Prescott, Phoenix among best cities for retirement

A new study from Portfolio.com, a Phoenix Business Journal sister publication, finds that Arizona has two of the top three retirement destinations in the country, though they’re probably not the cities most would guess. Prescott and Lake Havasu City are right behind Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla., at the top of the list. The remaining seven cities in the top 10 are all in Florida. Phoenix still ranks pretty high on the list, too, at No. 19 out of 157 nationwide. Among cities with populations of 1 million or more, Phoenix jumps to No. 3 behind Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla., and Miami-Fort Lauderdale. With national debates raging over taxes, health care and social security, retirement has never been a hotter topic.

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