The 21 Best Boomer Towns in the United States

The 21 Best Boomer Towns in the United States
Nancy Shonka Padberg, Founder & Publisher

Best Boomer Towns

Best Boomer Towns is a Company, Website and Talk Radio Show that researches and determines the 21 best places for boomers to live in the United States. Hundreds of towns were researched based on key boomer criteria. This is not your grandfather’s or even your father’s retirement. The boomer’s retirement will be based on their lifetime of knowledge, experiences, music, travel and insights. Boomer’s are also wealthier than their grandparents and parents. Wealth offers choices. Boomer’s demand options. They are the healthiest and wealthiest demographic America has ever seen.

You are a Boomer if you were born between 1946 and 1964. You are stylish, active and resourceful. You are searching for less stress and more living, you may be an empty nester, you prefer less traffic, fewer taxes and more fresh air and exciting activities! There are no rocking chairs in your future - you prefer pilates, hiking, biking, volunteering, wine club, book club, university classes, surfing the web, telecommuting, yoga, golf, tennis, walking your dog and plenty of social activities.
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Fourteen months of Baby Boomer research and development have been compiled in one site to meet your needs. The 21 U.S. towns have the following key criteria: good health care, university, airport access, low crime, cultural activities, mild weather, active lifestyle, average cost of living and a range of home sizes and prices. The team at Best Boomer Towns has gathered research from AARP, DEL WEBB, Money, CNN, Wall Street Journal and local Chambers of Commerce to bring you the relevant data you need for your decision. Spend some time on the site, look at the book section from Amazon.com, read blog entries and subscribe to the newsletter. Each city has been chosen for the on-the-go active boomer. Every blog has been written to meet your needs and each book selected for your fabulous future!

Join us on our new talk radio show every Thursday at Noon PST and 3:00 EST on Voice America Variety Network http://voiceamerica.com/ as we highlight a Best Boomer Town each week. We invite guests who live, work and play in each selected town to give us the inside scoop. We wish you the best in your next - and most exciting chapter of life! Visit the host page to listen to podcasts of previous shows http://modavox.com/voiceamerica/vshow.aspx?sid=1535
Each town page has an overview of the area, video highlights, home options, taxes, daily local news and weather feeds. Many towns have blogs. Here are current blog excerpts to give you an idea of each area:

Columbia, MO by Megan McConachie
For 25 years, the Show-Me State Games have given athletes from all over Missouri a chance to go for the gold in a fun and exciting Olympic-style event. Still the largest state games in the nation, the Show-Me Games finals competition brought over 26,000 athletes to Columbia in 2008 and had a year-long economic impact of more than $15 million. This year’s 25th anniversary event will run July 17-19, 24-26 and 31-August 2 and promises to be just as thrilling, with over three dozen different sporting event options spread out over the three weekends.

Tucson, AZ by Monica Surfaro Spigelman
With five mountain ranges, assortment of state and national parks, and numerous wildlife habitats and historical corridors surrounding Tucson - our city is tops in spectacular panoramas of nature. With temps rising, it's also the perfect time to head up to our mountains. Tucson offers many options for outdoor ramblers - The city sits in a valley surrounded by the Santa Catalina, Santa Rita, Tucson, Rincon and Tortolita mountain ranges.

Aiken, SC by Sarah Shonka
A distinctive destination perfect for baby boomers seeking educational excellence and a rich health care system are just a few reasons why Aiken has frequently been listed as a top place to retire as well as one of the healthiest communities in the world. The Academy for Lifelong Learning at the University of South Carolina-Aiken offers free tuition for seniors over the age of 60. Continuing education is important for people of all ages, but the opportunity for free classes should never be passed up!

Athens, GA by Hank Bailey
Did you realize that Athens, Georgia is on the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains? If you like an active lifestyle head north from Athens and you will find plenty of outdoor recreation just a short drive away. From trout fishing and canoeing, with your pick of either a slower pace of a placid mountain stream or if you like the rush of whitewater, you can try on the Chattooga River. Horseback riding and hiking from Anna Ruby Falls to Tallulah Gorge or maybe the quaint whimsical Bavarian village of Helen, the North Georgia mountains provide you with the ability to take a day trip from Athens or make it a week long adventure.

Each town has a community vibrancy and active lifestyle boomers crave, spend some time on the site and discover where to spend the best rest of your life!

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Nancy Shonka Padberg, Founder & Publisher

Ms. Padberg is a former Fortune 500 Times Mirror executive, Integrated Marketing Communications Vice President and MBA graduate from the Graziadio School of Business & Management at Pepperdine University. Ms. Padberg has over 17 years of publishing and marketing expertise, served on several boards, is a guest speaker, published author, former Big 12 golfer and resides in Santa Monica.

Publisher's Note:
We're pleased to announce that Nancy will have a regular column on BB[KC], most appropriately called 'Best Boomer Towns.' Nancy's column will be published on the first Thursday of every month. But you can always take a quick trip to visit all the Best Boomer Towns right here. Nancy is a member of our Boomer Authority community of experts. You can ask Nancy a question right now @BoomerAuthority. —Martin Diano