Best Retirement Towns for Amenities
Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
May 17, 2022 — People pick places to retire for a lot of reasons. How pretty it is, closeness to family, climate, low taxes, having a college, access to recreation or the wilderness, etc. But another really excellent reason is finding one that offers the amenities that match your lifestyle desires. In this article we will explore 11 great places to retire with particularly outstanding amenities. Our apologies in advance to any town we might have overlooked, we know there are many additional contenders that should have been included. Please provide your suggestions in the Comments section below!
11 Great Towns for Amenities
Here in no particular order is our list of 11 retirement towns that offer exceptional amenities to their residents. We have tried to provide diversity to the list in terms of geography, size, type of amenity, and whether we have highlighted them before. Our biggest problem – we had too many towns to mention!
Comments on "Best Retirement Towns for Amenities"
RichPB says:
In his comment about Cary, Artie finishes with the statement "we are about 20 minutes from downtown Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill". Perhaps it's obvious, but any of these town/cities all share that distinction and his comments apply even more broadly. Even where we live in the "remote" woods 12 miles south of Chapel Hill, I often say that we're 20 minutes from everywhere.
danno says:
Durham is not an ideal retirement town for those seeking safety unless you live within the confines of the Duke University campus......much better to reside in Cary or Raleigh.
RichPB says:
Unfortunately, that statement does not actually represent Durham any more than it would any city. I have numerous friends, long time residents, who don't live on the Duke campus who have never had significant crime fears. While Durham has gone through some difficulty, they continue to work to resolve it. As with any potential retirement location, research for yourself. Durham has a lot to offer including outstanding health care.
Sara Finch says:
Saddlebrooke TWO in Arizona is a retirement community as large as a city but left off because it is unincorporated, so not officially a town.
The amenities all mentioned are all right in the community in multiples locations and choices
https://saddlebrookecommunity.wordpress.com/
Even has its own 450 plus seat Performing Arts theater under cultural category. Can go to it your golf cart for symphonies, concerts, and education lectures.
Another category checked off is library. Has it own libraries. 3 of them.
Pickleball Center
Outdoors there is the top ranked recreational trail nearby 148 mile bicycle walking The Loop trail. And it borders National Forest land. Miles of streets have designated walking and golfcart shoulders and paved path.
danno says:
Below is a statistic backing up my previous statement. The below link shows Durham, NC crime is higher than 91.7% of US cities and 1.5 times higher than the US average.
https://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Durham-North-Carolina.html
See how dangerous Durham, NC is compared to the nearest cities: (Note: Higher means more crime) Durham: 402.2 Chapel Hill: 103.0 Carrboro: 154.7 Morrisville: 70.0 Hillsborough: 360.1 Butner: 186.2 Creedmoor: 131.4 Cary: 61.6 Apex: 76.0
Read more: https://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Durham-North-Carolina.html