| When thinking of ideal places to retire, one hasto | | | | If you love performing arts, you will love New |
| include New York even though the rents arehigh, and | | | | York. Broadway is the "Great White Way" in |
| the homes are expensive. However, ifyou choose the | | | | whichentertainment abounds. Musicals, plays, |
| suburbs or areas in Manhattanwhere housing is | | | | andthousands of theaters throughout the fiveboroughs |
| affordable, you can live yourretirement years in what is | | | | are always offering the bestentertainment anywhere. |
| referred to as "the | | | | In addition, Lincoln |
| Big Apple." | | | | Center is home to the ballet and opera; Carnegie |
| While New York receives millions of visitors ayear, you | | | | Hall offers concerts; and Madison Square Gardenhosts |
| can still enjoy the city that almostnever sleeps. Let's | | | | major concerts and sports events as well. |
| review some of the highlightsof New York, and the | | | | There is no other place on this planet thatoffers as |
| benefits of choosing it asan ideal place to retire. | | | | many shopping areas as New York. Everyborough |
| New York has the finest restaurants in the world,and in | | | | has hundreds of stores and malls in whichyou can |
| every corner of the city. For example: | | | | spend a day and still not see everythingsingle shop. |
| Little Italy offers the best Italian fare; | | | | New York also has flea markets; the |
| Manhattan has cuisine as diverse as its culture; | | | | Fulton Fish Market; and the New York City |
| Chinatown offers the best delicacies; Queens | | | | Terminal Market, where you can buy freshvegetables |
| haswaterfront which have been highlighted in | | | | and fruit daily. |
| foodmagazines; and Staten Island, Bronx and | | | | Living in Manhattan can afford you theopportunity to |
| Brooklynboroughs have restaurants which offer you | | | | use the subway or bus systems toget around town, |
| thefinest and most regularly visited restaurants inevery | | | | without having to worry abouttaking a car. Queens is |
| category imaginable. In addition, one canspend a day at | | | | only 45 minutes from |
| the South Street Seaport and enjoyshopping and dine | | | | Manhattan by car, while Brooklyn is a bit closer,and |
| in wonderful restaurants thereas well. | | | | Staten Island and the Bronx are approximately |
| New York has more museums that most cities, | | | | 15 minutes away by car. |
| andamong the more famous are the Metropolitan | | | | Retiring to New York is not just a place to live;it is an |
| Museumof Art; Museum of Modern Art; the Whitney | | | | adventure unlike any you've everexperienced. It is filled |
| Museum;and the Guggenheim Museum, to name a | | | | with businesses andstreet vendors; parades and |
| few. Inaddition, the most famous attractive of all is | | | | holiday celebrationsfor all ethnic groups; it is home to St. |
| Central Park. Filled with lush greenery and trees;paths | | | | Patrick's Cathedral as well as many other famous |
| for cycling and running; this park isrenowned as the | | | | Churches,and Christmas week you can stroll along 5th |
| most beautiful and well kept parkin Manhattan. | | | | Avenue and look at the incredibly beautifulwindow |
| Moreover, on a wintry day, justafter a snowfall, the | | | | displays at all the famous stores such as |
| scenes within arereminiscent of a Currier and Ives | | | | Tiffany's, Macys, and others. After which, youcan sip a |
| postcard. | | | | cup of hot chocolate at Rockefeller |
| __________________________ | | | | Center while watching skaters do their thing onthe rink |
| With so much history in Manhattan alone, you | | | | just out side your restaurant window. |
| canspend hours upon hours exploring all of the | | | | Yes, New York is an ideal place to retire. Itdoesn't |
| areaswhich are not only historic, but engage in | | | | matter if you live in any of the fiveboroughs; you are |
| themany stories this city has to tell. You can takea | | | | never far from where the actionis. New York, New |
| ferry boat ride to visit Ellis Island, whichhas been | | | | York - as the song says, willmake you "want to be a |
| completely restored, and visit the | | | | part of it! |
| Statue of Liberty as well. | | | | |