From a press release from the City of Hendersonville:
Hendersonville was recently voted one of the safest cities and the best place to retire in North Carolina.
SmartAsset, a New York financial technology company, recently released its second annual study on the Best Places to retire. The study rates cities by their tax friendliness, recreational and social opportunities for seniors, and availability of medical care. Hendersonville ranked number 1 in North Carolina this year, in line with their rank of 1 in last year’s study.
In addition, Hendersonville is one of the safest cities in North Carolina according to a new 2016 study by home security and financial website CreditDonkey.
How did the number crunchers at CreditDonkey determine the safest cities? They scored each city based on violent and property crime data to come up with a composite score. That score factors in population size, murders, rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries, larcenies, motor vehicle thefts and arsons.
For more details about these studies (and to see what other cities made the list), check out SmartAsset and Credit Donkey.
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