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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Appreciate the input. Looks like I will have to consider some other list or search engine that takes into account other factors. In all honesty, I will probably end up just biting the bullet and retiring in a high COL area.

that's what it's kind of looking like for us - biracial couple.

The top 3 diverse places are right here in MoCo.

https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/10-most-diverse-cities-in-the-u-s-to-retire-in-1148452/8/

Germantown, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring.

If you count T15, include Rockville

https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/25-most-diverse-cities-in-the-u-s-to-retire-in-1148434/

There are a couple of cities in TX, but you'd have to deal with the state politics and the worsening weather in TX.

Anonymous wrote:Curious about people's thoughts on this list, particularly the Pennsylvania cities. I've never been to most of these towns but it's appealing that they're not that far away from DC with a lower cost of living. I'm guessing that they're pretty White though? As a POC that would be a minus.

1. Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
3. Pensacola, Florida
4. Tampa, Florida
5. York, Pennsylvania
6. Naples, Florida
7. Daytona Beach, Florida
8. Ann Arbor, Michigan
9. Allentown, Pennsylvania
10. Reading, Pennsylvania

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/23/top-10-us-cities-for-retirees.html

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is the No. 1 city to retire in, according to U.S. News & World Report’s recent “Best Places to Retire in the U.S.”

U.S. News & World Report evaluated the 150 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., including Puerto Rico, using data from a variety of sources, including the U.S. Census Bureau and the Tax Foundation. The report assigns each city an overall retirement score based on six factors:

Housing affordability
Desirability
Happiness
Quality of health care
Retiree taxes
Job market
The researchers surveyed 3,100 people aged 45 and older about which of those categories would be most important to them in retirement and assigned weights to those categories accordingly.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I live in Gettysburg. Yes, the surrounding areas are inhabited by (vocal) Trump supporters, but the town is quite nice. Our mayor is a Black woman, we have a robust Juneteenth celebration every year, and a Black history museum. There is a large MLK Day service, as well as many public events during February to honor Black History Month. There is also a not so small Latino population, around 15%, with an associated cultural center and other programming to bridge the gap between the Spanish speaking population and non-Hispanic majority.

Lots of people have retired from DC here. They enjoy the amenities of a college town, proximity to DC, lower taxes and housing prices, and safety. If you look at the county level or or House District the politics are undesirable to someone who is liberal to moderate. There is an issue of retaining professional POC, but that is being addressed by local employers to the extent that they have control over it.

I'm not trying to sell it on anyone, as we need more affordable housing for locals and there are likely more welcoming places for POC, but its not nearly as bad as some PP have painted it. Harrisburg is larger and the Black population is actually the majority, at just over 50%. The Latino population is slightly larger than the White population of Harrisburg. It's on an Amtrak line so has easy access to both Philadelphia and NYC.

I don't recommend York or Lancaster to anyone.

I thought both York and Lancaster are more up and coming? Am I wrong? Why don't you recommend York or Lancaster? Thank you!

Have you ever been to York? If you're seriously considering it just.. go spend some time there and make your own decisions.

Anonymous wrote:These "top 10" lists are always through a white lens.

I'm a POC who has lived in central PA and there is no way I'd return. As others have said, it is very white, conservative, Trumpy. Lots of blue-collar types. Not much to do, not a lot of culture. Food is meh. Look elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:lmao at all the POC who are too fragile to be around Pennsylvania white people 😂😂😂

You sound dumb.

Not as dumb as people here who think rural PA is a hotbed of Klan activity or something, lmao.

I agree and these posts on here saying pa is all white it's total bs look it up there a good percentage of blacks in pa. People are so ignorant.

No one disputes that. But most minorities live in/around Philly and Pittsburgh not in the rural middle

That's not true either, look at places like carlisle demographics and Harrisburg right in the area the ignorant people on this board called "pennsyltucky." You can't make this level of ignorance up.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I live in Gettysburg. Yes, the surrounding areas are inhabited by (vocal) Trump supporters, but the town is quite nice. Our mayor is a Black woman, we have a robust Juneteenth celebration every year, and a Black history museum. There is a large MLK Day service, as well as many public events during February to honor Black History Month. There is also a not so small Latino population, around 15%, with an associated cultural center and other programming to bridge the gap between the Spanish speaking population and non-Hispanic majority.

