A recent article in 'USA Today" listed Madison as the 2nd best place in the U.S. for seniors to live. This ranking was of the 100 most populas metropolitan areas. In fact, there were no cities ranked in the top 5 located in any southern or southwestern state. They were all northern cities. The same was true of the cities in smaller cities. The top five were in the Dakotas, Iowan, Missouri and Minnesota!