{"id":1592,"date":"2019-08-22T17:09:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T21:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2019-08-22T17:09:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T21:09:30","slug":"lakeland-is-ranked-as-one-of-the-worst-places-in-florida-to-retire-at-91-out-of-115-on-the-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/08\/22\/lakeland-is-ranked-as-one-of-the-worst-places-in-florida-to-retire-at-91-out-of-115-on-the-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland is ranked as one of the worst places in Florida to retire, at 91 out of 115 on the list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"166\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/wallethub.png?resize=494%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/wallethub.png?w=494&amp;ssl=1 494w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/wallethub.png?resize=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dream of retiring on a sunny beach in Florida is alive and kicking. Despite\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebri.org\/docs\/default-source\/rcs\/2019-rcs\/2019-rcs-short-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">45 percent of workers expecting to retire past the age of 65<\/a>, Florida is still\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-and-worst-states-to-retire\/18592\/\" target=\"_blank\">the destination<\/a>\u00a0that comes to mind when Americans envision their golden years. And the reason is simple: Florida crosses off many items on a retiree\u2019s wishlist, starting with cheap living costs, one of the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aicpa.org\/press\/pressreleases\/2019\/going-broke-remains-top-concern-in-retirement.html\" target=\"_blank\">biggest considerations<\/a>\u00a0for older Americans who\u2019ve stopped working and rely on a smaller income. And while Florida\u2019s health care needs work in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatus.org\/hoap\/florida\" target=\"_blank\">some areas<\/a>, it does boast high marks in direct primary care and pharmaceutical access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond practical qualities, this Southern charmer is teeming\nwith excitement. Here, retirees are likely to avoid&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/afraid-of-being-bored-in-retirement-consider-these-options-2017-10-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">boredom and burnout<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 common problems among this group\n\u2014 with a wide variety of choices for indoor and outdoor activities, coupled\nwith volunteer opportunities and part- or full-time jobs. Throw in the\nwraparound coastline and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-foodie-cities\/7522\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">foodie-worthy\ncuisine<\/a>, and there will be nothing left to crave. Best of all, no one pays\nincome tax, so every dollar goes a long way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida\u2019s unmatched status as a retirement paradise,\nhowever, doesn\u2019t rub off on every one of its cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-cities-to-retire-in-florida\/37633\/\">Click\nhere<\/a> to read the full article <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dream of retiring on a sunny beach in Florida is alive and kicking. Despite\u00a045 percent of workers expecting to retire past the age of 65, Florida is still\u00a0the destination\u00a0that&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"12","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}