Juneau, Alaska
This is one of those times you shouldn’t be fooled by the gorgeous wildlife, exciting fishing opportunities, or the picturesque scenery! Retirement in Alaska is definitely a lifestyle, and it’s not for everyone.
While there’s no sales tax in this state, the capital city of Juneau has an extremely high cost of living, which is often bad news for retirees. Like Hawaii, most items have to be flown in from across the country, which hikes up the prices to absurd levels.
Another issue is the really expensive health care, which leads people to fly to Seattle to save more money on their non-emergency medical procedures. But to be honest, we’re not really surprised that Juneau is considered one of the worst cities for seniors.
…So maybe, just in this case, we DON’T recommend moving closer to nature!
FOX News is the worst!
Your watching to much fake news. Try Newsmax and Fox News. When your told the truth your options change. You deserve the truth.
You have it backwards!!! The Republicans don’t care about anyone except themselves and getting richer!!!
Move to Michigan. Seniors have a guarantee that the state won’t raise property taxes over a certain percentage regardless of the official rate.
Same thing here in Jersey!
Memphis is a blue city – run by democrats. The state is a red state – but MEM is blue. I lived there for 33 years due to a job. Couldn’t wait to move out……
Any party who is OK with killing babies and old people should tell you who cares about you. If you vote for DEMONCRATS, you are nuts
I have lived in Washington State for decades and would call it the worst pace to retire to because of the ever growing taxes. We bought a modest 1300 sq ft home that was a total fixer upper and over the last 15 years made improvements to retire to and moved from the crime ridden west coast to eastern Washington five years ago when we retired and last year year the state took our 30 year old modest forever home valued at $358,000 and re assessed it at $617,000 at the end of last year. Thats a $259,000 jump in one year and the taxes that were semi affordable will almost double.
Bing on a fixed income will make it hard to do anything but pay taxes. I honestly can’t think of anything that isn’t taxed and there are more taxes on the way. we are looking to move to Idaho at this point. We were basically taxed out of our home on the west side we lived in for 30years and they are doing the same thing to us again. Plus the state is billions or dollars in debt even after raising taxes and adding taxes. Think real hard before moving to Washington State unless you have a lot of money to burn.
You’re so full of libtard crap!!!!!!
What are the top areas to retire???