The best and worst states to retire: New England states all in the worst half

Wallethub has evaluated the fifty states and the District of Columbia for their relative desirability as retirement venues.  Florida ranks #1 because it is the second cheapest place (after Wyoming) in the US, has a high quality of life, and reasonably good health care.

Massachusetts has a good quality of life and good health care, but it's the pits for affordability. Rhode Island ranks worst in the US, by the way.  All the New England states are like Massachusetts to one degree or another, however.

The study is worth looking at.  You may access it by clicking on the picture map below: