Apr 17 2007
Charlottesville is the #2 Place to Retire
According to Move.com Charlottesville is the #2 place to retire in the US.
Specific criteria used in making up the list of best places follow:
* Population growth: We wanted positive growth since 1990.
* Near major metropolitan area: within 100 miles.
* Housing cost: below $350,000, with a few exceptions. We’re showing current median housing prices (asking prices) for single-family houses.
* Cost of living: No more than 20 percent above the national average.
* Economic health: current unemployment rate below 4 percent and job growth greater than 10 percent for the past five years.
* College presence: one or more major and/or highly competitive college in the vicinity.
* Recreation and arts and culture score in the top third for nearby major metropolitan areas.
I think Charlottesville is prohibitivly expensive for blue colar folks, but I guess it’s all relative.
UPDATE: The Real Charlottesville Blog had this on 4/12. Sorry for the old news.
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I think Charlottesville is prohibitively expensive for blue collar folks, but I guess it’s all relative.
I think the difference is that this article is about “retiring young”. If you’re retiring young, you aren’t’ blue collar!!!