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Have you been thinking you might retire in New York? This website has useful data and opinions on the exciting active adult retirement communities in New York. The Empire State has over 19 million people and 62 counties. It includes America's most famous city, the Big Apple, to charming sea coast villages on Long Island; from wealthy New York suburbs to the vast Adirondacks; from upstate to the Finger Lakes wine region; there is definitely a New York community where you can be happy in retirement.
The Wikipedia entry for New York has more facts.
New York Climate
The New York climate is called humid-continental. There are 4 seasons and the climate is influenced alternatively by the Gulf of Mexico and the Northeast. Summers are hot and winters are cold with occasional snowstorms. Western New York has a more severe climate, Long Island more moderate.
Economy
New York has the fifth highest per capita income (over $38,000) in the United States. Median home prices can range greatly - in wealthy New York City apartments routinely cost a million dollars. In the bigger NY Metro the median home price is $549,000. In Ithaca, however, the median home price is about the same as the national median of $220,000.
Cost of living in the New York Metro is very high but differs in other regions - 178 index in New York and 101 in Ithaca.
New York Taxes
New York's top marginal income tax rate is 7.25% on the top bracket of $40,000. State sales tax is 4.0% but many towns and cities add additional tax. Total tax burden in New York City is the second highest in the nation at 12.3%.
Certified Retirement Communities
New York does not have a certified retirement community program.
Best retirement communities in New York
New York is a great state for active adults and people over 50, particularly if you live there already or hanker for "car-free" life in the Big Apple. For example, active adults looking for retirement information on the great City of New York will find vital information to help assess pros and cons of living there.
Other "best" retirement communities include the beautiful college town of Ithaca, the North Folk coastal town of Mattituck, or the state capitol in Albany. Towns like Poughkeepsie, Elmira, and Yonkers are other retirement places to consider.
At Topretirements.com our job is to provide the objective facts and peer-reviewed profiles to help you find the best community for you. So if you are considering a New York retirement, check out the listings on this site. Here is more inside information on retirement living communities in the neighboring states to help you retire in Pennsylvania, Vermont, Delaware, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. These links provide insight and data into economic conditions, climate, top communities, and taxes.
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