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I'm planning on avoiding any "place to retire". In addition to the criminals and scam artists who target the elderly there is an entire legal industry doing the
by ng12 9y ago
I'm planning on avoiding any "place to retire". In addition to the criminals and scam artists who target the elderly there is an entire legal industry doing the same -- and you can bet they flock to the South West and Florida. Your best bet is probably somewhere like the Dakotas or Montana.
- macintux 9y agoLiving in bitterly cold states would certainly limit the amount of retirement savings I need. I live in a moderately cold one now, Montana would kill me before I reach 70.
- rsynnott 9y agoNorway and Sweden, both countries which tend to get pretty cold in the winter, have life expectancies around 82 (a little higher than the US). Northern Europe in general, really; life expectancies are generally similar to the US or a bit higher, and it’s not particularly common to migrate to warmer countries for retirement. Actually, my impression was that extreme heatwaves in hot places tend to kill more elderly people than extreme cold in cold ones.
- macintux 9y agoUsing Wolfram Alpha it certainly looks like Billings compares unfavorably to Oslo in terms of coldest temperatures during the winter. Norway appears more moderate, I assumed thanks to the ocean. http://www.wolframalpha.com/widgets/gallery/view.jsp?id=af6f68d0d4a05be5938e0f09c414703a http://www.wolframalpha.com/widgets/gallery/view.jsp?id=af6f...
- rsynnott 9y agoOslo’s fairly far south; I’d imagine the more northerly cities would be more comparable.