12 Retirement-Friendly Places to Retire
Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
May 3, 2022 — You’ve worked hard to earn your retirement. So why not retire to a place where you are likely to be welcomed with open arms. To help with that we published a list of “10 Very Friendly Places to Retire” back in 2016, and it generated loads of comments and suggestions. Using this fantastic input from our Members (you can’t beat the experience of real people!), here are even more great places to retire. We hope you will add to the list!
Cape Coral, FL. Here is what Linda had to say about this FL West Coast town: “I’d add Cape Coral, FL to your list. It’s not as isolated as Punta Gorda (about an hour up the coast). If we don’t have it in Cape Coral, there’s a good chance it’s available across the bridges to Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Naples, etc. There is a very active New Residents Club here which has been going on for 50 years. If I had the stamina, I could be doing something with these new-found friends every day!”
Comments on "12 Retirement-Friendly Places to Retire"
Kevin says:
Hi,
What is the name of the development in Jasper, TN that Jan mentioned in this article?
Thanks,
Kevin
larry clark says:
We found a wonderful place in Arizona called SaddleBrooke Two. It was such a nice surprise. Cooler because it is in the slopes of the mountains.Everyone was so friendly and lots of support groups. So many amenities and activities you can wear yourself out. It is like summer camp for adults 365 days a year. We like it so much we are graduating from snowbird to fulltimer. There is a local website if you need more info
Virginia says:
Palm coast FL sounds like a place I would Love. I would like to get more info and specific places to zoom in on because my husband is not an explorer, thank you
John Brady says:
Palm Coast FL is a great place to live. In our Florida Directory we have links to a review of Palm Coast plus 8 communities located there. https://www.topretirements.com/active_adult_communities/Florida.html#PalmCoast
Editors note: we deleted a string of comments from a Member who doesn't like Florida or Texas for a variety of reasons. Then others jumped in to disagree, so before we get completely derailed, we chose to delete the whole string. Sorry about that, but trying to keep the focus on "friendly" places here, not unfriendly ones. Thanks for understanding.
Barb says:
Admin-
I posted in the “string” of posts you deleted from “people who don’t like Florida or Texas for a variety of reasons.” It should be noted that NOWHERE in my brief post, did I indicate that I did not like Florida or Texas. The poster prior to me indicated they would not choose to retire to either of those places for valid reasons- none of which involved friendliness. I simply agreed with him. If you are focusing on “friendly” places, I do think you might want to qualify that adjective prior to assuming that everyone has the same concept of “friendly.”
Comment from Admin: Thanks for responding Barb. Sorry, sounds like your post was a victim of our attempt to stop a string of comments that were getting very political. Once those strings start they take on a life of their own, and detract from what we are trying to keep as a non-political forum.