How is Charlotte for Retirees?
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5/29/2015
My husband and I retired to the Charlotte area (Huntersville) from the San Francisco baby area in 2007. We are both from New York but left NY for the bay area in 1974. We loved Huntersville/Charlotte. We found our way to a gym where we made a great number of friends (like family). Charlotte is only about 15 minutes away and we found enough museums and jazz to keep us as busy as we wanted. I like to scrapbook and do yoga and I found both in the Huntersville area. My husband liked the outdoors and we made a lot of trips to Asheville (2 hours away) and various outdoor areas closer by. There's a great senior center in Huntersville and we took many day trips with them. We are an African American couple and found lots of friends (African American and not). We felt very welcomed and really liked the small-town feel. Huntersville is very near (one freeway exit away) a place called Birkdale Village which is a residential/commercial development--lots of high end stores, movie theatre, Barnes & Noble, family music on the weekends. I cannot say enough about the area. We loved it there. I am currently in New York due to the fact that my husband passed away but am moving back to Huntersville in 4 months.
Geraldine | Upper East Side, NY