{"id":130276,"date":"2026-01-24T11:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/130276\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:04:06","slug":"4-florida-cities-made-top-10-list-of-best-places-to-retire-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/130276\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Florida cities made top 10 list of best places to retire in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofpsl.com\/Home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Port St. Lucie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Port St. Lucie<\/a> was ranked No. 5 best metro area to retire to in the United States in 2026, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.storagecafe.com\/blog\/best-places-to-retire-in-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:StorageCafe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">StorageCafe<\/a>, a storage facility search website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Four Florida areas are on the top 10 list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">StorageCafe based its rankings on these criteria:<\/p>\n<p>Why is Port St. Lucie a good place to retire?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here&#8217;s why Port St. Lucie is a good place to retire in 2026, according to StorageCafe:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Population over 65: 26.5%<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cost of living index: 102.4, a score the news release doesn&#8217;t explain in detail<\/p>\n<p>Top 10 retirement destinations in the United States<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cape Coral and Fort Myers area<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New York, Newark, Jersey City area<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Naples, Immokalee, Marco Island area<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">North Port, Sarasota, Bradenton area<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kiryas Joel, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh area<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Durham and Chapel Hill area<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Newport News area<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/staff\/74965934007\/olivia-franklin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Olivia Franklin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Olivia Franklin<\/a> is TCPalm\u2019s trending reporter. You can contact her at olivia.franklin@tcpalm.com, 317-627-8048 or follow her on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Livvvvv_5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@Livvvvv_5;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@Livvvvv_5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/story\/news\/local\/st-lucie-county\/2026\/01\/24\/florida-best-places-to-retire-includes-port-st-lucie-storagecafe-report\/88266952007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida best places to retire includes Port St Lucie, StorageCafe says;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Florida best places to retire includes Port St Lucie, StorageCafe says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie was ranked No. 5 best metro area to retire to in the United States in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[58170,171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-130276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-metro-area","9":"tag-port-st-lucie","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","11":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}