Hilo, Hawaii
Hawaii is probably one of the most beautiful destinations, with an enviable climate and…very high prices. While in Hilo, which can be found on the Big Island, the overall cost of living is 36.4% more than the national average, is still less pricey than the capital city Honolulu, where the living cost is 101.1% above the national average.
The median home value in Hilo is $339,800, which is still pricey, in comparison with the U.S. median of $229,000, but then again, much more reasonable than the 676,100 medians you’ll find in the capital.
Plus, if you can afford to pay a little more, it would be TOTALLY worth it. The local lifestyle is amazing, the overall mood is focused on quietness and calmness, with some interesting opportunities for a bit of adventure.
9 thoughts on “9 Amazing Small Towns to Retire In”
Yes, everyone that works should have benefits for their retirement.
You’re right about that !! However if you happen to purchase or already own a property in a really desirable area, now a days, as a senior person, you can end up being harassed in rather sophisticated ways, just because someone one else wants your property.
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
your main gripe seems to be you can’t get a newspaper!?
Bruce, I believe she is talking about the changes, including the local newspapers, which we all like. I feel her pain….my hometown turned into a poverty-stricken sad town. The Main Street I loved….is taken over by homeless, and often drug dens. Bruce, I think we should focus on how to bring back the feeling of safety and love we felt in our hometowns, so that our grandchildren, etc., will know how sustaining a “hometown” can be.
No, I am retired, and before they fund everyone they need to pay us retirees that worked their butts off to work to retirement and paid into what was known as S/S. Another way for people to sit on their butts and not have to do NOTHING to pay for their way!!!
We have to vote and vote for the personwho protect social security and Medicare and not give it away to people who are not citizens
A lot of your choices seem rather cold winter locations
LOL now that is funny. They say Hilo Hawaii is expensive, than they list Bozeman Montana.
Hawaii is dirt cheap compared to Bozeman Montana. Want to go broke, move to Bozeman or Flathead valley. Montana is extremely expensive.