Charlottesville, Va.
From the University of Virginia to the artists that you can find on the downtown promenade, the Charlottesville community is one of the most unexpected blends of Southern hospitality and liberal edge, which is an excellent choice for a retiree.
Apart from the fact that there’s also a college campus and city center, you’ll find so many things to do for outdoor recreation in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
There are more than 100 miles of the Appalachian Trail in proximity of Shenandoah National Park. The city has a violent crime rate of only 175.4 incidents per 100,000 residents, in comparison with a 297.8 rate for any other U.S. city of a similar size, as the FBI has declared.
Yes, everyone that works should have benefits for their retirement.
Regarding article by Dorothy ,”9 Amazing Small Towns to Retire In” Middletown, Connecticut is first. I grew up in Middletown and visit once in a while. Restaurants are a too many thing on Main Street,etc. The ability to purchase newspapers for local news is gone. Unless a college-related bookstore has changed its mind. It is no longer a Barnes/Noble corporate bookstore. Central News, a longtime outlet is long gone and is replaced by a sandwich shop. A lunch place called Ford News has no newspapers despite its name and serves meals like a diner till midafternoon . Also on Main Street north of that location is another diner. Both have been main stays on Main Street long before these new food palaces arrived on the scene and seem to give Middletown its new reputation. As for Wesleyan Univ., one must live downtown to only walk to campus for amenities. Middletown Area Transit buses operate Mon-Sat 6am-6pm only. I would like my former city to be like other New England towns with a operating main street. Grocery stores have left downtown also. Drug stores also are gone from downtown
You are out of your minds! Recommending ice boxes like Montana, Minnesota, New England states, etc. to us old geezers with aches and pains and no desire to tread on snow and ice is a total non-starter.
I have a strong feeling that these candidates for “best” are bought and paid for. Older folk with their chronic issues typically hate the cold.
I live in Vermont and would not consider Burlington a small town. It is a nice place but is also the largest city in the state.