Best Places To Retire In The USA

Retiring to a city or town in the United States isn't just a goal most working Americans have. It's also popular among Canadians, especially those who have spent their entire lives selling women's pants in small town clothing boutiques. They love Canada, but they want to escape the frequent winter snow storms, short summers, and the pervading blandness that has begun to grate on them. The solution for these people is to retire to the United States, where there are more widely different regions under the same national umbrella than anywhere else. However, not everyone is as familiar with the United States as we here at HomeForARest.com are, so we've decided to share the wealth with this series of articles on retiring to the USA.

Some of the most popular places to retire in the United States are mid-sized cities that balance activities and access to amenities with a more relaxed atmosphere than you would get in a big city like New York or Los Angeles. Generally speaking, retirees are looking for a day spa, Miami yacht club, and parks where they can go walking with their dogs, not a pulsing night life and a condo near the office. If this sounds like your way of thinking, you'll want to read our profiles of the most balanced mid-sized cities for retirees.

While some retirees want to play chess in the park and sit around the pool in a retirement complex comparing grandkids with the neighbors, others are looking for excitement. Maybe they had a boring job stamping out fabricated strainers in a factory or they got stuck raising kids in the suburbs. Whatever their reasons for seeking adventure, they often find it in towns or cities along the edges of America's biggest wilderness areas. If your retirement itinerary includes white water rafting in Yellowstone or swamp skimming in the Everglades, our article on the best retirement towns for adventure seekers is what you want.

Then, of course, there are the people who just want to relax. Sailing and croquet are the two most strenuous activities on their list, with their ideal day consisting of chilling out on their deck overlooking the ocean and mulling over some keel designs for the U.S.S Mai Tai. Hammocks in the sun, leisurely read-through's of the daily newspaper, and long walks with friends or loved ones are their bread and butter. If this sounds like the life for you, join us while we talk about the most relaxing places in the United States to retire to. We'll even give you a hint: most of them involve lots of calming bodies of water.

If you're not willing to take cash for gold jewelry in order to afford a seaside place in California or a condo in Florida, you may be interested in our super-savers guide to retiring to the United States. In it, we focus on the places that will give you the most for your money, both in terms of home prices and cost of living.