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150 Best Places

The below ranking shows the 150 most sought-after towns and cities in America for those waiting to distance themselves from the relentless pace of the rat race. 

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Fifteen Minute Cities

Forbes Best Places to Retire in each State

These home prices are from 2018

	State	Rank	City	Population	Median Home Price
	Alabama	Best	Auburn	63,000	$245,000
	Alabama	Runner Up	Gulf Shores	11,000	$251,000
	Alaska	Best	Homer	6,000	$280,000
	Alaska	Runner Up	Anchorage	300,000	$337,000
	Arizona	Best	Green Valley	32,000	$175,000
	Arizona	Runner Up	Sun City	40,000	$167,000
	Arkansas	Best	Bella Vista	28,000	$163,000
	Arkansas	Runner Up	Fayetteville	85,000	$207,000
	California	Best	Sacramento	500,000	$317,000
	California	Runner Up	Eureka	27,000	$256,000
	Colorado	Best	Colorado Springs	465,000	$276,000
	Colorado	Runner Up	Fort Collins	165,000	$379,000
	Connecticut	Best	Mansfield	26,000	$236,000
	Connecticut	Runner Up	Middletown	47,000	$179,000
	Delaware	Best	Newark	33,000	$228,000
	Delaware	Runner Up	Smyrna	11,000	$223,000
	Florida	Best	Jacksonville	880,000	$165,000
	Florida	Runner Up	The Villages	115,000	$260,000
	Georgia	Best	Athens	125,000	$171,000
	Georgia	Runner Up	Savannah	147,000	$128,000
	Hawaii	Best	Kaneohe	35,000	$828,000
	Hawaii	Runner Up	Honolulu	355,000	$630,000
	Idaho	Best	Lewiston	33,000	$211,000
	Idaho	Runner Up	Boise	223,000	$263,000
	Illinois	Best	Alton	27,000	$60,000
	Illinois	Runner Up	Naperville	147,000	$392,000
	Indiana	Best	Bloomington	85,000	$176,000
	Indiana	Runner Up	Columbus	47,000	$147,000
	Iowa	Best	Iowa City	75,000	$220,000
	Iowa	Runner Up	Ames	66,000	$183,000
	Kansas	Best	Lawrence	95,000	$193,000
	Kansas	Runner Up	Overland Park	190,000	$302,000
	Kentucky	Best	Lexington	318,000	$177,000
	Kentucky	Runner Up	Bowling Green	65,000	$177,000
	Louisiana	Best	Kenner	67,000	$160,000
	Louisiana	Runner Up	Lafayette	128,000	$163,000
	Maine	Best	Portland	67,000	$301,000
	Maine	Runner Up	Lewiston	36,000	$141,000
	Maryland	Best	Ocean Pines	12,000	$246,000
	Maryland	Runner Up	Annapolis	40,000	$419,000
	Massachusetts	Best	Northampton	28,000	$285,000
	Massachusetts	Runner Up	Pittsfield	43,000	$160,000
	Michigan	Best	Grand Rapids	196,000	$152,000
	Michigan	Runner Up	Traverse City	15,000	$248,000
	Minnesota	Best	Minneapolis-St. Paul	716,000	$236,000
	Minnesota	Runner Up	Rochester	114,000	$216,000
	Mississippi	Best	Oxford	23,000	$187,000
	Mississippi	Runner Up	Brandon	24,000	$184,000
	Missouri	Best	Columbia	120,000	$179,000
	Missouri	Runner Up	Jefferson City	43,000	$153,000
	Montana	Best	Billings	110,000	$223,000
	Montana	Runner Up	Great Falls	59,000	$189,000
	Nebraska	Best	Lincoln	280,000	$176,000
	Nebraska	Runner Up	Omaha	445,000	$167,000
	Nevada	Best	Reno	240,000	$355,000
	Nevada	Runner Up	Henderson	293,000	$314,000
	New Hampshire	Best	Portsmouth	21,000	$438,000
	New Hampshire	Runner Up	Durham	30,000	$288,000
	New Jersey	Best	Manchester Township	44,000	$180,000
	New Jersey	Runner Up	Voorhees	30,000	$288,000
	New Mexico	Best	Las Cruces	102,000	$164,000
	New Mexico	Runner Up	Santa Fe	84,000	$349,000
	New York	Best	Ithaca	31,000	$242,000
	New York	Runner Up	Rochester	210,000	$73,000
	North Carolina	Best	Asheville	90,000	$275,000
	North Carolina	Runner Up	Boone	19,000	$223,000
	North Dakota	Best	Fargo	212,000	$225,000
	North Dakota	Runner Up	Bismarck	72,000	$271,000
	Ohio	Best	Sandusky	25,000	$69,000
	Ohio	Runner Up	Parma	80,000	$118,000
	Oklahoma	Best	Edmond	91,000	$222,000
	Oklahoma	Runner Up	Owasso	36,000	$180,000
	Oregon	Best	McMinnville	35,000	$308,000
	Oregon	Runner Up	Redmond	30,000	$286,000
	Pennsylvania	Best	Pittsburgh	304,000	$145,000
	Pennsylvania	Runner Up	Bethlehem	75,000	$164,000
	Rhode Island	Best	Westerly	23,000	$329,000
	Rhode Island	Runner Up	Providence	180,000	$204,000
	South Carolina	Best	Charleston	138,000	$311,000
	South Carolina	Runner Up	Bluffton	19,000	$264,000
	South Dakota	Best	Sioux Falls	174,000	$184,000
	South Dakota	Runner Up	Pierre	13,000	$210,000
	Tennessee	Best	Smyrna	49,000	$219,000
	Tennessee	Runner Up	Maryville	29,000	$177,000
	Texas	Best	San Marcos	61,000	$208,000
	Texas	Runner Up	San Antonio	1,490,000	$168,000
	Utah	Best	Salt Lake City	194,000	$366,000
	Utah	Runner Up	Ogden	87,000	$194,000
	Vermont	Best	Burlington	42,000	$300,000
	Vermont	Runner Up	Brattleboro	12,000	$202,000
	Virginia	Best	Roanoke	100,000	$148,000
	Virginia	Runner Up	Harrisonburg	53,000	$199,000
	Washington	Best	Wenatchee	33,000	$278,000
	Washington	Runner Up	Vancouver	175,000	$309,000
	West Virginia	Best	Huntington	48,000	$80,000
	West Virginia	Runner Up	Morgantown	31,000	$184,000
	Wisconsin	Best	Madison	253,000	$252,000
	Wisconsin	Runner Up	Eau Claire	68,000	$162,000
	Wyoming	Best	Casper	60,000	$201,000
	Wyoming	Runner Up	Laramie	32,000	$228,000

College Towns

Source - Great College Towns for Retirement

Some of these are interesting that I haven't thought of but most of the others I have looked at. A little interesting.

WalletHub Best Small Cities in America

Source: WalletHub

Cites and College Educated

Living Over Seas

Living Overseas

1. Algarve, Portugal
2. Cascais, Portugal
3. Mazatlan, Mexico
4. Cuenca, Ecuador
5. Valletta, Malta
6. Occitanie, France
7. San Ignacio, Belize
8. Annecy, France
9. Citta Sant'Angelo, Italy
10. Georgetown, Malaysia