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Cities
Five towns with top-notch health care, loads of culture, lots of green space and low taxes were selected as the Best Places to Retire this year. How do other places rate? See key data for the 700+ U.S. cities from the Best Places to Live database. All have populations exceeding 50,000.
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Best Places
to Live rank |
City |
Population |
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Bakersfield, CA |
274,413 |
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Baldwin Park, CA |
79,736 |
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Baltimore, MD |
616,699 |
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Barnstable Town, MA |
49,318 |
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Baton Rouge, LA |
221,614 |
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Battle Creek, MI |
53,409 |
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Bayonne, NJ |
58,947 |
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Baytown, TX |
71,086 |
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Beaumont, TX |
110,230 |
| 79 |
Beaverton, OR |
85,800 |
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Bedford, TX |
50,293 |
| 21 |
Bellevue, WA |
117,100 |
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Bellflower, CA |
76,626 |
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Bellingham, WA |
73,043 |
| 86 |
Bend, OR |
67,200 |
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Bensalem, PA |
58,971 |
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Berkeley, CA |
103,720 |
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Berwyn, IL |
52,548 |
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Bethesda, MD |
59,849 |
| 88 |
Bethlehem, PA |
73,100 |
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Billings, MT |
92,362 |
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Biloxi, MS |
50,410 |
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Birmingham, AL |
234,008 |
| 77 |
Bismarck, ND |
57,400 |
| 54 |
Blaine, MN |
54,100 |
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Bloomington, MN |
83,374 |
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Bloomington, IN |
68,442 |
| 80 |
Bloomington, IL |
69,700 |
| 30 |
Boca Raton, FL |
86,600 |
| 8 |
Boise, ID |
193,200 |
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Bolingbrook, IL |
75,604 |
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Bossier City, LA |
58,119 |
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Boston, MA |
575,959 |
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Boulder, CO |
92,621 |
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Bowie, MD |
53,552 |
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Bowling Green, KY |
51,303 |
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Boynton Beach, FL |
66,458 |
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Bradenton, FL |
53,806 |
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Brandon, FL |
88,386 |
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Brentwood, NY |
55,720 |
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Brick, NJ |
83,122 |
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Bridgeport, CT |
143,937 |
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Bristol, CT |
60,875 |
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Brockton, MA |
97,056 |
| 66 |
Broken Arrow, OK |
86,200 |
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Brookline, MA |
58,456 |
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Brooklyn Park, MN |
70,093 |
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Brownsville, TX |
154,498 |
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Bryan, TX |
64,209 |
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Buena Park, CA |
80,693 |
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Buffalo, NY |
285,058 |
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Burbank, CA |
105,605 |
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Burke, VA |
58,785 |
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Burnsville, MN |
62,788 |
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