2024 Best Cities to Retire in America

Current Resident: Raised here - moved away and came back! FW is great but cold Jan-Mar. Home of the happy snowbirds. Relatively low crime for its size, surrounded by small towns with farms and manufacturing. Revitalization downtown. Restaurants and family-friendly activities: Fort Wayne Children's Zoo (ranked in top 10 of the country), Botanical Gardens, the Tincaps ballpark, outdoor concerts at Foellinger and Sweetwater or indoors at the Coliseum and Piere's and Clyde, venues for live theatre, and the Build Guild for arts & crafts classes, plus arcades, etc. Dining staples of Fort Wayne's Famous Coney Island and Power's Hamburgers and others. A few drive-in movies, roller rinks, and bowling alleys are in the city or within driving distance. Virtual reality, spas, escape rooms, skate parks, a nice ice-skating rink. River activities like kayaking. Trail system is great but bike lanes are few and far between. There are large lakes within 45 minutes - 2 hours from Fort Wayne.... Read 900 reviews