PROVIDENCE – The city is 2016’s worst in which to retire, according to WalletHub’s latest study, released Aug. 15.
WalletHub, a personal finance website, compared the affordability, quality of life, health care and availability of recreational activities in the 150 largest U.S. cities to come up with its list. It looked at 31 key metrics, ranging from cost of living and public hospital rankings to percentage of the population that’s 65 and older.
Providence, with its overall rank of 150, did not fare well in subcategories of affordability, where it placed 145th, and health care, where it placed 148th.
Orlando was named the best city to retire in, followed by another Florida city – Tampa. Scottsdale, Ariz., took the third spot, and Miami, the fourth. Sioux Falls, S.D., was fifth. •
