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My town of 8,000 has a senior citizen bus that gives rides to Walmart or various appointments one may have. There are also a couple of enterprising people who will drive you wherever you want to go for a charge. Plus where my house is you can walk to several local restaurants, a coffee house and lots of assorted businesses.
I am researching retiring from NYC to a small town anywhere in the U.S. The only problem: I can't drive, never have and because of an eye condition, never will. Are there any small towns where you don't need a car?
I think there might be
We here in our small south texas town, we have a regional transport system that will take you to the other towns to shop. You can call them to take you to hospital appointments in the big city.
If you move to a place like this - make sure you live close enough to walk to a small store, bank or restaurant.
There are plenty of towns where you don't need a car. I live in a town of about 7,300 people. Within a quarter of a mile of my house I can walk to the doctor, dentist, post office, library, town hall, supermarket, pharmacy, barber shop, town park, and numerous restaurants. I can order anything else I need from Amazon or take the bus that runs to a nearby city of over 100,000 people.
Same here, except the nearest city of 100,000 is Green Bay, which is an hour away from us. Also, our small towns offer door to door transportation at reasonable rates, but you must book it in advance.
Anyway, what exactly are you looking for as far as climate and other "musts"?
Coming from NYC what is OPs definition of small town? I consider where I live now (50K) to be a small city but I know another poster living in the same city to consider it small town (mostly I think because he's never actually lived in a small town.
I live on the bus line in this small city, specifically in the event of losing my ability to drive as I get older. It's not all encompassing and the hours are limited, but it would get me to anything necessary like medical appointments and stores. It also takes me to our little downtown for entertainment and dining. Weather is decent a good part of the year too, so a lot of people in parts of town walk or bike to various destinations, and use the bus line too. I think it's very doable for a retiree.
It's in upstate NY. You might like that area. The town has a lot of shopping, doctors, dentists, library, and even a Walmart, etc.. They have a bus service that will take you throughout Cobleskill and other rural towns within a 20 mile radius.
Coming from NYC what is OPs definition of small town? I consider where I live now (50K) to be a small city but I know another poster living in the same city to consider it small town (mostly I think because he's never actually lived in a small town.
I live on the bus line in this small city, specifically in the event of losing my ability to drive as I get older. It's not all encompassing and the hours are limited, but it would get me to anything necessary like medical appointments and stores. It also takes me to our little downtown for entertainment and dining. Weather is decent a good part of the year too, so a lot of people in parts of town walk or bike to various destinations, and use the bus line too. I think it's very doable for a retiree.
That's what I'm wondering. NYC has like 9 million people. No other city in the US has that many people. So everything else is a small town by comparison. Haven't seen the OP come back so we may never know what they're looking for.
I live in a town of 3500. It's actually one of the largest towns in the area. And it's an area where the sidewalks roll themselves up at 5pm and on weekends. I imagine that for someone from NYC that would be a huge culture shock.
Pretty much anywhere in SE Alaska. I'd suggest Haines, Sitka or Juneau.
Juneau has excellent public transportation and the downtown area is walkable. It also has jet service and a regional hospital. Sitka offers essentially the same, though I'm not sure about public transportation details.
Haines is quite small but very beautiful. You could walk just about anywhere in its downtown area. Otherwise, call a cab. I don't think they have a bus service.
The relative lack of motor vehicle activity in the region is refreshing. Haines doesn't even have a traffic light.
Haines is an incredible small town.....it is those FIVE sunny days during summer, that give me pause. Great town, if you like rain.
Probably best to move to a community down south. Many are actually like small towns.
Many have senior services and tons of amenities.
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