are you gonna retire someday where are you gonna do it if you're thinking about retiring in the
United States today we're looking at 10 of the best cities to do that in in 2024. I'm
starting to change where I want to retire I hear people are retiring on cruise ships now they sell
their home and just move on to a cruise ship it's cheaper than a retirement home but on this video
we're not going over the cheapest cities and these aren't the safest cities but these are
overall some of the best places to retire in 2024. if you want to see more of these videos
because I could probably do four of these videos leave me a message in the comment section maybe
we'll do more so what gets cities on this list we're looking at the cost of living Healthcare
weather and most importantly the percentage of the population that is over 65. the average
for the nation right now is 16.1 percent of the population now a couple on this list are
a Touch Above the national average on cost of living and a couple don't have the best weather
but they're killing it in other categories so they're on the list and let me explain how the
living index works if the cost of living index is 80 in a place that means if you were at a place
that was the national average and you bought let's say a hundred dollars worth of groceries
those same groceries in this place would be eighty dollars it's a much more complicated
subject than what I just said but that gives you the idea get it got it good let's take a look
number 10 Santa Fe New Mexico I love Santa Fe New Mexico I've never stayed there in any
extended period of time maybe a few days here there like five times in my life it
is a beautiful city on looks alone I love this place the architecture of just the average home
is amazing it's that old Spanish Adobe type thing I'm sure they have their own term for
it but that's what I call it what's cool about those homes is even when they're run down it
sort of looks like it's part of the aesthetic that it's supposed to look run down then you
see a house that's got like five broken down cars on the lawn and you know that one's not
doing it on purpose it is run down but Santa Fe New Mexico is a city that is rich in history and
culture it's got a mild climate and a variety of outdoor activities that's like their strong
point outdoor activities if you want to buy a house here a decent homes in between 400
000 and 500 000. anything below that's going to take a little work and yes the prices go all the
way up into the millions that's pretty much every city outside of Mississippi and Arkansas anyway
the cost of living index and Santa Fe New Mexico is 93.6 the weather is considered mild and warm
and their health care is graded good there's four different things poor average good excellent the
percentage of the population that is over 65 in Santa Fe New Mexico is 18.6 percent
number nine Colorado Springs Colorado Colorado Springs is a nice place to live been years since
I've lived there I've been back a handful of times but I really like Colorado Springs back in the 90s
and it's still a pretty good place to live now one thing I will mention about this this isn't
a political video but if you're a Republican and you really lean red and that's important
to you Colorado Springs is your type of Place Denver not so much it's also a great place to
retire if you are ex-military because you got Fort Carson right there and now they've got I
guess it's Peterson's space Force Base is there also I don't think that's very big though if you
want to buy a home here uh a decent home is going to start around 375 to 475 they go up
and they do go down to but anything below the 375 again it's going to take a little work all
right here's the numbers the cost of living index in Colorado Springs is 95.5 weather is mild and
has all four seasons but it is Colorado so you will get some snow their health care is rated
excellent and 19.1 percent of their population is over the age of 65.
