Dear Annie,
I hope you can help me! For the past 10 years I have been searching this country for a place to retire. I’m not getting any younger and still I haven’t found the “perfect” place.Here are my requirements…it should be someplace where it never gets colder than 40 degrees and never warmer than 85. It can snow but only for the week of Christmas.The humidity should never be above 30%. There should be NO nasty creepy crawly things. The sun should shine at least 6 days per week. The people living there should be friendly enough to be helpful when desired but not enough to be nosey. The housing should be affordable on a “fixed” income and there should be lots of fun things to do.
Is that too much to ask? And if not, do you know where I can find this place, because to be honest with you, I’ve about given up and the retirement clock is ticking.
Thanks for your help.
Lookin2lounge in all the right places.
Dear Lookin2Lounge:
After exhaustive research that nearly caused Annie to have a couple of coronaries in a week, the search is complete and you’ll be re-locating to beautiful Green Valley, Arizona. The temp high in July tops your 85 degree ceiling but I figured the visitor sites would more than make up for that.
The state sales tax is only 4.54%, you’re at the foot of a mountain range. There’s only 20 thousand people so it wouldn’t be too hard to blow off 19,999 of them; you’ve probably been doing it all your life.
But here’s the best: “In nearby Sahuarita, the Titan II Missile Museum gives visitors a glimpse of the site that once housed the largest intercontinental ballistic missile built by the United States.”
There…and you’re welcome.
- Annie