Which town would you recommend

[Ellwood]

Originally Posted by Mareli

We are from the Catskills and the military has taken us many miles away from there. My husband's grandmother Eva Griffen lived in E. Jewett....Oh what a wonderful place along with Windham (spelling)....I can see the lakes now and enjoying a breezy day of fishing and picknicking.....But the winters are harsh, no hospitals or clinics near by...You would think after all these years there would be something like a mini hospital or something? In Tannersville which you probably know well we have a small home that was left to my husband after his parents passed away Ellsworth & Charlotte Meigs actually in Elka Park....Would you believe the Rexall drug store closed down a few years back and you have to drive to Catskill to get a prescription.....Albany or Kingston for hospitals or doctors.....We are retired military, living in Southern California. We lived on the coast for 30 years and moved to the mountains with critters and all....We love our critters but the closest hospital is 40 miles away.....Two years after moving to the mountains, which by the way it snows up here 5,200 ft up my husband became ill....Back and forth just about daily....If you like the snow and don't have to work I guess it is ok.... Our first snow storm we were having flashbacks about living on the east coast shoveling the snow....What were we thinking......Oh well.....Best of luck to you both, enjoy life to the fullest.....

We are retired military/civilian and to Saratoga County. We are in Quaker Springs area, about 9 miles from major shopping, 12 miles from hospital, yet we are out in a rural area. The people are friendly, helpful and kind. Albany is about an hours drive. I am not sure what your friend was referring to, but the area is not the way it was 15 yrs ago. You can find a reasonable home ($150K); a small Commissary recently opened in Saratoga.