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.

If you're looking to retire somewhere healthy, what could be better than a town run by a former pro athlete? Before his local government days, city manager Cameron Benson played in the 1984 Rose Bowl for the University of Illinois and was signed as a free agent for the Tampa Bay Bucs.

Benson's affinity for healthy living is visible throughout Hollywood. In the past five years, the city has spent $100 million to improve and add new recreational facilities, including the Hollywood Beach Boardwalk, a 30-foot-wide promenade perfect for biking and jogging along the Atlantic. It also recently launched a "Hollywood Goes Green" program, which should make environmentally minded residents cheer. --N.A.

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