You have to wonder about a list that that has no California metro areas in their Top 100, but includes New York City at #14 and Flint, Michigan at #64.
To identify the best places to retire, U.S. News analyzed data for the 150 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. to assess how well they meet Americans’ retirement needs and expectations. Top criteria include the happiness of local residents, housing affordability, tax rates and health care quality.
https://realestate.usnews.com/places/rankings/best-places-to-retire
San Diego finally did make this list at #93, just ahead of Cleveland and Tulsa:
https://realestate.usnews.com/places/rankings/best-places-to-live
Pensacola is nice but… not #3 nice. #s 31 & 32, Springfield & Worcester MA are not in the top 100. Those are places to be from. There are entire retirement communities in Florida where they haven’t lost their accents. Just a lot of clickbait to keep you scrolling.