Seneca rated among Best Areas to Retire

Seneca is the most desirable area in South Carolina and one of the best in the nation if you are a retiree. That’s according to Smart Asset, a financial technology solutions company based in New York City, which ranked Seneca number one among the top-10 places to retire in South Carolina and the fifteenth best place to retire in the nation. Greater Oconee County Chamber of Commerce executive director Jillian Lusk was thrilled to learn of the ranking, yet not totally surprised. “When I first heard about this ranking to be honest I wasn’t surprised. We live in a community that is so rich with resources and amenities and it just has a quality of life that is unparallel to so many other places. But I was excited to see that even just by applying general indexing and matrixes, you can see that Seneca, South Carolina rises to the top of the state to be the best place to retire and live. Not just retirement age people but young professionals flock to communities for the exact same reasons that retirees do. They have a desire to find the best quality of life and the rest of it falls into place. Actually, what is more startling than just the South Carolina statistic is that we are fifteenth in the nation for a retirement community and that is huge. It is spectacular to say that we are in the top 20 places to retire across the entire country.” Smart Asset compiles its list of best places to retire based on three overriding factors; tax friendliness, medical care and social life. To view an interactive map of the best places to retire, visit the link on Smart Asset’s website at https://smartasset.com/retirement/retirement-calculator#southcarolina.