Climate and weather have always impacted where seniors choose to retire, from snowbirds desperate for the Arizona sun to midwesterners dreaming of a quiet seaside retirement.
However, the climate isn’t what it used to be, and with summer heatwaves and CO2 emissions beating records year after year, a changing climate could drastically impact the liveability of the area where you’d hoped your senior benefits and retirement fund could secure you a forever home. Fortunately, many cities are already preparing for a changing future, and we don’t just mean expensive coastal population hubs.
Plenty of affordable cities with reasonable housing costs are already putting in the work to climate-change-proof their infrastructure, including the seven retirement-friendly cities we explore below…