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RANKING CATEGORY SCORES

This spreadsheet shows the Top Ten retirement cities with ranks by the 21 quality of life categories used in the rank calculation. Of course, if you don't agree with what we included in the calculation you can create your own rank calculation at My City Rank.

	Final																						Average
	City																						Category
	Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank
Athens, GA	1	20	24	39	14	16	41	38	85	56	10	86	8	30	64	10	25	10	23	76	8	88	36.7
Tyler, TX	2	97	22	25	18	43	6	35	20	9	43	72	31	10	71	57	19	64	29	41	7	71	37.6
Clarksville, TN	3	49	14	15	75	27	25	68	68	14	1	79	19	38	47	28	48	22	23	39	15	94	38.5
Colorado Springs, CO	4	20	47	15	30	58	27	69	46	13	50	41	37	5	60	20	84	55	38	5	39	66	39.3
Olympia, WA	5	7	52	11	1	69	51	8	24	na	65	36	57	47	67	47	51	5	64	32	50	55	40.0
Newnan, GA	5	25	28	44	87	47	10	46	69	24	10	54	29	38	49	40	24	28	45	45	5	92	40.0
Bowling Green, KY	7	29	18	23	43	34	29	61	57	26	35	96	16	30	75	22	52	9	50	45	31	64	40.2
Gainesville, FL	8	49	20	27	68	50	1	51	21	74	35	87	7	30	68	62	8	12	57	33	13	76	40.4
Provo, UT	9	93	38	30	34	65	58	62	88	7	23	98	2	16	18	6	63	24	31	9	55	38	40.9
Greenville, SC	10	9	34	48	1	55	77	45	91	37	10	61	37	5	88	6	26	68	31	74	10	47	41.0

	�� Quality of Life Categories
	1. % Change - Price of Homes											12. Age of Population
	2. Price of Homes											13. Medical Care
	3. Big City Home Price Comparison											14. Crime Statistics
	4. Population Growth											15. Recreation
	5. Population Density											16. Home Energy Use
	6. Building Permit Growth											17. Nearest Large City
	7. Climate											18. Natural Hazard Risk
	8. Air Quality											19. Man-Made Hazard Risk
	9. Water Quality											20. Demographic Diversity
	10. Taxes											21. Walkability
	11. Family Income

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