I want to move to Texas when hubby is eligible for retirement at his job, maybe next year. If anyone has any suggestions as to where we should be looking for a place, I’d be grateful. We’re planning on a fact-finding trip there in the fall.
If anyone has any suggestions as to where we should be looking
for a place, I’d be grateful.
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That’s a wide open question with no specifications as to preferences.
Texas offers a wide variety of options in landscape, weather, enviornment,
population, etc.
Here is a list of the 2015 Top 100 places to retire (all states). If you are committed to Texas, then this list has Austin, TX as the top spot
1. Asheville, NC
2. Sarasota, FL
3. Venice, FL
4. Green Valley, AZ
5. Beaufort, SC
6. Charleston, SC
7. Myrtle Beach, SC
8. Prescott, AZ
9. Ft. Myers, FL
10. Naples, FL
11. Paris, TN
12. Austin, TX
13. Clearwater, FL
14. St. Petersburg, FL
15. Bluffton, SC
16. New Bern, NC
17. Tampa, FL
18. Pensacola, FL
19. Charlottesville, VA
20. Summerville, SC
21. Las Cruces, NM
22. Brevard, NC
23. San Antonio, TX
24. San Diego, CA
25. Colorado Springs, CO
26. Knoxville, TN
27. Greenville, NC
28. Tucson, AZ
29. Chapel Hill, NC
30. Savannah, GA
31. Eugene, OR
32. Chattanooga, TN
33. Portland, OR
34. Aiken, SC
35. St. Augustine, FL
36. Fairhope, AL
37. Athens, GA
38. Williamsburg, VA
39. Beaufort, NC
40. Jacksonville, FL
41. Vero Beach, FL
42. St. George, UT
43. Bend, OR
44. Lewes, DE
45. Blue Ridge, GA
46. Clemson, SC
47. Maryville, TN
48. Hendersonville, NC
49. Crossville, TN
50. Greenville, SC
51. Sequim, WA
52. Port Charlotte, FL
53. Grand Junction, CO
54. Sedona, AZ
55. Southport, NC
56. Denver, CO
57. San Luis Obispo, CA
58. Bellingham, WA
59. Rehoboth Beach, DE
60. Stuart, FL
61. Charlotte, NC
62. Flagstaff, AZ
63. Ft. Collins, CO
64. Delray Beach, FL
65. Orlando, FL
66. Murphy, NC *
67. Gulfport, FL
68. Albuquerque, NM
69. Hilton Head, SC
70. Reno, NV
71. Winchester, VA
72. Port Townsend, WA
73. Winter Park, FL
74. Eureka, CA
75. Henderson, NV
76. San Juan Islands, WA
77. Port St. Lucie, FL *
78. Pittsburgh, PA
79. St. Simons Island, GA
80. Spokane, WA
81. Mt. Airy, NC
82. Key West, FL
83. Durango, CO
84. Las Vegas, NV *
85. Santa Barbara, CA
86. Corpus Christi, TX
87. Cape Coral, FL *
88. Dunedin, FL *
89. Palm Springs, CA
90. Gainesville, FL
91. Mesquite, NV
92. Seattle, WA
93. Boynton Beach, FL *
94. Santa Fe, NM
95. Gulf Shores, AL *
96. Whitefish, MT *
97. Leesburg, FL
98. Phoenix, AZ
99. Fernandina Beach, FL *
100. Boise, ID *