Retirement » 10 Best States For Retirement By Chris Kahn • Bankrate.com In the center of the country, there's a patchwork of states that's tough to describe without a map. They're north of the Sun Belt, east of California, west of Appalachia. Some are in the Midwest, a couple of states are in the West and one is ensconced in the South. While collectively they have no geographic identity, perhaps there's now a reason to give them one. They're the best states in the country for retirement. Bankrate's 2014 ranking found that these predominantly interior states would be the best choices for your golden years. Just like last year, Bankrate considered a variety of factors in creating this ranking: the local weather, access to health care, cost of living, crime rate and tax burden. This year we fine-tuned the process by evaluating government statistics on health care quality, and we improved our measurement of weather to include levels of sunshine and humidity. Finally, this year's ranking adds a broad standard-of-living measurement from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, a comprehensive survey gauging people's satisfaction with their surroundings. Once again, such popular retirement states as Arizona (No. 16) and Florida (No. 39) didn't make the top 10. Yes, they're lovely places to visit, especially when it's cold everywhere else. But retirees must consider more than sunshine before making a move. Here, in ascending order, is our 2014 list of 10 unexpectedly great states for retirement. Read more: http://www.bankrate.com/finance/retirement/best-states-for-retirement-1.aspx#ixzz31RuoBXw7 Click Read More to Find Out the WORSE Places for Retirement The safest kind of credit card for making payments By Janna Herron • Bankrate.com Payment cards and security Payment cards and security © Vlad Nordwing/Shutterstock.com Losing your wallet can cause your brow to sweat and your blood pressure to rise. Ditto for getting a call from your bank saying your credit card has been compromised. No one wants to deal with card fraud, but unfortunately, many of us do. More than 2 out of 5 Americans with credit cards experienced some kind of credit card or debit card fraud in the past five years. About a third of card fraud in 2008 involved counterfeit cards or lost or stolen cards. That amounted to $2.44 billion in card losses that year. |
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