https://finance.yahoo.com/news/best-states-for-retirement-212045654.html
These lists are always dubious based on what they use in the rankings (like college rankings, too), but it's fun to see what they come up with.
"Florida is the best state for retirees, unsurprisingly, while Kentucky is the worst, according to a study by WalletHub."
"States like Arkansas, Wyoming, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Alabama have the lowest cost of living, but the latter three also have the lowest life expectancies."
They make that statement as if moving to these low-cost of living states for retirement causes one to live a shorter life. Spurious causation claim. I would agree if you moved to some random rural area where the nearest good hospital is 3 hours away. That's probably true for many states where the population isn't nested in huge metro centers.
These lists are always dubious based on what they use in the rankings (like college rankings, too), but it's fun to see what they come up with.
"Florida is the best state for retirees, unsurprisingly, while Kentucky is the worst, according to a study by WalletHub."
"States like Arkansas, Wyoming, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Alabama have the lowest cost of living, but the latter three also have the lowest life expectancies."
They make that statement as if moving to these low-cost of living states for retirement causes one to live a shorter life. Spurious causation claim. I would agree if you moved to some random rural area where the nearest good hospital is 3 hours away. That's probably true for many states where the population isn't nested in huge metro centers.
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