Best college towns - to retire to

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Charlottesville will not work (I am a Hokie)

Seriously? You're nearing retirement and you still give a crap about college rivalries?

Wait. You don't?

Not the poster you were responding to, but I would eat nails before I would live in Baton Rouge.

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Princeton seems lovely.

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There are a lot of retired people in the Raleigh area. So many more gray hairs than in this area.

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I am not too far from Fort Collins, CO and it's a fun town, and often makes the lists of best places to live.

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Williamsburg

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Anonymous wrote:Ithaca sounds great. I love cold, snowy winters, especially if I don't have to go anywhere. I'd go for Portland, Maine, too, just by the sound of it.

Portland is a great city, with a couple of schools (U. Southern Maine and U. Maine Law School), but I would not call it a college town.

That's part of what is wonderful about Portland. It has many of the great qualities of a college town, but it isn't really one so it lacks the drawbacks! I love it there.

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Anonymous wrote:What I would want in a retirement community is enrichment activities, decent climate, good medical, and low cost of living.

Ithaca is great, but too cold (lived in a neighboring city for 10 years).

Blacksburg would work for me (I am a Hokie, but I am unsure of the medical care).

Charlettsiville will not work (I am a Hokie)

I am guessing a place like Old Miss or Tuscolusa AL would be ok for some, but I am too jewish.

Austin sounds nice, but it is not cheap, from what I hear.

LaJolla, CA would be perfect if the cost of living was reasonable.

I am 50, and it looks like I might need to transition my career soon -- my industry is dying due to DoD budget cuts.

Get thee to Tucson.

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Tuscon is interesting....hadn't thought of that. How about Corvallis, OR?

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Charleston, SC

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Sarasota, FL

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I don't know that I would really want to live in a college town again...it was fun when I was in college but now? I don't know.

What about a place like the Outerbanks?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know that I would really want to live in a college town again...it was fun when I was in college but now? I don't know.

I think it depends on the college/university. Football-happy, frat-infested institution? I'd run.

Highly competitive college or university with an earnest, grindy sort of student body? Yes, please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Charlottesville will not work (I am a Hokie)

Seriously? You're nearing retirement and you still give a crap about college rivalries?

That's a Hokie for ya...

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I suspect that a Florida State grad would not live in Gainseville, a Clemson Grad would not live in Columbia (SC), a Michigan grad would not live in Columbus, etc.

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Gainesville, FL