CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: A personal finance site says Wyoming, Colorado, Montana and Idaho are the best states in which to retire.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: A personal finance site says Wyoming, Colorado, Montana and Idaho are the best states in which to retire.
For the first time this year, Bankrate also included popular opinion in its findings, asking Americans what their priorities were in retirement. Weather and environment proved important factors, but access to mountains and rivers was actually more popular among those surveyed than living near the beach. That explains the high “weather” marks for mountain states like Colorado and Montana. Surprisingly, Florida’s sunny weather only ranked 28th in the nation, and the state ranked 28th overall.
“We used to track just temperature, but this year we looked for more of a Goldilocks climate,” said Bankrate statistical analyst Chris Kahn, who compiled the study, in a phone interview. “Where are people the most comfortable? Florida lost a lot of points for humidity.”
