AARP'S LIVABILITY INDEX IS FULL OF CRAP

[nctarheel]

I don't know what boneheads came up with a Livability Index that, with three or four exceptions(all in Virginia), had ABSOLUTELY NO SOUTHERN CITIES included in its list of "Top 100 Places To Live For Older Adults".

OLDER ADULTS are flocking here to NORTH CAROLINA from other states because it is a great place to live.

Whoever came up with the perimeters of the rankings skewed the measurements in a way that obviously favored the Northeast and West. Look at NEW JERSEY. It has multiple locations cited and everyone knows that NEW JERSEY has some of the highest property taxes in the country and certain parts of the state stink to high heaven.

Only AARP would print such drivel.

[nctarheel]

Hey Folks,

Just read the notes readers have added to the original article published by AARP.

It confirms how far from reality AARP is on the subject of where people want to live. It is no more than MISINFORMATION on AARP'S part.

As Mark Twain used to say.... " There's LIES, DAMNED LIES, and STATISTICS.

[WebWiseWoman]

Not to be rude, but currently thinking as a senior I can't possibly move to hurricane prone area; perhaps that's the reason for this article's reports,,,

I'm looking to relocate soon hopefully low-rent (under $1k), good neighbors area. Suggestions would be great.

[nctarheel]

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@WebWiseWoman wrote:

Not to be rude, but currently thinking as a senior I can't possibly move to hurricane prone area; perhaps that's the reason for this article's reports,,,

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Granted, I wouldn't move to Florida for the same reason as you have noted; but do you really think that this list was well thought through by AARP when Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin are represented many times? How many seniors would prefer to live through a winter in those states????

[GailL1]

@WebWiseWoman wrote

. . . . I can't possibly move to hurricane prone area;

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By the time powerful storms reach Asheville or Atlanta, they aren’t classified as hurricanes anymore but still destructive with wind and rain.  Then there are the associated or not tornadoes.  

I’m not sure there is a place that doesn’t have some type of destructive weather or related or other type of happenings.  Any place that gets that much rain is gonna have problems in some or many areas.  

I have no idea why more Southern cities weren’t listed on the list - why do you think?  Places like Atlanta, Raleigh, Charlotte, or even like Columbia, SC.  We are all definitely well placed in a lower COL.  

[nctarheel]

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@WebWiseWoman wrote:

Not to be rude, but currently thinking as a senior I can't possibly move to hurricane prone area; perhaps that's the reason for this article's reports,,,

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I suppose the multiple locations prone to blizzards during the winter, or the multiple locations prone to earthquakes, or the multiple locations prone to tornadoes would be satisfactory???? Many of the listed locations are prone to these events. And yet, not one Southern state, other than Virginia, graces this list.

Not all Southern states are prone to hurricanes, @WebWiseWoman .

The knuckleheads who made the perimeters must have had an anti-Southern state agenda.

[GailL1]

@nctarheel 

And hurricanes have no boundaries - they just turn into tropical storms or lows and just keep on dumping rain and wind.  So their effects are far reaching depending on when the whole thing either dissipates or goes back out to sea.

I means Asheville nor Atlanta, or points in between, are definitely not coastal areas.  We have seen Hurricanes come into Florida and continue to wreak havoc all the way up to the NE or upper MW.  

Then there are the nor'easter - a large-scale storm that forms in the western North Atlantic Ocean and brings strong winds, heavy rain or snow, and flooding to the East Coast of the United States: 

Again, In Atlanta, some our biggest storms - rain/ wind or snow/ice have come from Nor’easters and we aren’t costal by any definition.

@WebWiseWoman may have been sheltered from weather events such as these in Nevada - but they probably have other things that happen weather wise that I don’t want part of at all - Heat, comes to mind.

We really aren’t ever protected fully from all severe weather related events - at least, we know these type storms are coming but even then how much havoc they cause isn’t always known.  

Why no Southern cities on the list isn’t something that I find disturbing cause like I said - more room for us.  Personally, I think some states should hang out a banner saying “Thanks for stopping by but we are ALL FULL”. 

[GailL1]

@nctarheel wrote

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a Livability Index that, with three or four exceptions(all in Virginia), had ABSOLUTELY NO SOUTHERN CITIES included in its list of "Top 100 Places To Live For Older Adults".

OLDER ADULTS are flocking here to NORTH CAROLINA from other states because it is a great place to live.

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shhhhh - stop broadcasting it - more room for us.  🤓 (I’m in GA - metro ATL).