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3. If you love outdoor activities, Santa Rosa doesn’t disappoint! The Recreation and Parks Department maintains over 50 parks. They have a carousel, train, Skate Park, sailing, boating, and two year-round swimming centers.
4. Location, location, location! Santa Rosa has the best location for retirees. It offers easy access to highways and has miles of creek paths, bike paths, and amenities that are fabulous and enjoyable for all.
5. With more than 150,000 residents with diverse cultures, you are in for a treat. The weather is in the 70s year round; there are a myriad of restaurants from casual to fine dining including such fare as: French, Italian, Californian, Asian, Mexican, Turkish and Middle Easter, and an abundance of bars, lounges, delis, coffee houses, and markets.
You may be interested to know how Santa Rosa received its name. Well, according to legend, the city was named by Father Juan Amorosa. As the story goes, he baptized a young Native American woman in a stream. Since this baptism took place on the feast day of Santa Rosa de Lima, the stream was named Santa Rosa and to the young Native American as well.
Voted among the top 10 cities for single seniors to retire to, there is no place in the US that affords you a lifestyle with so much diversity, friendly people, recreational activities galore, and quite a history as well.
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