3. Augusta, Georgia
With its low living costs and tax breaks for retirees, Georgia ranks high on many lists for the best southern retirement spots. What’s interesting about Augusta is that it’s ripening into a particularly peachy city.
Revitalization measures have been implemented over the past few years, looking to expand the city’s appeal beyond the annual Masters golf tournament and its accompanying tourism revenue and celebrations. In a walkable downtown, seniors can enjoy new museums, restaurants, galleries, and even nightlife venues.
And even more efforts are on the way, with a $93 million plan under way to restore a historic train depot property located on the riverfront into a modern mixed-use complex of apartments, offices, restaurants, and retailers.
Augusta also boasts a top-notch healthcare network, which includes three hospitals and several specialists focused on geriatrics, oncology, and senior health.
Most of those places are not in the south.!!!Delaware, Oklahoma, Kentucky???
once again weather is great however mostly on the East Coast or at least more east than the west! no thanks!
And let us not forget the humidity. Nor the poverty of Mississippi and Louisiana. True, we are not college-bound, so the abysmal education system need not concern us. Every state has something to offer, including all the southern states, but for overall comfort and recreation I prefer the West, and for coziness and social interaction just stay in New England.
From the two comments below, it looks as though you have posted this retirement story before.
I lived in Augusta 33 yrs. We didn’t call it disgusta for naught. It’s hotter than sin in the summer. And gets pretty cold in the winter. Not at all temperate weather.