Click on a State to View Best Places to Retire
Latest Blog Article
Pick the Hybrid: A 55+ Neighborhood Within a Larger All Ages Community
November 19, 2025 -- The most interesting retirement concept of the last 65 years has been, hands down, the success of active adult communities. Sometimes called permanent summer camps for adults, offshoots of the concept pioneered by Sun City in 1960 offer every kind of amenity from golf to swimming pools to pickleball. Plus clubs and non-stop activities of every…...
Top Retirement Towns
Woodstock, a town of 14,000, is conveniently located in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, Ga. It is 35 minutes to downtown, 1 hour to the mountains. With the international airport only 45 minutes away, the world is at your doorstep. Atlanta's mild temperatures make it a desirable place to live....
St. Petersburg is one of 3 closely related cities on Florida's Tampa Bay. The other 2 are Clearwater and Tampa (the largest and most urban of the 3). St. Pete has been a classic retirement and tourist destination since the 1920's because of its winter warmth, great beaches, and ideal location on a peninsula in Tampa Bay. One of the…...
Hooksett is a small town of about 12,000 in southern New Hampshire north of Manchester along I 93. About 30% of the population lives in the central district of Hooksett Village, others live in South Hooksett. The Merrimack River runs through the center of town....
Apex is a fast-growing town of about 63,000(2021) that is just west of Raleigh, North Carolina. The population grew by 211% between 2000-2021 - an indication of its popularity as a retirement community. Apex's motto is "The Peak of Good Living". The restored downtown area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A recent visitor described it as…...
