Fargo, North Dakota beat out a lot of warmer, more enticing cities for a spot on Forbes magazine's new list of best places to retire in the United States.
The list of 16 cities that seniors should consider as their second-to-last resting place, which is featured in the latest issue of the magazine, includes a surprising number of places with cold winters, including Omaha, Neb., Pittsburgh, Pa. and Indianapolis, Ind.
Several storied retirement destinations people dream about -- Miami, Fla., Honolulu, Hawaii and San Diego, Calif. -- failed to make the cut altogether.
Janet Novack, the executive editor who oversaw the research, said that was because Forbes focused on a lot of factors besides the weather, including living costs, taxes, crime rates, driving conditions and the availability of both doctors and free activities.
"If money was no object, would this be your list?" Novack said on Wednesday. "Maybe not. But these are places that we think are convivial around the country because they do well on all our factors or because they only have one or two negatives."
Only five cities in the list -- Tucson, Arizona, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Charle