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3.7 A study done by Arkansas State University in the 1980s stated that every in-migrating retiree household -- a retiree family coming to a new location from somewhere else -- has the same economic impact as 3.7 factory jobs.

2 Bellingham placed second in AARP's May 2003 ranking of its Top 15 Dream Towns in the United States to retire to, just behind Loveland/Ft. Collins, Colo., and ahead of cities such as Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, N.C., Charleston, S.C., Asheville, N.C., Santa Fe,, N.M., Ashland, Ore., and Spokane.

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