Best Places to Retire in 2011

Nearing retirement age and looking for the perfect spot to settle down? TopRetirements.com released their 2011 Best Places to Retire list early this year which was compiled by calculating the 100 communities most visited on their site out of the 625 cities featured (sure, that's one way to do it). Here the list for 2011:

1. Asheville, NC
2. Sarasota, FL
3. Prescott, AZ
4. Ft. Myers, FL
5. Austin, TX
6. Paris, TN
7. Green Valley, AZ
8. Beaufort, SC
9. Venice, FL
10. San Diego, CA
11. