From New Hampshire and Hawaii to Washington State and Texas, these are the most scenic places to retire:
While often noted in our write-ups, recurring weather is not a factor in our rankings. Seattle is drop-dead beautiful, but, let's face it, it's also rainy or cloudy most of the time. Still, it made our list. The mean winter temperature in gorgeous Bozeman, Mont., another one of our picks, is below freezing. On the other hand, the sun is usually out illuminating the mountains around Redding, Calif. and Colorado Springs.
The data we collect for each place includes economic factors such as median home price, cost of living and state tax policies. These are presented for your consideration, but are not factors taken into account in determining entries on the list. To be blunt, pretty scenery doesn't always come cheap. According to the National Association of Realtors, the national median existing-home price now is $245,100. For housing cost, San Francisco tops our scenic list at $1.23 million, followed by Seattle at $690,000 and Honolulu at $674,000. But you can find scenic digs a lot cheaper too: medians of $147,000 in Roanoke, Va.; $181,000 in Lewiston, Idaho.; and $191,000 in Traverse City, Mich. In all, 10 of our 25 picks offer house prices either below, or not more than 10% above, the national median.
We also note for each of our scenic picks the relative ranking of a city on the 2017 Milken Institute of Best Cities for Successful Aging report. This study evaluates 381 metropolitan areas on dozens of factors considered indicative of a good quality of life for older folks. We note, too, air-quality data from the Environmental Protection Agency and assessments of walkability and bikeability. These scores generally come from Walkscore.
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