2. Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville has a population of 92,870, and 35% of the residents are older than 50. This makes Asheville a flexible city that manages to combine both retirees and college students. This puts it on the list of the best southeast cities for retirees.
In terms of healthcare, this place has five hospitals and more than 500 doctors. Also included are emergency air transport, cancer and heart centers, and trauma treatment.
The cost of living is relatively low, with the price of basic needs being accessible to anyone. The median price of a home is $364,919, and renting is pretty affordable.
Asheville is located in an area full of natural beauty. The Blue Ridge Mountains surround the city, and nearby you can find the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Waterfall trips and birdwatching are the main activities that you can do here if you are not the adventurist type. But if you want, you can do any outdoor sport or activity you can imagine.
15 thoughts on “The 4 Best Southeast Cities for Retirees”
So, retire where all the hurricanes and tornado dangers are at! Plus all the high humidity rates for us seniors! No thank you!
Aywhere you go there is bad weather. Snow, ice, floods, tornados in the mid-west. Don’t use the weather as an excuse.
I live in Asheville and we don’t get hurricanes or tornadoes and humidity is never that high. One of the best places to live
Sorry about your Ahseville NC choice.
I am 100% Anita.
My famiily and I moved to N. Carolina from Ct. last year and so far we love it!! the humidity level has been less than Ct. and the cost of living is a lot more affordable!!!
Knoxville is also where a World’s Fair was held in the 1980s, and it’s close to Oak Ridge, where the A-bomb was researched as part of the Manhattan Project. As for Ashville, have you forgotten about Biltmore, the largest private home in the US and built by the tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Please send me the best cities to retire
Who wrote this Ashville just got washed away. Athens is a horrible place for seniors. You have to deal with all the partying and football games. Nobody wants to move to Florida. They are leaving down there because of hurricanes and government.
Trenton, FL
very lay back, weather is not cold it is not hot, lot of trees and lakes
Asheville, NC?? Really?? They’re still digging out after Helene. Proves that this websie is click bait.
Just looking for some place to just travel during the year send me some of that
I just want to travel during the year that’s all send me some places in the United States of course
Looking for a warm State on the East Coast….non-hurricane location if possible.
Retired Air Force MSGT . Widower (recent). If a Military Base is nearby so much the better but not a deciding factor. Looking for a comfortable, year round weather location.
Virginia Beach area familiar to me. Lived there for4 years and really fell in love with it. However maybe your suggestions might enhance my thinking.
I agree 100%, Anita. The Midwestern states, in some of the smaller cities and towns, like Monona or Verona, WI, are among the BEST places to retire. They are very health-conscious communities with walking trails, cycling trails, parks, and lakes throughout Madison, WI, and the suburbs.