We’ve previously named Ashland, Oregon, as America’s best place to retire on the West Coast , and overall, Cary, North Carolina, topped our list as America’s best place to retire . But what happens when we ask AI to make the call? We turned to ChatGPT and asked it to name the five most beautiful places to retire in the United States. Its rankings surprised us, especially its number one pick, which we had previously ranked much lower in our own former guide (and even omitted completely in one of our older "beautiful American towns to retire" lists ).

With natural beauty, lifestyle perks, and retirement-friendly features in mind, here’s how AI sees the top U.S. retiree destinations in terms of beauty and how we think it did in its rankings. Plus, we'll discuss which places we thought

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