Money Magazine: Best places to retire 2006: North Carolina

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North Carolina 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.
City	Population
Asheville	69,308
Cary	106,400
Charlotte	584,053
Concord	62,994
Durham	201,310
Fayetteville	117,127
Gastonia	67,209
Greensboro	230,489
Greenville	61,723
High Point	88,296
Jacksonville	69,052
Raleigh	341,500
Rocky Mount	54,236
Wilmington	79,622
Winston-Salem	194,102

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State	No. of winners
Alabama	0
Alaska	0
Arizona	1
Arkansas	0
California	0
Colorado	0
Connecticut	0
Delaware	0
District of Columbia	0
Florida	0
Georgia	1
Hawaii	0
Idaho	0
Illinois	0
Indiana	0
Iowa	0
Kansas	0
Kentucky	0
Louisiana	0
Maine	0
Maryland	0
Massachusetts	0
Michigan	1
Minnesota	0
Mississippi	0
Missouri	0
Montana	0
Nebraska	0
Nevada	0
New Hampshire	0
New Jersey	0
New Mexico	0
New York	0
North Carolina	0
North Dakota	0
Ohio	0
Oklahoma	0
Oregon	0
Pennsylvania	0
Rhode Island	0
South Carolina	0
South Dakota	0
Tennessee	0
Texas	0
Utah	0
Vermont	0
Virginia	1
Washington	1
West Virginia	0
Wisconsin	0
Wyoming	0

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Affordable homes
	Median home sale price 2005
Reading, PA	$42,850
Buffalo, NY	$45,000
Niagara Falls, NY	$47,000
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Most golf played
	Golf activity index (100=national avg., 200=twice national avg.)
Coconut Creek, FL	141
Palm Harbor, FL	139
Palm Desert, CA	134
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Tennis
	Tennis activity index (100=national avg., 200=twice national avg.)
Bethesda, MD	163
Greenwich, CT	161
Davis, CA	161
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Most country club members
	Percentage of households
Palm Desert, CA	2.0
Bethesda, MD	2.0
Greenwich, CT	1.8
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Most educated
	% residents with graduate degree
Arlington, VA	35.7
Davis, CA	34.6
Brookline, MA	32.5
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Oldest
	Median age
Tamarac, FL	49.69
Lake Havasu City, AZ	46.71
St. Simons Island, GA	46.66
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