This past week Top Retirements.com rated Sarasota, Florida at the top of their list for Best Places to Retire.  Please see their article and links to their website below.

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Your Editor Picks: How We Rank the 10 Best Places to Retire – And Why

"February 28, 2012 — Last week we announced the list of the 100 Most Popular Retirement Towns, our annual list of the places that our visitors and members seem the most intrigued with. This week we decided to take that idea a little further by analyzing that list against 12 important retirement criteria. The result is a top 10 that looks very different, with 4 towns from the top 20 moving up to the top 10. Here are your editor’s selections for the “10 Best Places to Retire” – (the # in ( ) was its ranking on the popularity list).

      1.      Sarasota, FL

2.      San Antonio, Texas

3.      Naples, FL

4.      Tuscon, Arizona

5.      Asheville, North Carolina

6.      Beaufort, South Carolina

7.      St. Augustine, FL

8.      Fort Myers, FL

9.      Venice, FL

10.  Prescott, Arizona

The 10 Best Places to Retire – Top Retirements Editor Picks

1.      Sarasota, FL (#2).  Our top pick on Florida’s Gulf Coast has so many things going for it.  The economics are very attractive: median home prices well below the national average, no income tax, low property taxes.  Culturally it has unbelievable resources for a small city of this size, Thanks to the largesse of  the Ringling Brothers, who had their winter headquarters here.  The downtown is exciting and so is the nearby St. Armands Circle shopping area across the causeway on the barrier island.  Siesta Key and Longboat Key are nearby.

What Sarasota is like for Active Adults

 

Sarasota, Florida is a town of 52,000 ( the Metro is much bigger) on Florida's Central West Coast on the Gulf of Mexico and Sarasota Bay.  Development began in the 1920's;  the town has dozens of historically significant buildings and institutions.  This popular retirement community is considered by many to be the cultural capital of Florida.  Sarasota has one of Florida's best downtowns with many interesting neighborhoods.  An impressive array of cultural facilities are gathered there, along with high-rise, luxury hotels.

The Ringling Brothers located the winter quarters of their circus here.  Their philanthropic legacy has made Sarasota a cultural powerhouse.  The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, one of those institutions, is one of the most impressive museums in Florida.  One of Sarasota's top attractions comes at the end of a bridge from the downtown harbor - St. Armand's Circle.  This delightful circle is surrounded by elegant dining, shopping, and luxury housing. "

 

Click to see the complete article......

How We Rank the Top 10 Best Places to Retire - and Why”……at Top Retirements.com

  

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