{"id":92,"date":"2026-10-05T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gihanawadfloridahomes.com\/blog\/?p=92"},"modified":"2026-10-05T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:00:00","slug":"orlando-takes-the-top-retirement-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gihanawadfloridahomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/05\/orlando-takes-the-top-retirement-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Takes the Top Retirement Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/gihan-awad\/american-retirement-cities-remotion-videos-4617\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>A recent ranking placed Orlando first among US cities for retirement, highlighting its mix of affordability, healthcare access, recreation, and daily living advantages.<br \/>\nFlorida&#039;s lack of individual income, estate, and inheritance taxes strengthened Orlando&#039;s appeal, while many retirees also valued staying closer to children and grandchildren.<br \/>\nOrlando&#039;s theme parks, restaurants, entertainment venues, and growing cultural scene helped turn retirement homes into family hubs, giving relatives more reasons to visit.<br \/>\nThe city ranked as the study&#039;s second-most affordable option and scored especially well in healthcare, including access to home healthcare and geriatric care.<br \/>\nThat broad mix of costs, care, recreation, and family-friendly amenities helped Orlando outperform more conventional retirement destinations and stand out beyond its tourism reputation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent ranking placed Orlando first among US cities for retirement, highlighting its mix of affordability, healthcare access, recreation, and daily living advantages. Florida&#039;s lack of individual income, estate, and inheritance taxes strengthened Orlando&#039;s appeal, while many retirees also valued staying closer to children and grandchildren. Orlando&#039;s theme parks, restaurants, entertainment venues, and growing cultural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":93,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gihanawadfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gihanawadfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gihanawadfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gihanawadfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gihanawadfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gihanawadfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94,"href":"https:\/\/www.gihanawadfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/94"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gihanawadfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gihanawadfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gihanawadfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gihanawadfloridahomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}