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