Matt Frankel

It's still relatively affordable to buy a house.

So I was surprised to see nothing from South Carolina.

There was one county from North Carolina on the list, way down the list.

So that was a surprise to me.

I was surprised to see Baltimore on the list just because I personally don't normally think of it as a retirement destination, but it makes a lot of sense.

And, you know, that that's a great example of there's many different sides to some of these cities.

There are parts of Fort Lauderdale, which was number one, that I would never live if I was a retiree.

And there are parts that I could see myself having a great retirement.

So within some of these cities, there's a lot of different varieties.

So that's surprise number two.

Number three, I am not surprised that Florida dominated the top of the list.

You know, no state income tax, so you can't really game for that.

Retiree-friendly property tax structure is something that doesn't get quite as much attention.

Obviously, it's warm in Florida.

And there are some surprisingly low-cost areas Florida's thought of as an expensive place to live.

You know, that's true in downtown Miami and downtown Fort Lauderdale.

But, you know, on the outskirts where a lot of retirees live, that's not the case.

It's still relatively affordable.

A little surprised Miami-Dade made the top 10 just for the affordability factor alone.

And number four, I'm surprised to see my home city where I grew up of Philadelphia toward the top of the list.