Retirement Life Planning

Carrollton, Georgia is the choice today for our Retirement Life Planning city.

Carrollton is located about 48 miles southwest of Atlanta.  That means that you should be about an hour to an hour and a half away from NFL, NL, NHL, NBA and NASCAR sporting events.

Carrollton has a population of about 20,000 people.

Carrollton averages about 53″ of precipitation per year with the wettest months being March (6.2″), January (5.5″) and February (5.1″).

The average monthly high temperatures are as follows:

Jan    52
Feb   57
Mar   65
Apr   72
May  79
Jun    85
Jul     88
Aug   87
Sep   82
Oct   73
Nov  64
Dec   55

Here’s some more information about Carrollton:

29% Democrat
70% Republican

 2% Catholic
40% Protestant

61% White
31% Black
 6% Hispanic

The average overall cost of living rate is 80 based on a scale that uses 100 as average.

Carrollton averages 218 sunny days per year.

If you are looking at a city fairly close to Atalanta with a low cost of living, Carrollton should be consideed in your Retiremnt Life Planning.

Panama City is located on the Florida panhandle on the coast.

Being someone that enjoys warm weather, Panama City has a climate that I approve of as it averages 237 sunny days per year.  Panama City has a population of about 37,000 people.

Panama City averages about 65″ of rain per year with the wettest months being July (8.7″), August (7.5″), March (6.2″) and September (6.1″).

Following are the average high temperatures by month:

Jan   62
Feb  65
Mar  71
Apr   77
May  83
Jun    88
Jul     89
Aug   89
Sep   87
Oct   80
Nov  71
Dec   64

Here is some more information on Panama City:

28% Democrat
71% Republican

5% Catholic
33% Protestant

72% White
21% Black
 3% Hispanic

The overall cost of living is 86 on a scale that uses 100 as average.

Panama City has become a popular spot for spring break so if you don’t mind partying with college students in the spring, Panama City could be a place to consider in your Retirement Life Planning.

Wilmington has a population of about 72,000 people.  It is located about 33 miles southwest of Philadelphia.  Wilmington is conveniently located near many historic sites.  It would be easy to take a weekend trip to Philadelphia; New York City; Washington D.C. or Gettysburg, PA as they are all less than 3 hours away.  You could also easily take a 3 day weekend trip to places such as Jamestown, Virginia which is only about 5 hours away. 

Wilmington averages about 43″ of precipitation per year with the wettest months being July (4.28″) and May (4.15″).  Wilmington get the most snow in January (7″), February (6″) and Decmber (5″).

The average high temperatures are as follows:

Jan   39
Feb  43
Mar  52
Apr   63
May  73
Jun    81
Jul     86
Aug   84
Sep   77
Oct   66
Nov  55
Dec   44

Here is some more information about Wilmington:

60% Democrat
38% Republican

25% Catholic
14% Protestant

56% Black
32% White
10% Hispanic

The overall cost of living is 87 on a scale using 100 as average.

Delaware is one of the top 5 tax friendly states in the United States.  Wilmington has a low cost of living, is tax friendly and conveiniently located to many interesting cities.  This may be a good city to consider in your Retirement Life Planning.

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Ansonia is a city of about 19,000 people and is located about 65 miles northeast of The Bronx, New York.  Ansonia gets a consistent amount of precipitaion each month ranging from 3.23″ in February to 4.45″ in January.  Ansonia averages about 49″ of precipitaion per year.  Ansonia only averages about 14″ of snow per year.

The average high temperatures in Ansonia are as follows:

Jan   35
Feb  37
Mar  46
Apr   57
May  68
Jun    77
Jul     83
Aug   80
Sep   73
Oct   62
Nov  50
Dec   39

Here is some more information about Ansonia:

Ansonia averages 203 sunny days per year.

54% Democrat
44% Republican

81% White
  8% Black
  7% Hispanic

39% Catholic
  6% Protestant

The overall cost of living rates 102 on a scale that uses 100 as average.

I hope I gave you enough information to whet your appetite if you are thinking about relocating to Connecticut upon your retirement.  Ansonia would be a place to consider.

Today as we look at our retirement life planning we are going to look at Berkley.  No, not Berkley, California…Berkley, Colorado.

Berkley is located in the North Central part of Colorado near Denver.  Berkley has a population of  about 11,000 people.  Berkley doesn’t get much rain (about 13″ per year), but they make up for it with 54″ of snow per year.

Berkley’s temperature varies widely as you will see by the following statistics.

The average high teperatures by month are as follows:

Jan  47
Feb  50
Mar  56
Apr  62
May  72
Jun   83
Jul    88
Aug  86
Sep  79
Oct  68
Nov  54
Dec   47

The average low temperatures are as follows:

Jan   -3
Feb   -1
Mar  11
Apr   20
May  29
Jun    36
Jul     41
Aug   40
Sep   31
Oct   22
Nov  12
Dec     1

Here is some more information on Berkley:

Berkley has 245 sunny days per year.

17% Catholic
 8% Protestant

50% Democrat
48% Republican

49% White
43% Hispanic

The cost of living rates at 91 with a scale that uses 100 as average.

If you like sunny days, snow and cooler weather then Berkley, Colorado is a city to consider as your are doing your retirement life planning.

Alamo is a city of about 16,000 people and is located  about 20 miles WNW of Oakland.  Alamo has a nearly ideal climate as it only gets about 23″ of rain per year and no snow.  January (4.76″) and February (4.49″) are the wettest months of the year.  July (.05″) and August (.08″) are the driest months of the year.

The average high temperatures are as follows:

Jan  56
Feb  57
Mar  59
Apr  65
May  71
Jun  79
Jul   85
Aug  85
Sep  82
Oct  74
Nov  62
Dec  56

Some more facts about Alamo are:

262 sunny days per year.

62% Democrats
36% Republicans

87% White
 4% Hispanic
 3% Chinese

21% Catholic
10% Protestant

The cost of living is rated at 245 with 100 being average.

If you are looking for a great climate and can afford a very high cost of living, Alamo, California should be considered in your retirement plans.

For today’s look at your retirement life planning, we are going to Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

Arkadelphia is a city of about 11,000 people with a low crime rate. It is located about 66 miles southwest of Little Rock.  If you want to see a major professional sports team, you will have to travel to Dallas, Texas which is about 272 miles WSW of Arkadelphia.

The climate of Arkadelphia is pretty wet but also fairly mild.  The average rainfall is about 53″ per year with the wettest months being May (5.95″) and November (5.94″).  Snow is rare as the annual average is about 3″ per year.

The average high temperatures in Arkadelphi are as follows:
January        55
February      61
March          70
April            77
May            83
June            90
July             94
August        94
September   88
October      78
November   66
December    57

Some more stastics about Arkadelphia are:
White  66%
Black  27%

Democrat  54%
Republican 45%

Protestant 64%
Catholic      1%

The overall cost of living in Arkadelphia is 76 based on 100 being average.

As you work on your retirement life planning, consider Arkadelphia, Arkansas as it has a low cost of living and low crime rate.