Forget the Sunbelt: Colder Areas Top New List of Best Cities for Seniors

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This is a surprise. Boston, I live here and love it. Never ever though of living any place else. Now more reason to be here.
The "T" being the biggest.

Mae Allen of MA 7:56PM October 17, 2011

I have lived in N.J. for 73 years and close to Newark for 25. I don't think I would want anyone who I have feelings for living there. It's just not safe! There are just too many murders, robberies and car jackings in the city. Many areas of the city look like a war zone. It just makes no sense for Newark to be on your list and takes away credibility from the story.

JACK HEIR of NJ 4:25PM October 04, 2011

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Victory Tower 10:01AM October 01, 2011

Unlike the generally bland and culture-free hot-boxes of the south, most of these cities are interesting, affordable, and historic. This study should not really surprise anyone.

Mark of OH 6:43PM September 30, 2011

These results are absurd. As an example, Boston is one of the most expensive areas for everyone. You have no credibility.

John Rice of VA 12:38PM September 30, 2011

"we weren't interested in another study on where to enjoy your retirement"
isn't that kinda of a ridiculous statement. i would think most retirees are very interested in "enjoying" there retirement. i don't know a lot of people that are of retirement age that are looking forward to going back to ice, snow and nasty up north weather. do you?

derf of FL 10:37AM September 30, 2011

@HAL of NY: What part of "Thou shall NOT kill" do you NOT get? Or did you watch the movie "Soylent Green" one too many time? This is moving WAY too close to what they did in Nazi Germany: first killing off the elderly, then the handicapped. As someone who has had to care for elderly and sick parents, its' hard work, and most folks just don't want that. They just want to do as they please, with no responsibility to their parents or families whatsoever. When they become too much trouble, the first instinct is to get rid of them!! Commit wholesale, first degree murder, all in the name of CONVENIENCE!!! Tell me, where then does it stop? At what line do we NOT kill someone? How far does it go with "we decide who should live and die?" Who are we to say that a person should die because they are infirm or old? Is that the worth of someone's life: what we can get out of them? Once we are done with them, throw them away? You speak of "non-productive lives"; so all you care about is what you can get out of someone?! In that case, do you advise killing all people who are asleep, because they aren't working at that moment? How about those on vacation? Or at home after work? The list could go on and on under your line of thinking.
Keep in mind one thing HAL: that it was easier for Cain to kill Abel than to admit to the Lord that he hadn't given God his best. And it's clear to me if they had their way, those that decide nowadays whom to care for and whom not to would have gladly helped Cain beat his poor brother to a bloody pulp....
...after all, Cain was the first human to decide who had the right to live, and who didn't.

PB of GA 10:21AM September 30, 2011