{"id":149560,"date":"2021-01-08T01:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T22:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/opinion-this-surprising-state-is-now-a-no-1-retirement-destination\/"},"modified":"2021-01-08T01:17:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T22:17:00","slug":"opinion-this-surprising-state-is-now-a-no-1-retirement-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/opinion-this-surprising-state-is-now-a-no-1-retirement-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Opinion: This surprising state is now a No. 1 retirement destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df61622037\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df61622037\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/opinion-this-surprising-state-is-now-a-no-1-retirement-destination\/#This_little_mid-Atlantic_corporate_enclave_has_a_new_claim_to_fame\" >This little mid-Atlantic corporate enclave has a new claim to fame<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/opinion-this-surprising-state-is-now-a-no-1-retirement-destination\/#Brett_Arends\" >Brett Arends<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Opinion: This surprising state is now a No. 1 retirement destination<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_little_mid-Atlantic_corporate_enclave_has_a_new_claim_to_fame\"><\/span>\n  This little mid-Atlantic corporate enclave has a new claim to fame<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000121841\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       There\u2019s a new top retirement state in town, and it\u2019s not Florida, Arizona or any of the usual Sunbelt suspects.<\/p>\n<p> Step forward \u2026 Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>The tiny mid-Atlantic corporate enclave, now famous as the home state of the incoming president, came out as the surprising No. 1 destination for retirees (according to one way of calculating, anyway).<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       These results come from the latest United Van Lines annual survey of who\u2019s moving where and why.<\/p>\n<p>United Van Lines, the country\u2019s biggest full-service moving company, operates about 300 agencies across the U.S. and typically handles around 100,000 moves a year. It\u2019s been conducting the survey for 40\u00a0years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, 41% of those moving to Delaware cited \u201cretirement\u201d among their reasons. That was the highest percentage among the inward bound of any state, just edging out second-place Montana.  <\/p>\n<p>Last year 77% of those who moved to Delaware were over 55.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal of Montana last year may be a little less surprising. The Big Sky State is part of the so-called American Redoubt \u2014 the thinly populated region that has long been popular among preppers and survivalists. If ever there was a year when preppers and survivalists had the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> flow all their own way, it was 2020.<\/p>\n<p>But why Delaware? Prior to Joe Biden\u2019s election, it really only had three claims to fame.<\/p>\n<p>First, many big companies have their titular headquarters there for tax and legal purposes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>Second, it was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, so it is sometimes known as the First State.<\/p>\n<p>And, third: When people sitting in a bar try to name all 50 states, and get stuck on 49, Delaware has a very good chance of being the one they forgot.<\/p>\n<p>But United Van Lines\u2019 communications director, Eily Cummings, says the state has been on the way up among retirees for a couple of years now (whereas Montana saw a big jump last year alone). <\/p>\n<p>Liz Keller, director of the Delaware Tourism Office, says many retirees come from the big nearby states, and retire to Delaware because they already have a second home there. \u201cSpecifically the Delaware beaches have been larger areas for retirees,\u201d she says. \u201cA lot of people do pick a second home [here] and use it as a vacation home until they\u2019re ready to retire. Our beaches our beautiful!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Delaware is near the big population centers around Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and southern New York. Retirees are apparently hoping the proximity means the children and grandchildren will come and visit more often. Especially if it\u2019s on the beach. \u201cYour extended family can come visit you,\u201d says Keller. \u201cAnd why not come visit your grandparents at the beaches?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Delaware, she adds, is only a couple of hours\u2019 drive, at most, from the big cities.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s also a draw when it comes to health care, a big concern for people in retirement, especially once they hit their 70s and 80s. Delaware has its own big hospitals, says Keller. But it can\u2019t hurt that you\u2019re so close to the medical centers at the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins and the vast health-care resources of New York City.<\/p>\n<p>The state has its own attractions, notes Keller. Not just the beaches in the south, but picturesque small towns in the center, and historic mansions in and around Wilmington in the north. Those include the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nemoursestate.org\/\" class=\"icon none\">Nemours Estate<\/a>, modeled after the Versailles Palace in France. Who knew? <\/p>\n<p>For <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/realestateandhomes-detail\/222-N-State-St_Dover_DE_19901_M52447-42601?link=mktw\" class=\"icon none\">$335,000 you can park your rocking chair on a porch<\/a> in Dover, the Delaware capital.<\/p>\n<p>Taxes aren\u2019t quite the draw I had assumed. Delaware has no state sales tax, but the Tax Foundation, a low-tax-advocate think tank based in Washington, D.C.,<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taxfoundation.org\/state-and-local-individual-income-taxes-per-capita-2020\/\" class=\"icon none\"> ranks its state and local taxes the 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0highest in the country per capita.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is, at least, a lower-tax state than New York, Connecticut or Maryland, or Washington, D.C., the foundation reports.<\/p>\n<p>Delaware isn\u2019t a cheap place to move, either. Property company Zillow <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zillow.com\/home-values\/\" class=\"icon none\">estimates that the average home<\/a> in Delaware costs $284,000, just ahead of its national estimate. Much of that is driven by expensive beachfront property. Among the more affordable, up-and-coming areas, Keller cites <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/realestateandhomes-search\/Milford_DE?link=mktw\" class=\"icon none\">the town of Milford<\/a>, a bit inland. \u201cIt\u2019s more affordable than your waterfront properties,\u201d she says, and offers \u201cpicturesque living 20 minutes from the beach.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Brett Arends\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brett_Arends\"><\/span>Brett Arends<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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