a thumps up for your choice!!!!! the past 3 years I have visited St Louis and spent weeks there. It has stolen my heart.I grew up in a small town but have also visited lots of places. my home town is a retiement center and we have lots of retirees living here, but golf should not be the only entertainment.I have ad the pleasure of visiting musems, and numerous other sites in St Louis and new expericens are there for enjoyment everyday.

yeah, but how do you deal with a constant assault on your ear drums.. harley's and subwoofers. 

There is no attempt in NM to reduce noise levels... it still is a frontier mind set.. I retried to Nm 6 yeasr ago.. live in Carlsbad 2 years, 3 years in Deming and a year now in Las Cruces... have not enjoyed many good night's sleep... all noise 24/7... Las crcues is the worst of the three... the "cholso" rule here and they love to make noise 24/7.

Since NM officailly a biker friendly sate, the problem will only get worse.  I left snow to live here.. but at leat in snow climates the Harley's are silenced for 4-5 months. 

I used to live north of Fort wayne.. winters were a bore... but I know down south in Indian is quite nice had a frind that moved there... Peace and quiet at affordable prices would be my goal and hopefully doctors still take a medicaire card... that would be good.  I do not need much else... quiet enjoyment has become a luxury across America.  Especially here in NM where the nosie levels from Harley riders is common assualt on your senses 24/7.

I have moved 5 times since retiring...  Two small cities in virgina.. and now in third one here in NM.. all the same... constant assualts on quiet. 

I am not rich enough to live in gated community with covenants. 

Peace and quiet at affordable prices would be my goal and hopefully doctors still take a medicaire card... that would be good.  I do not need much else... quiet enjoyment is now a luxury across America.  Of course, if you have retired with a a great plna and unlimited resources, you can live in gated communites where strict covenants ban Harley's and subwoofers. 

Resaturants that don't feature cell users would be a plus.. if you read CDC recent research reports you would know that I am not just a"kook".. America's ambient noise levels have reached a point that the numbers suggest most live in an inhabitable environment.. teh subtle effect being unkonwm stress caused by ambient noise pollution.

I do not require much.. but quiet is high on my list.

My vote is for Long Beach, NY. During my childhood there, its official logo was "America's healthiest City." Today, it is known as the "City by the Sea." I have just published a collection of short stories, Boardwalk Stories, 14 linked tales spanning the decades 1950 to 1970. Set in the shadow of the Cold War, the boardwalk characters, many of them misfits and wannabes, share their joys and sorrows in a world where kewpie dolls and prizes are often the only consolations for lost dream. Included in the cast are Beverly the Queen of the Skeeball arcade, Jollie Trixie the fat lady, Arnold the king of Playworld, and Miss Lydia the famous ballerina.

 Each story is paired with a vintage black and white boardwalk photograph capturing the mood after World
War II when a day out meant breathing in the bracing salt air and feeding coins into the machines at the penny arcade.

It was such a HEALTHY CITY!

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I'm not trying to sell my area, etc.  But I do get tired of reports looking over my city and other suburan areas out here.  I live in Florissant, Missouri.  Which is the next town outside of St. Louis.  The job markets is like everywhere else but there are great job/careers out here.  In Florissant we are only 15 minute drive with traffic to Boeing.  About 25 minute drive to downtown.  About 15-25 minute to all the casino's.  Which includes; colleges (Washington U, St. Louis U, UMSTL, etc.) resturatnts (Dave and Busters, O'Charles, Millium Towers, Chris stake house, etc.).  Unlike other cities, our places like, zoo, history and art musumes, etc.  are free admissions!  And most of the free parking.  Theses are top notch places.  Maybe not as great at the San Deago (yeah my spelling is off) zoo, or even Sea World.  But its very close.  For example, if your ever been to Sac Town's zoo in Northern California... They charge for admission...on a scale of 1-10, I give there zoo a 1.5.  St. Louis zoo and its attractions about probably fall in line with a "8".  Sure the art places in Chicago are very nice and it cost to go there too and good luck if you can find parking.  St. Louis art and history musume almost just as good and its free to go in.  And there's a 80% chance that you will find close and free parking!

Along with this, are tons of bike trails that can take from North County to South County.  And everyone's popluar one is the Forrest Park bike trail.  Our second one is the "Chain of Rocks" trail.  It takes you along the Mississppi and over the river into Granit City Ill.  Other than that, our city is known for its rich foods, basically a taste from around the world.  You can stop in the U. CIty (University City) Loop.  There you can find a live raggae band resturante call "The Red Sea".  Not only can you sit in and dance and drink, but you can also order dinner.  If ragge isn't your "cup of tea"  next door to the left is a resturante that plays live jazz music and I think they have the best crab cake sandwitches.    Across the street you have "Blueberry Hill" resturante.  Here they also have live performances and Chuck Berry stops in for time to time to perform and they celibrate his birthday every year.  Back across the street you have "Fitz Rootbeer" factory.  Its also a two story resturante.  The pizza name the VooDoo is the greatest.  There are so many resturants up and down the street with great food.  And of course who can forget about Startbucks and ST. Louis Bread Company.

Honestly I can go on for hours about the different places that servers great food here.  It all depends on your pocket book, and how much you can handle.

I'm not trying to down the other states, just want the world to know that here in St. Louis, have more to offer than its crime rate, which every city has.  If you can name one town that has next to a zero crime rate, let me know, then ask yourself, is it a place you really want to live at?

What I have enjoyed this past year is having my first house built.  There are tons of lots for sell here, I had built a 2700 sq. ft. home, two levels, built  next to the lake here in Florissiant.  With hardwood floor etc.  $184,700!  It only took 3 months to build.  I look at other sites about location etc.  and for the same footage, is like triple the price.

Yes, we don't have the ocean, nor do we have strip clubs, but we do have family enviorments, school, chruches, malls,fairs, music, live performances, concerts, sports, and Six Flags.

     Leave the hussle of those urban cities, and make the rest of your retirement money count.  Consider living in the rural Ozarks.  The Ozarks are a great place to just sit back and enjoy life.  Among the best of these towns is Salem, Missouri.  Don' t tune me out yet, it is a unique lifestyle and different to most urban living, but the hobbies and scenery are the best.  Here people do horse back ridding, fishing, boating, cave finding, canoueing, farming, swimming, hunting and all sorts of outdoor activities.  Some just enjoy views of rivers, trees, and nature from the comfort of a porch.  Take time to enjoy your life.

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