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Whether your retirement is imminent or currently only a daydream, Where to Retire provides you with all the info you'll need to make that crucial retirement decision: where to live once work and family responsibilities are no longer pressing.

In this well-researched, opinionated, and completely revised and updated guide, retirement guru John Howells provides snapshots of life in more than 150 of the most affordable, comfortable, and stimulating U.S. locales for retirees. Choose from among places in Florida, California, Arizona, the Southeast, Deep ...

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Overview

Whether your retirement is imminent or currently only a daydream, Where to Retire provides you with all the info you'll need to make that crucial retirement decision: where to live once work and family responsibilities are no longer pressing.

In this well-researched, opinionated, and completely revised and updated guide, retirement guru John Howells provides snapshots of life in more than 150 of the most affordable, comfortable, and stimulating U.S. locales for retirees. Choose from among places in Florida, California, Arizona, the Southeast, Deep South, Mid-South, Texas, the Western Desert, the Pacific Northwest, or the Snowbelt.

 

Carefully researched information on:

Where you can live graciously yet affordably

The ideal climate for your health and lifestyle

Finding suitable medical care

Opportunities for recreation

Evaluating the social scene

Editorial Reviews

Any considering moving to a better area for retirement years should consult this guide first: it provides a set of assessments for popular retirement communities which include tips on how to assess for lifestyle, and appears in its 4th updated edition to provide the latest on changing communities. Chapters are especially strong in detailing affordability factors, climates and health care for selected areas.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780762740659
  • Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
  • Publication date: 9/1/2006
  • Edition number: 6
  • Pages: 400
  • Series: Choose Retirement Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 8.80 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

John Howells has written and coauthored several books about retirement locations, including Choose the South, Choose Mexico, and Choose Costa Rica. He also writes about retirement and travel for mature Americans in magazines such as Consumers Digest and Where to Retire Magazine. John and his wife live in California and Costa Rica.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Finding Your Shangri-La 5
Chapter 2 The Southeast Coast States 23
Chapter 3 Florida: A Retirement Tradition 85
Chapter 4 The Gulf Coast States 123
Chapter 5 The Midsouthern Hills 170
Chapter 6 Texas: The B-i-i-g State 212
Chapter 7 Western Mountains and Deserts 237
Chapter 8 California 301
Chapter 9 The Pacific Northwest 337
Index 377

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