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18. South Carolina

South Carolina barely edges out its neighbor to the north on our list. However, like its neighbor, it has great weather and plenty of opportunities to get outdoors no matter what you're looking for. Its cities, such as Charleston, also regularly rank pretty high on food and travel lists. It doesn't hurt that the state's cost of living is around 7% lower than the nation's average. Sales tax is around 6%.

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The state's population is around 5.3 million people, with 985,500 being 65 or older. Summers can get pretty humid, but that applies to pretty much every state in the region. Also, incomes aren't the highest in South Carolina.