Here is your Forbes Daily Briefing for Tuesday, September 17th.

Today on Forbes, 25 best places to enjoy your retirement in 2024,

Eugene and other top spots.

Jill and David de Forest Colvig spent six years plotting their retirement escape from Des Moines,

Iowa.

To be clear, they have nothing against the Hawkeye State.

They both grew up in Iowa.

And they spent 30 years of married life together in Des Moines,

where they raised two now adult kids.

But they imagined a retirement haven

where they could hike and bike together,

take their pick of cultural events,

and enjoy different scenery.

Jill, who is 57 years old, says that in Iowa, quote,

it's hours and hours of cornfields.

We wanted cleaner water and a better environment.

This past spring, Jill retired from her job as a marketing director for Meredith Corp and David from his position as a real estate specialist for the city of Des Moines.

In June, they moved 1,800 miles west to Eugene, Oregon, a city of 178,000 that sits on the

Willamette River near lots of lakes and the Cascade Mountains.

The water was a particular draw for David, who was 62 years old.

He says, quote, I like to kayak.

Eugene is one of three Oregon cities that earned a spot on Forbes's new list of the 25 best places to enjoy your retirement.

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