Best college towns to retire in that are not far from Washington D.C. / the DMV area

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Anonymous wrote:Amherst Mass.

The Pioneer Valley is a lovely place with great energy. The one drawback, though, is healthcare. What is the hospital that’s easily accessible?

The big hospitals are 20-25 minutes away in Springfield. Better hospitals in Hartford are 45 minutes away. World class care is 2 hours away in Boston.

The hospital in Northampton is part of Mass General -Brighams

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Anonymous wrote:Pittsburgh, in a new condo with elevator along the river and walking distance to everything you need. Major teaching hospital nearby and decent airport.

Too many “where should I retire?” ppl deeply discount the guaranteed need for top notch healthcare. Even just PT when you inevitably trip on the stairs. Let alone being 5 minutes from a certified stroke center— and that’s the difference between living another 15 good, ambulatory years post stroke and pissing/drooling on yourself in a nursing home for a year until you succumb to an infected bedsore.

— in healthcare

I'm not even in healthcare (but am a biomedical engineer, healthcare adjacent) and the bolded is a must for us when we retire. That narrows down your choices a bit, but no way am I not going to live close to that type of care.

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C'ville in the late 1980s would be a good option, but C'ville today would be a traffic/congestion nightmare. It is continuous sprawl now along US-29 the whole way from the Greene County line down to the university.

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If don’t need to be in dmv and money isn’t an issue: Boulder co

Not actually a college town but in the area Columbia MD

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Princeton

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Anonymous wrote:C'ville in the late 1980s would be a good option, but C'ville today would be a traffic/congestion nightmare. It is continuous sprawl now along US-29 the whole way from the Greene County line down to the university.

+1 Greene County used top be dirt cheap, now the pricing is gauged like it is a CVille suburb.

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Anonymous wrote:C'ville in the late 1980s would be a good option, but C'ville today would be a traffic/congestion nightmare. It is continuous sprawl now along US-29 the whole way from the Greene County line down to the university.

+1 Greene County used top be dirt cheap, now the pricing is gauged like it is a CVille suburb.

Yup. We moved to Charlottesville in 2011 and the change even since then is incredible. Tons of new construction and no changes to infrastructure. (schools, roads, etc.)

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Anonymous wrote:Princeton

Would love that but the real estate taxes are really high.

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Anonymous wrote:Amherst Mass.

The Pioneer Valley is a lovely place with great energy. The one drawback, though, is healthcare. What is the hospital that’s easily accessible?

The big hospitals are 20-25 minutes away in Springfield. Better hospitals in Hartford are 45 minutes away. World class care is 2 hours away in Boston.

The hospital in Northampton is part of Mass General -Brighams

I think a lot of people in the Valley go to Boston for specialist care. Would 100% choose Northampton over Amherst, especially as a retiree.

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Anonymous wrote:Amherst Mass.

The Pioneer Valley is a lovely place with great energy. The one drawback, though, is healthcare. What is the hospital that’s easily accessible?

The big hospitals are 20-25 minutes away in Springfield. Better hospitals in Hartford are 45 minutes away. World class care is 2 hours away in Boston.

The hospital in Northampton is part of Mass General -Brighams

I think a lot of people in the Valley go to Boston for specialist care. Would 100% choose Northampton over Amherst, especially as a retiree.

FYI closest certified stroke center is in Holyoke or Pittsfield

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of nice college towns are in south central Pennsylvania. No tax on retirement pay, decent cost of living, and good medical care with the Hershey Medical Center and affiliated facilities.

What do you mean no tax on retirement? The IRS still requires that after 65, you must withdraw a specified amount from your retirement each month and that amount is taxed at your tax bracket rate.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of nice college towns are in south central Pennsylvania. No tax on retirement pay, decent cost of living, and good medical care with the Hershey Medical Center and affiliated facilities.

What do you mean no tax on retirement? The IRS still requires that after 65, you must withdraw a specified amount from your retirement each month and that amount is taxed at your tax bracket rate.

I assume PP meant no state tax on pensions.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone seems pretty obsessed with MAGAs and healthcare on this thread.

Everyone wants to avoid the a-hole MAGAs - not just the retirees.

And obviously healthcare becomes more important as you age.

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Chapel Hill and Princeton.

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Swarthmore/Media PA