Middletown, Conn.
Connecticut is well-known for its high-cost area, and Middletown makes no exception. However, the Hartford metro area which also includes Middletown, is the most affordable area, including Stamford and New Haven, as the Council for Community and Economic Research mentioned.
Plus, the local residents that are living there have no difficulty whatsoever making it work. The city’s average income for all types of households is $90,977 a year, and it gets even better for the elderly population with incomes for residents that are 60+.
As Middletown is also the home to Wesleyan University, you would benefit from ALL the perks that come with it: numerous restaurants, shops, and cultural attractions. You will also take advantage of the Wesleyan Institute for Lifelong Learning, where you can follow no-credit courses, lectures, and many other educational opportunities.
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.