | | | | you might want to retire in one of these twelve |
| 12. Newark, NJ - 693A home of your ownIf you | | | | cities, where country-club members make up a |
| want a good bargain on a retirement home (and who | | | | relatively high percentage of the population.1. Palm |
| doesn't?), check these cities out. They offer the | | | | Desert, CA - 2.0% of households belong to a country |
| lowest median home sale prices in the country.1. | | | | club |
| Reading, PA - $42,850 median home sale price | | | | 2. Bethesda, MD - 2.0% |
| 2. Buffalo, NY - $45,000 | | | | 3. Greenwich, CT - 1.8% |
| 3. Niagara Falls, NY - $47,000 | | | | 4. West Bloomfield Township, MI - 1.8% |
| 4. Camden, NJ - $55,000 | | | | 5. Lower Merion, PA - 1.7% |
| 5. Youngstown, OH - $55,000 | | | | 6. Lake Havasu City, AZ - 1.7% |
| 6. Utica, NY - $55,000 | | | | 7. Newport Beach, CA - 1.7% |
| 7. Flint, MI - $59,000 | | | | 8. Palo Alto, CA - 1.7% |
| 8. Rochester, NY - $60,000 | | | | 9. Spring Hill, FL - 1.6% |
| 9. Saginaw, MI - $62,000 | | | | 10. Carmel, IN - 1.6% |
| 10. Dayton, OH - $63,000 | | | | 11. Burke, VA - 1.6% |
| 11. Pittsburgh, PA - $64,500 | | | | 12. Prescott, AZ - 1.6%The groves of academeDoes |
| 12. Syracuse, NY - $64,650The people in your | | | | the idea of well-educated neighbors appeal to you? |
| neighborhoodCities with a large population of older | | | | These cities have a high percentage of residents with |
| adults offer retired persons the greatest | | | | graduate degrees.1. Arlington, VA - 35.7% of |
| opportunities for socialization and activity. These | | | | residents have graduate degrees |
| twelve cities have a high percentage of residents | | | | 2. Davis, CA - 34.6% |
| over 50 years of age.1. Tamarac, FL - 50.84% of | | | | 3. Brookline, MA - 32.5% |
| residents are over 50 years old | | | | 4. Evanston, IL - 31.2% |
| 2. Lake Havasu City, AZ - 47.13% | | | | 5. Bloomington, IN - 31.2% |
| 3. Port Charlotte, FL - 46.97% | | | | 6. Towson, MD - 31.2% |
| 4. Prescott, AZ - 46.85% | | | | 7. Oak Park, IL - 29.1% |
| 5. Palm Desert, CA - 46.06% | | | | 8. Bethesda, MD - 29.1% |
| 6. Largo, FL - 45.96% | | | | 9. Alexandria, VA - 29.0% |
| 7. St. Simons Island, GA - 45.88% | | | | 10. West Hartford, CT - 28.9% |
| 8. Spring Hill, FL - 44.67% | | | | 11. College Station, TX - 27.7% |
| 9. Surprise, AZ - 44.53% | | | | 12. Ames, IA - 27.5% |
| 10. Walnut Creek, CA - 44.22% | | | | 13. Columbia, MO - 27.5%The key to finding the |
| 11. Port Orange, FL - 42.91% | | | | perfect retirement spot for you is knowing what you |
| 12. Deerfield Beach, FL - 42.91%Perfect to a teeIf | | | | want, then learning where you can find it. So check |
| you love golf and couldn't get enough of it during all | | | | out your options and prepare to have the time of |
| those years you were working, you might want to | | | | your life.Lee Dobbins writes for where you can learn |
| retire in one of these twelve golf-playing cities.1. | | | | more about how to retire in style. |