Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina has been recently named as a top location for baby boomer relocation by AARP Magazine. When considering such factors as affordable housing, culture, entertainment, safety, sense of community, and proximity to adequate health care facilities, the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area listed at the top of places desired to live by those approaching retirement age. Quoting from AARP Magazine...
The 15 Best Places to Reinvent Your Life
By Grace Lichtenstein, Elaine Robbins, and Michael Dupuis, May-June 2003.
RALEIGH/DURHAM/CHAPEL HILL, NC
A dynamic metropolitan area, anchored by the high-tech and biotechnology facilities located in its Research Triangle Park and by more than 10 higher-education institutions, this corner of North Carolina definitely has Southern roots. But the country's R&D hub has drawn professors and students from all over the world, lending it a truly cosmopolitan cast. Happy residents are quick to point out that they are three hours from the seashore and just as close to the mountains.
Durham, home of Duke University, is the most affordable and vibrantly diverse of the three towns. Old tobacco warehouses downtown have been converted into lofts and funky new stores; it's easy to find the buzzing live music and dining scenes. The city's population is almost evenly split between African Americans and whites, and the business sector there has a long history of black financial leadership.
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