Atlanta Top City to Retire in 2009

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Forbes magazine recently did a study to determine the best cities to retire in 2009. To form the list, Forbes looked at the country’s 40 largest metropolitan statistical areas and applied seven metrics. The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta metropolitan area came in at #1. Atlanta is the financial and industrial center of the South and is home to more and more international businesses, such as Delta, Home Depot and Coca-Cola.

1 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA

2 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

3 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

4 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX

5 St. Louis, MO-IL

5 Austin-Round Rock, TX

7 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV

8 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

9 Kansas City, MO-KS

10 San Antonio, TX