number eight Boise Idaho Boise Idaho is a mountain City with mild climate and variety
of outdoor activities and a relatively low-cost living people always say that Boise is a mountain
town I don't I don't I never got that feeling I always thought it was like a city in a valley you
know they got mountains to the north and to the east but I don't know it's weird Boise is a great
place to live and not just if you're Californian trying to escape California all kinds of people
are moving to Boise and I have confirmation of someone from Boise moving to California it's rare
but it happens a high school friend retired from a police department down in Southern California
the people that bought his house were from Nampa and he's moving to Sandpoint I believe or Coeur
d'Alene one or the other you want to buy a decent home in Boise and they start off around 325
000 somewhere around there go up about 425 that'll get you a decent home all right here's the stats
the cost of living index in Boise Idaho is 88.5 the weather is considered mild with all
four seasons it do get some cold Winters and their Summers can't get a little hot their
health care is graded good and the percentage of the population that is over 65 is 18.3 percent
number seven Cape Coral Florida now in full disclosure I really could have done a whole
video on just Florida alone a lot of people moved to Florida there's a lot of 65 and older in
Florida and a lot of the different cities but not everyone's into Florida and I think we've done a
video before on the best places in Florida retire Cape Coral Florida is one of them Cape Coral
Florida is a city on the Gulf Coast with a really warm climate beautiful beaches and a variety of
retirement communities and no we won't be talking about the villages by the way if you want a good
laugh Google The Villages and loofahs I guess the old folks at The Villages are kind of dirty
and I'm not talking like they're not taking enough showers these people are put in different colored
louvas on their car so you know what they're into and they've got a whole chart yes elderly swingers
people if that's not a sign of the Apocalypse nothing is but if you're looking for Cape corals
on a map it is south of Tampa and Saint Petersburg near Fort Myers and it's a nice town it's
beautiful what's really cool about this place you can get a decent home three bedroom two bath for
under three hundred thousand probably built in the 1980s or 1990s if you want a really nice one those
start off around 450. all right here's the stats the cost of living index in Cape Coral Florida is
99.2 so it's almost at the national average their weather is considered warm and sunny their health
care is considered good and the percentage of the population that is 65 or older is 18.8 percent
number six Ashburn Virginia I'm sure a lot of you will probably would have overlooked
this one and probably still will there's a couple things that get them on this list
one if you're retired military that's great so they have all kinds of military facilities in
the area Ashburn isn't a city as much as it's considered a census designated place there's
a few other things that make this place very appealing one it's outside of DC far enough
away not to be a problem they have plenty of golf and plenty of outside activities
now this is one of the ones on the list that's a little expensive homes here start around six
hundred thousand but you can buy Condos for four hundred thousand on up a lot of people
like a condo this is a great place for that this is a fairly wealthy neighborhood here's the stats
the cost of living index in Ashburn Virginia is 113.3 the weather is considered warm and
sunny yes it's the east coast up there Virginia they will get some harsh Winters but most the
time it's warm and sunny their health care is excellent this is probably the best Healthcare
here on this list and the percentage of the population that is 65 and older is 18.9 percent
number five Madison Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin is definitely a place for retirees that don't
mind cold Winters because it's Wisconsin it gets pretty cold Madison is the capital of Wisconsin
and it is a beautiful city with good people it's also college town but it's a nice family town the
very friendly atmosphere they have a low cost of living and again a lot of outdoor activities
they have two Lakes on each side of the city it's also great if you like craft beer they got a good
micro brew uh scene in Madison Wisconsin if you want to buy a house here about 320 000 will get
you into something a little bit older but decent and livable then it goes up from there all right
let's do the numbers the cost of living index in Madison Wisconsin is 92.1 the weather is mild
with all four seasons they do get some pretty cold Winters so it's Wisconsin got to be expected but
you will get all four seasons here in the summers in Wisconsin and Minnesota for that matter are
wonderful the Healthcare in Wisconsin is graded excellent and 18.5 percent of the population
is is 65 or older so it's not your typical place to move for retirement because it's kind of cold
number four San Antonio Texas San Antonio is a great historic City it's got the Alamo right
there it's got things to see like the Riverwalk I was there what two years ago maybe less 18 months
ago I loved it even though they had drained the river that weekend I was there that sucked
beautiful city great people plenty of things to do it's also home to a number of military bases
which can bring in the military retirees it's actually known as military City USA I did a video
