Best places for a healthy retirement

Want to retire where residents live a long life, there are lots of doctors and hospitals nearby, and you can pursue an active lifestyle? Check out these 20 towns.

It's impossible to describe this Miami suburb without mentioning Aventura Mall - after all, the shopping center was here before the town was incorporated. And it's a place to exercise more than your credit cards -- various mall walks are held in the 2.4 million square-foot complex, the largest in Florida and fifth-largest in the U.S.

Outside the mall, Aventura is a man-made tropical paradise. Most residents live in high- or low-rise condos and enjoy the lowest taxes in Miami-Dade County.

Retirees stay active with spa visits, country club activities, swimming, golfing, basketball, boating, and tennis - most of which are easily accessible by walking or taking the city's free shuttle bus. --N.A.

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