5 Worst Cities in the Southwest for Retirees

4. Flagstaff, Arizona

Insider Monkey Score: 6.5

Cost of Living Index: 116.2

Tax-friendliness: Moderately tax-friendly

Median House Price: $779,500

Health Grade: C

With Flagstaff, Arizona, we enter into the truly dangerous territories for Southwest retirement living – median house prices near the $800,000 mark. High cost of living, very high median house prices, below satisfactory health standards, and a retirement income that is taxed, there’s very little – if anything – that Flagstaff, Arizona offers to the average American retiree.