Where are the 10 best places in retirement to live?
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Having not approached retirement age and not know what you might like to do in retirement, I thought I'd just throw a few cool ideas out there that I like to spend time near. \n\nScottsdale, Az  - A suburb of the Phoenix area and common retirement location. Nearly never a cloud in the sky, save the monsoon season in early fall/late summer. Temperatures get SCORCHING during the summer days but is ideal during colder months if you like your fun in the sun. Mountains, Grand Canyon, and Mexico all within 3 hours driving time. \n\nSan Diego, CA - Again, sunny almost year round! My brother visits me in the midwest from there on occasion and completely freaks out in thunderstorms because he literally never sees them. Of course you might get an occasional earthquake...no place is perfect. Can't beat having a beach near by. Year round temperatures from 50-78 as a high. Mexico, LA, Vegas, and Sequoia redwood forest all within 5ish hours drive. \n\nColorado Springs, CO - Beautiful Mountains and forest recreation in a small town feel with big town advantages. Only a couple hours from Denver and just a few more to Rio Grande National Forest and Taos, NM. If the outdoors and a little cooler temperature is your thing, this is place is beautiful, friendly, and quiet. \n\nSonoma County, CA - Wine country and San Francisco. The Russian River meets rocky shores of the Pacific and the Northern Redwoods start to be dominant in the mountain forests. Lots of culture and great food & drink!\n\nSpringfield, MO - ONe of the most inexpensive places to live in a growing community (200,000+) that holds on to its small town roots. KC, St. Louis and Tulsa all 3 hours or less and its centered in the US enough to make for easy travel to any part of the country with a welcome atmosphere to come home too. \n\nThere's a few places that had a good "feel" to them when I had a chance to visit the east coast, but I'm not sure I know enough about them to give a good description, but thought I'd list them all the same:\n\nBoston, Mass - A neat big city with a great accent!\n\nLong Island, NY - for my girlfriend, shes just too fond of it to be all bad! Really though, ocean side on all ends and a few stone throws away from the Big Apple. Can even catch some wine country to the east. \n\nFlorida?  Not been but it seems a common place....personally I think its too crime ridden and overrun by hurricanes for me\n\nSo, theres 8ish, think I'll leave it at that....happy retirement!!!!
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There's a "best" place?
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Aloha!  \n\nHawaii and Florida are both fantastic states to retire to.  But, remember, Hawaii is a great deal more expensive than florida.  If you have limited funds, then Hawaii may not be the place for you.  On the other hand, hawaii's unmatchable beauty is something that even the Great and Beautiful State of Florida does not offer.  Hawaii is absolutely stunning and amazing, and i believe that you would enjoy a liftime of happiness in a retirement to Hawaii.
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The best place to retire in my opinion is a country in Europe because the Euro is ruling the world and they have one of the most beautiful places in the world.  So go to Europe and live an exquisite life, but have some cash in reserve.  And if you are asking, I'm Central American, form El Salvador.
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Forbes Magazine has an article on the best cheap places to live well (they call it "live rich):
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Retirement house, nursing home or old age home.
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My grand mother lived until age 101 she lived in a tiny place in alabama. On the other hand my other grand mother lived in Atlanta and died when she was 68. So I think the hussle and bussle of living in a city does play a part in a persons lifespan.
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contractor, owner and make enough money to retire
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Maybe this website will be a good start for you. It's a list of the different kinds of people that live there
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http://www.statemaster.com/graph/lif_bes_sta_to_liv-lifestyle-best-states-to-live\n\nthis is a great resource for comparing states. Find information that's important to you, and see how US states rank.
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Try out www.5linx.com. If you work well for it today, it will work for you tomorrow when you are retired.
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Define best.  Highest income?  Crime?  Standard of living?  Democracy?  Free speech?  Environment?  Pollution?  Or are they all important?\n\nThe UN's lists of best countries to live in keeps coming up with the same names year after year: in alphabetical order, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, plus a few others.
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my friends mom lives there 64 yrs old ...she loves it and I have visited her its a great place and not a typical retirement community !!! visit in person before you decide that's your bet bet :)
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You couldn't ask for a better place to live. I'm a native of Charlotte and lived in the Myers Park area of the city. It has grown by leaps and bounds in the past ten years. You will find a wide range of neighborhoods to live in. Many of our older ones are being upgrated and are rather pricey, but you can find just as nice neighborhoods in most any part of Charlotte. My hubby and I, we're retired, live in the south of Charlotte in Matthews and love our area. The shopping is terrific and there are many great places to eat. We are also about 1 1/2 hours from the mountains, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and are about 5 hours from some of the most beautiful beaches to visit. The schools vary from excellent to fair, depending on where you decide to live. Get a good real estate agent and tell him/her what you are looking for. I recommend Allen Tate Realtors, I think they are the best. Good luck and I hope you decide to move here, you won't be sorry.
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Assuming you would live in the same place all year round, I would chose South Carolina, at Myrtle Beach. The summer months are near perfect and doesn't get too cold in the winter. Not to mention how much slower life moves there; far slower than the hustle and bustle of most major cities. Outside of the US, I would live in either the Caribbean or across the ocean in Italy. But if you want to be treated like royalty, India is it. The difference in price there is amazing. $200,000 would be like having more than a million in the US.
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a place you wish you never had to leave,it is the next best thing to home
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LA.\n\ndepends on where you are residing right now.