East Hampton is No. 6 on Best Places to Retire in New York List

Long Island isn't generally thought of as a great place to retire. In fact, New York is ranked as the seventh worst state for retirees, mainly thanks to its high cost of living, according to WalletHub.

But new rankings from Niche.com suggest that if you are planning to retire in New York, Long Island is the place to be. Long Island towns, including East Hampton at No. 6, dominate Niche's 2016 Best Places to Retire rankings for New York, with nine of the top 10 places on the island.

The best place to retire in the country, according to the rankings: Fortuna Foothills in Arizona. The top 100 national list, however, is filled with sun-drenched Florida towns.

The rankings take into account key factors, such as weather, crime rates, residents 65 and older, housing costs, and access to amenities such as restaurants, golf courses, exercise facilities, and doctors, in an attempt to measure the appeal of an area for retirement, Niche says.

Here are the Long Island towns that made the top 100 list for New York and their respective rankings:

No. 1- Lake Success
No. 2- Great Neck Plaza
No. 3- Westhampton Beach
No. 4- Roslyn
No. 5- Southampton
No. 6- East Hampton
No. 7- North Hills
No. 9- Woodbury
No. 10- Searingtown
No. 11- Southold
No. 13- Hewlett
No. 16- Calverton
No. 18- North Sea
No. 19- Amagansett
No. 20- Melville
No. 22- Huntington Bay
No. 27- East Atlantic Beach
No. 28- Port Washington
No. 35- Westhampton
No. 36- Roslyn Estates
No. 37- University Gardens
No. 39- Eatons Neck
No. 41- Ridge
No. 42- Sag Harbor
No. 46- Rockville Centre
No. 49- Glen Cove
No. 50- Kings Point
No. 52- Northville
No. 56- Oyster Bay
No. 57- Cutchogue
No. 58- Kensington
No. 59- Syosset
No. 60- Milo Town
No. 61- Manhasset
No. 65- Greenlawn
No. 71- St. James
No. 74- Cold Spring Harbor
No. 78- Amityville
No. 79- Lynbrook
No. 84- Roslyn Heights
No. 85- Port Jefferson
No. 89- Northport
No. 90- East Williston
No. 92- Huntington
No. 94- Hauppauge
No. 97- Albertson

See the full top 100 New York list here.

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