Would you like to kayak when you retire? Do you live in Port St. Lucie? Then you're in luck. The city was named a top destination for retirees by Where to Retire magazine. (FILE PHOTO)

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Port St. Lucie has been selected as a top retirement destination by Where to Retire, the only magazine in America geared toward helping people with retirement relocation decisions. The city is profiled in the July/August issue, available nationwide June 14.

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Where to Retire Editor Annette Fuller said Port St. Lucie possesses qualities important to today’s retirees.

“Port St. Lucie, on Florida’s southeastern coast, is a less expensive alternative than its neighbor cities of Vero Beach to the north and West Palm Beach to the south. It lies on the state’s Treasure Coast, where optimistic beachgoers still try to spy a glint of gold in the sand, washed up from Spanish ships that sunk in 1715. Master-planned communities pull friendships out of strangers,” Fuller said.

Each year, 700,000 Americans relocate to new towns to retire. Generally, relocating retirees are healthier, better educated and more affluent than those who choose to not relocate.

They bring significant economic benefits to their new states and hometowns. Nationally, two dozen states and hundreds of towns seek to attract retirees as a source of economic development.

Where to Retire magazine, launched in 1992 with the goal of helping its readers find the ideal place to retire, is published six times a year. The magazine covers the best retirement regions, towns and master-planned communities and has a national circulation of 200,000. The magazine is sold on various newsstands and at Barnes & Noble bookstores.