Fargo tops miami in forbes retirement destination list

When considering of which cities Americans are most likely to retire to, most people think of long, sunny days, miles of sandy beaches and sipping cocktails in the sun. But try telling the people at Forbes magazine that, because a latest list of the best retirement cities in America has made the likes of Fargo, North Dakota, more desirable than Hawaii, Miami or San Diego.

Immortalised in the 1996 Oscar winning Coen Brothers movie as a sleepy, snow covered city, Fargo (average annual snowfall 41 inches) was joined by other notoriously snowy locations.

The list of 16 – which is in no particular order – included Omaha, Nebraska; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Indianapolis, Indiana; Salt Lake City, Utah, Colorado Springs, Colorado – none of which are known for their temperate climates.

Janet Novack, the executive editor who oversaw the research, defended the list. She said Forbes focused on a lot of factors besides the weather, including living costs, taxes, crime rates, driving conditions and the availability of both doctors and free activities. 

‘If money was no object, would this be your list?’ Novack added, ‘Maybe not. But these are places that we think are convivial around the country because they do well on all our factors or because they only have one or two negatives.’ 

Source: Daily Mail