and I did a survey on the best places for military retirement this wasn't on the list and I can tell
you San Antonio is the best one I had to go off what people said in the survey my opinion didn't
really matter and the survey went out to Veterans so yeah it's kind of weird if you want a decent
livable home in San Antonio you're looking at about 230 000 so they get on this list for Price
alone you can go below 200 000 but it's probably not in the best neighborhood and you're gonna have
to do some work to it but if you want something nice in a decent neighborhood ah you could get a
for under three hundred thousand all right let's take a look at the numbers the cost living index
in San Antonio Texas is 92.8 their weather is warm and sunny it's you know it's very nice place I was
there in October and t-shirt and shorts wasn't bad their health care is rated excellent even more so
if you're in the military and 18.1 percent of the population is 65 years old or above
number three Tucson Arizona Tucson Arizona is a desert city south of Phoenix I said that one
time Tucson was south of Phoenix in its South and sort of East a little bit some guy lost
eagles it's not South it's Southeast it's actually four degrees to the east I was like four degrees
really dude come on his response was you're not very professional I'm like if you showed up at
this channel looking for professionalism you've come to the wrong place if you want to buy a home
in Tucson you're looking anywhere around 250 to 350 depending on the neighborhood that will get
you something nice above 350 you'll probably get something really nice I should mention this what
do I consider nice I consider a nice home is a home that you're probably not going to have
to redo the wiring and the plumbing the roof looks decent the house looks well maintained
and it was built after the 1950s now I'm not saying there's not great homes that were built
before the 1950s that's kind of you know over 70 years on a home that's a little long there's
very few that make it that long and are still in decent shape all right to the numbers the
cost of living index in Tucson is 85.1 that is pretty solid their weather is warm and sunny it's
beautiful weather in Tucson it gets really hot in the Summers but most of the year it's pretty
decent their Healthcare is excellent and their population over the age of 65 is 17.6 percent
number two Greenville South Carolina uh greenville's showing up on my list a lot
lately they've just happened to slip into a lot of different categories and they've been
the answer on a few surveys I honestly think in the next few years greenville's gonna see
a little bit of a boom in population a lot of people are seeing it is a quality City right
now it is a growing city with a lot of things to offer retirees including a low-cost living mild
climate and a variety of cultural attractions Greenville is south of Asheville North Carolina
it's not too far from the North Carolina border if you want to buy a home in Greenville South
Carolina you're probably looking at 300 000 as starting to get you something decent they
do have a few nice older homes that are around 260 but a safe number is 300 on up that's 300
000. all right let's look at the numbers the cost of living index in Greenville South Carolina is
95.1 their weather is considered mild and you get all four seasons they have good health care
and 18.2 percent of their population is 65 or older all right before we get to number one
we finally launched our cruise Channel It's The Suite Life for Briggs there's a link down below
it's all about cruising and staying in hotel suites and things like that the first video
up right now is a good explainer about the video and what we're doing all right on to number one
and number one Sarasota Florida Sarasota Florida is always been a great place to retire it's been
very popular over the years and it's just getting more popular problem with that it's a little more
expensive than most of the cities on this list but it might be worth it if you're looking to
retire especially if you want to retire in a warm climate Sarasota has beautiful beaches mild
climate active lifestyle for seniors if you're looking for Sarasota on a map it is south of St
Petersburg in Tampa and north of Fort Myers and Cape Coral from earlier if you want to buy a home
here so it's kind of weird you can find decent homes and not the best neighborhood for about
275 thousand dollars but you can also find crappy homes in better neighborhoods for the same price
they're just all over the map in this city but my opinion if you want to get something decent
uh 385 to 425 would be a good number the newer ones are going to be right around 450 to 500
000 and they're usually decent and they'll probably have a pool they have a whole bunch
of homes that I was looking at in Sarasota that are going for way too much you look at the house
and it's like 375 000 you know I wouldn't pay 200 for that and then you look and it's been on
the market for like three years so they just put it up there to see if someone's willing to pay it
all right here's the stats the cost of living index in Sarasota is 103.7 the weather is warm
and sunny just like every place in Florida I'm sure the occasional hurricane comes in and takes
your roof but it's a pretty good place to live their health care is considered excellent and
18.8 percent of their population is 65 or older all right that's today's video hope you guys
enjoyed it hope you got some information of it now go out have a great day and be nice to each other