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Our Best Ideas for Places to Retire – So Far!

We’ve written up a few of these wonderful towns and cities already but if you’re in a hurry to see all the best places we’ve picked out we’ve shared our working list below. There will be many more towns as we go forward; however these are the ones in the most popular retirement states that we liked best.

Feel free to share your ideas too! We focus on towns and cities with low violent crime, cost of living less than the national average, and an attractive look and feel.

Retire in Arizona

Apache Junction

Florence

Your Affordable, Safe, Attractive Ideas?

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Image of Florence AZ courtesy Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce

Retire in Florida

Cedar Key

Dunedin- read our post

Micanopy

Mount Dora

Tampa

Tarpon Springs

Where Did We Miss?

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Image of Mount Dora FL courtesy Visit Florida

Retire in Georgia

Athens

Augusta

Dalton

Darien

Ellijay

Perry

St. Mary’s

Statesboro

Wrightsville

More Ideas Welcome!

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Image courtesy City of St. Mary’s GA

Retire in Mississippi

New Albany

Ocean Springs

Oxford

Other Affordable, Safe, Pretty Places?

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Image of Oxford MS courtesy The Local Voice of Northern Mississippi

Retire in North Carolina

Bessemer City

Conover

Elkin

Forest City

Granite Falls

Kannapolis

Lenoir

Morganton

Newport- read our post

Newton

Tryon

Thoughts About Other Options?

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Image of Tryon NC courtesy Wikipedia contributor Janet Gray

Retire in South Carolina

Edgefield

North Augusta

Travelers Rest

Your Favorites?

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Image courtesy Town of Travelers Rest photographer James Richardson

Retire in Texas

Canyon- read our post

El Paso

Georgetown

Garland

Nacogdoches

Tell Us Another!

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Image courtesy Nacogdoches NBC News coverage

Retire in Virginia

Bedford

Big Stone Gap

Cape Charles

Clarksville

Clifton Forge

Covington

Culpeper

Rocky Mount

Staunton

Tazewell

Waynesboro

Other Great VA Places?

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Image of Culpeper VA courtesy Virginia Tourism Board

Top image courtesy of Town of Mount Dora FL