No county for retirees

San Diego ranked 108th

Wallethub.com, a firm that calculates statistics on metro areas based on complex formulas, says San Diego is no ideal retirement haven.

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Criteria were such factors as weather, affordability, senior centers per capita, fishing and recreation facilities, percent of population above 65, and the like.

San Diego came in 108th of 150 metro areas. Obviously affordability and job availability hurt San Diego — too much to be offset by the good weather. The top location was Tampa. The bottom two were Newark, New Jersey, and Providence, Rhode Island.

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