Retire Nearby or Far Away?
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2012/02/09 09:15:00
SLIDESHOW: 10 Best Places to Retire
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Pleasant year-round weather: Flagstaff, Ariz
Flagstaff has snow... I don't know why they consider that "pleasant year-round" compared to Los Angeles or Phoenix.
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Pleasant year-round weather: Flagstaff, Ariz
Flagstaff has snow... I don't know why they consider that "pleasant year-round" compared to Los Angeles or Phoenix.
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Affordable mountain town: Boone, N.C.
Want to get away from it all? Boone
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Water views on a budget: Traverse City, Mich.
Don't get it confused with Flynt or Detroit, Michigan
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Greenest place to retire: Walnut Creek, Calif.
Across the Bay from San Francisco and beautiful Oakland
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A college town for retirees: Ithaca, N.Y.
Ithaca, New York offers a quiet lifestyle not too far from the Big Apple... but far enough. And who doesn't want a bunch of young college kids making noise when you retire?
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Place to launch a second career: Lincoln, Neb.
Lincoln, Nebraska requires a love of college football (Cornhusker football). And today's tough economy often requires retirees to find that second career.
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Best mix of affordability and amenities: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Best football franchise and lots of hospitals for when you need it
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Best place for affordable housing: Port Charlotte, Fla.
Florida -- often called Heaven's waiting room -- doesn't have enough eccentric retirees.
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Best place for single retirees: Pittsfield, Mass.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts has more single retirees than married ones... and Pittsfield has twice as many single retired women than men.
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Best place for recreation and culture: Santa Fe, N.M.
Santa Fe, New Mexico has over 400 years of civilized history.
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Space Colony
Want to really get away from it all? Sign up to colonize the moon or Mars.
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U.S.News & World Report put together a list of Top 10 Best Place to Retire:
I created a slideshow with photos from the US News and World Reports's Top 10 Best Places to Retire list. I wouldn't have picked any one of them.
Where would you like to retire? Someplace near your current residence? Somewhere far from where you live? Do you like where you live or want to get away when you retire?
Better weather, affordable housing, and plenty of interesting things to do are just a few reasons people move to a new place when they retire. Whether you want to spend your golden years watching the sun set over the water or taking on a second career, we've identified an ideal place.
I created a slideshow with photos from the US News and World Reports's Top 10 Best Places to Retire list. I wouldn't have picked any one of them.
Where would you like to retire? Someplace near your current residence? Somewhere far from where you live? Do you like where you live or want to get away when you retire?
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Top Opinion
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Matt 2012/02/09 13:20:10Retire Far Away
+46 years ago, I moved from Northern Ohio to a mostly rural area of Middle Tennessee. When the unemployment and welfare checks stop coming, former industrial areas will become high crime zones. Already overtaxed, politicians will insist that they need to further raise taxes in order to combat crime and repair their crumbling infrastructure. I enjoy my backyard view a lot more here also.
Check it out Clute, Texas
The economy is fast making retirement a thing of the past. Well the economy and the looting of Social Security and Medicare since 1968 are making retirement a dream instead of a reality.
Most people do not realize they have a lifestyle and plan on keeping it durning retirement. Modifications are based on living conditions that you know. Moving to the far away place is unknown. Even with research thee is a whole lot of the unknown.
Stay where you are, plan trips and enjoy what you've earned.
Lucky! : )
and your right about the city areas.. It's already happening.