Retire To California

There are states for retirement that everyone considers, like Florida and there are states people forget about like West Virginia, and then there is California. California ranks higher on our list than most because although it has the highest income tax in the country, the 2nd highest real estate prices, abysmal cost of living and higher than average crime, it does have factors that might outweigh those things for retirees. For example, California has oppressive taxes, but offers exemptions on social security. It’s got ridiculous real estate prices but offers the 6th best health care in the country, and based on how we had to do the numbers with health care, that’s not an easy feat for a big state. In our study, California ranked 10th in weather but that’s because we based it on numbers because anyone that’s been to California will tell it might have the best weather of any state in the nation.