Lots of people have retired from DC here. They enjoy the amenities of a college town, proximity to DC, lower taxes and housing prices, and safety. If you look at the county level or or House District the politics are undesirable to someone who is liberal to moderate. There is an issue of retaining professional POC, but that is being addressed by local employers to the extent that they have control over it.

I'm not trying to sell it on anyone, as we need more affordable housing for locals and there are likely more welcoming places for POC, but its not nearly as bad as some PP have painted it. Harrisburg is larger and the Black population is actually the majority, at just over 50%. The Latino population is slightly larger than the White population of Harrisburg. It's on an Amtrak line so has easy access to both Philadelphia and NYC.

I don't recommend York or Lancaster to anyone.

I thought both York and Lancaster are more up and coming? Am I wrong? Why don't you recommend York or Lancaster? Thank you!

Anonymous wrote:It's a popular place to retire because of the lack of taxes on pensions.

A friend of mine moved her parents to a 55 plus community that is right over the Maryland border. Her parents are retired feds and their community is FULL of other people from the DC area because of its location. Lots of the other residents and/or their families drive back and forth to the DC area on weekends.

Anonymous wrote:Curious what people think about State College? It’s in central PA and is a university town.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I live in Gettysburg. Yes, the surrounding areas are inhabited by (vocal) Trump supporters, but the town is quite nice. Our mayor is a Black woman, we have a robust Juneteenth celebration every year, and a Black history museum. There is a large MLK Day service, as well as many public events during February to honor Black History Month. There is also a not so small Latino population, around 15%, with an associated cultural center and other programming to bridge the gap between the Spanish speaking population and non-Hispanic majority.

Lots of people have retired from DC here. They enjoy the amenities of a college town, proximity to DC, lower taxes and housing prices, and safety. If you look at the county level or or House District the politics are undesirable to someone who is liberal to moderate. There is an issue of retaining professional POC, but that is being addressed by local employers to the extent that they have control over it.

I'm not trying to sell it on anyone, as we need more affordable housing for locals and there are likely more welcoming places for POC, but its not nearly as bad as some PP have painted it. Harrisburg is larger and the Black population is actually the majority, at just over 50%. The Latino population is slightly larger than the White population of Harrisburg. It's on an Amtrak line so has easy access to both Philadelphia and NYC.

I don't recommend York or Lancaster to anyone.

I thought both York and Lancaster are more up and coming? Am I wrong? Why don't you recommend York or Lancaster? Thank you!

Anonymous wrote:NP. I live in Gettysburg. Yes, the surrounding areas are inhabited by (vocal) Trump supporters, but the town is quite nice. Our mayor is a Black woman, we have a robust Juneteenth celebration every year, and a Black history museum. There is a large MLK Day service, as well as many public events during February to honor Black History Month. There is also a not so small Latino population, around 15%, with an associated cultural center and other programming to bridge the gap between the Spanish speaking population and non-Hispanic majority.

Lots of people have retired from DC here. They enjoy the amenities of a college town, proximity to DC, lower taxes and housing prices, and safety. If you look at the county level or or House District the politics are undesirable to someone who is liberal to moderate. There is an issue of retaining professional POC, but that is being addressed by local employers to the extent that they have control over it.

I'm not trying to sell it on anyone, as we need more affordable housing for locals and there are likely more welcoming places for POC, but its not nearly as bad as some PP have painted it. Harrisburg is larger and the Black population is actually the majority, at just over 50%. The Latino population is slightly larger than the White population of Harrisburg. It's on an Amtrak line so has easy access to both Philadelphia and NYC.

I don't recommend York or Lancaster to anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not retire to a republican state. Not as a woman, not as a jewish person, not as a PoC, not as a human. So PA and FL would be out. And I have no interest in Ann Arbor beyond a three-day weekend.

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Anonymous wrote:lmao at all the POC who are too fragile to be around Pennsylvania white people 😂😂😂

You sound dumb.

Not as dumb as people here who think rural PA is a hotbed of Klan activity or something, lmao.

I agree and these posts on here saying pa is all white it's total bs look it up there a good percentage of blacks in pa. People are so ignorant.

No one disputes that. But most minorities live in/around Philly and Pittsburgh not in the rural middle