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Retire to Yuma, Arizona
Retire to Yuma, named as one of the best places to retire by Money Magazine in 2006. Yuma is located in the Southwestern corner of Arizona near the borders of California, Sonora, Mexico, and Baja California, Mexico.
With a climate that mixes pure desert sunshine with the cool waters of the Colorado River and Gila Rivers, Yuma offers a year round vista of surrounding rugged mountains and green agricultural fields. Yuma, the nation's salad bar, is open and serving millions; the farms of Yuma County grow over 90 percent of the winter vegetables sold in the United States. Yuma is one of the hottest cities of any size in the United States; conditions are perfect for growing vegetables.
Yuma County has a wide variety of arts and cultural events throughout the year. A good source of information on upcoming events is the Yuma Fine Arts Association. If you are interested in crossing the border to experience Mexican cuisine, music and shopping; the St Luis border is a just a 25 minute drive south.
Rapid population growth and its popularity among retirees and winter visitors means a lot about quality of life in this area. Retire to Yuma, located on the Colorado River, it offers some of the most affordable housing in the state, and one of the cheapest places to retire.
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