Retiring to Arizona... How do you say no-brainer?

We first considered retiring to Arizona, visiting in our RV in 2002...two years later we were Arizona residents.

We thought Arizona was all desert, boy were we ever wrong. sure the two most populated towns, Phoenix and Tucson, are in the desert. the rest of the state is forested, with mountains reaching to 12,000 feet

We were blown away by all the beautiful golf courses in the desert areas...thank you Colorado River.

Retiring in Arizona, gives you a large bang for your buck

We have always enjoyed touring model home parks... especially those built by Del Webb. We have visited their model parks in Florida, South Carolina, Texas and California before we discovered the Del Webb communities in Arizona.

Del Webb was the pioneer of active adult retirement communities... He got his start in Sun City Arizona in the 1960s... It is still a very thriving community...it is known as the city of volunteers.

We were attracted by the active adult atmosphere in the community we eventually moved to, Sun City grand, in Surprise, Arizona.

We were astounded, at the beauty of the golf courses, the huge activity centers, the gym's, the unending resources for outdoor recreation.having visited other Del Webb communities we were also very impressed with how far your housing dollar went in Arizona.

by the time we bought February of 2004, we were still able to get a a beautiful decked out home for around $85 square foot.

Currently the depressed housing market makes it an excellent time to purchase a home in Arizona...timing is everything.

Tired of mowing the grass?

Another thing we noticed, was that people did not have yards... Instead they had gravel, rock gardens, and various desert plants.

I don't know where you stand on the issue, but the sound of a lawnmower early in the morning is the sound that I never wanted to hear again. Evidently, a lot of other people felt the same way as I did... Because no one seems to miss fertilizing, and mowing the grass.

If you don't think you can get beautiful landscaping with desert plants, think again... Not only are the desert plants very beautiful... They also require very little maintenance.

Well....retiring to Arizona was not a real hard decision for us.

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