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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.

Newark
#76
#76 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
282090.0
New Jersey

Newark (, locally ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County. As one of the nation's major air, shipping, and rail hubs, the city had a population of 281,764 in 2016, making it the nation's 67th-most p...

47 reviews
47 reviews
Kansas City
#77
#77 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
491918.0
Missouri

Kansas City is the largest city in Missouri, United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city had an estimated population of 481,420 in 2016, making it the 37th largest city by population in the United States. It is the central city of...

38 reviews
38 reviews
Buffalo
#78
#78 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
258612.0
New York
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Buffalo is the second largest city in the state of New York and the 81st-most populous city in the United States. As of July 2016, the population was 256,902, a slight decrease from the 2010 census. It is the principal municipality of the Buff...

82 reviews
82 reviews
Cypress
#79
#79 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
182459.0
Texas

Cypress is an unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas, United States located completely inside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston. The Cypress area is located along U.S. Highway 290 (Northwest Freeway) is twenty-...

74 reviews
74 reviews
Washington
#80
#80 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
702445.0
District of Columbia
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Making DC Age Friendly: Age-Friendly DC is a coordinated, comprehensive, and collective-action effort whose goal is to ensure that all DC residents are active, connected, healthy, engaged and happy in their environment. The District’s Age-Friend...

71 reviews
71 reviews
Richmond
#81
#81 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
227032.0
Virginia

Richmond ( RICH-mənd) is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and the Greater Richmond Region. It was incorporated in 1742, and has been an independe...

35 reviews
35 reviews
Spokane
#82
#82 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
217108.0
Washington

Spokane ( ( listen) spoh-KAN) is a city in the state of Washington in the northwestern United States. It is along the Spokane River west of the Rocky Mountain foothills in eastern Washington, 92 miles (148 km) south of the Canada–US border, approx...

50 reviews
50 reviews
Dallas
#83
#83 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
1341075.0
Texas
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Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, which is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States. The Dallas Area Agency on Aging (DAAA) is the department...

297 reviews
297 reviews
Baltimore
#84
#84 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
602495.0
Maryland

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States. Baltimore was established by the Constitution of Maryland and is an independent city that is not part of any county. With a p...

529 reviews
529 reviews
Arlington
#85
#85 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
396394.0
Texas

Arlington is a principal city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Tarrant County. It is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of downtown Fort Worth and 20 miles ...

82 reviews
82 reviews
West Palm Beach
#86
#86 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
110222.0
Florida

West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is located immediately to the west of the adjacent Palm Beach, and is one of the three main cities in South Florida. The population was 100,343 (revi...

69 reviews
69 reviews
Cincinnati
#87
#87 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
296943.0
Ohio
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Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city was located at the north side of the confluence of the Licking River to the Ohio. The city drives the Cincinnati–Middletown–Wilmington combi...

115 reviews
115 reviews
Glendale
#88
#88 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
246709.0
Arizona

Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located about nine miles (14 km) northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 226,721. Transportation The city of Glendale has a rou...

37 reviews
37 reviews
Albuquerque
#89
#89 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
558545.0
New Mexico
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Albuquerque is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The high-elevation city serves as the county seat of Bernalillo County, and it is situated in the north central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city populatio...

45 reviews
45 reviews
Baton Rouge
#90
#90 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
225374.0
Louisiana

Baton Rouge ( BAT-ən ROOZH; French for "red stick", bâton rouge [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ] ( listen)) is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana and its second-largest city. It forms the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish and is located on the eastern ban...

52 reviews
52 reviews
Indianapolis
#91
#91 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
863002.0
Indiana

Indianapolis is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. As of 2017, Indianapolis is the third most populous city in the American Midwest and 16th most populous in the U.S. The Central I...

183 reviews
183 reviews
Detroit
#92
#92 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
673104.0
Michigan

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit Area Agency on Aging: Mission: To educate, advocate and promote healthy aging ...

243 reviews
243 reviews
Tulsa
#93
#93 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
413505.0
Oklahoma

Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. As of July 2015, the population was 403,505, an increase of 11,599 over that reported in the 2010 Census. It is the principal municipality...

37 reviews
37 reviews
Mobile
#94
#94 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
190265.0
Alabama

Mobile ( moh-BEEL; French pronunciation: ​[mɔ.bil]) is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 as of the 2010 United States Census, making it the third most populous city in Alaba...

40 reviews
40 reviews
Montgomery
#95
#95 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
199518.0
Alabama

Montgomery () is a major city and the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for Richard Montgomery, it is located on the Alabama River, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2013 Census, Montgomery has...

91 reviews
91 reviews
Cleveland
#96
#96 of 96 Best Places to Retire in United States
385524.0
Ohio
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Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the state's second most-populous county. Located along Lake Erie, the city proper has a population of 388,072, making Cleveland the 51st largest city in the ...

157 reviews
157 reviews
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