Thread: Car friendly retirement area (warm)

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Prescott AZ, been here 10 years, very car friendly area, lot's to do, close to everything--- Vegas 3 hrs, Palm springs 3 1/2 hrs
Phoenix 1 1/2 hrs
L.A. 5 hrs
San Diego 6 hrs
Has a true 4 seasons.
!st place I've lived that I don't need A/C
Of course I live 5 miles up the hill(6500ft) from downtown (5200ft)

You currently live in Fla., so this might not be a big factor for you, but my experience in much of the eastern south is that humidity in summer months is brutal. I love the south/east in fall, winter and spring, but I could not handle the summer humidity.
The only south/western state I have traveled to is Arizona where I have family and I agree that, in winter it is beautiful. During the summer, however, the temperatures in the Scottsdale/Phoenix area (even though dry) are much to hot for my comfort. I found that traveling to the higher elevations made life much more pleasant for me. I actually loved the area around Sonoma which is not as high as Prescott so it doesn't get the snow, but is much more temperate than the Scottsdale area. I'm sure there are other locations in Arizona and New Mexico that could, at varying elevations, provide you with the micro-climate you could find agreeable.
As a Canadian resident, I realize that my personal preferences might be quite different than yours since I am accustomed to a different climate than you. My advise to you is to take some time to travel to each of the mentioned locations during the different seasons before you make concrete plans.

Rod, lots of great places to move to as everybody here has already mentioned. I just returned from a few months in So. Arizona and boy its a hard place to beat for sure. It was my first extended trip there and I'm already planning for our trip there next year. Ya just can't beat the weather or the critters HOTRODPAINT mentioned,,,,, and aside from the 7.2 earth quake we had April 4th in Yuma, it was great.
Larry M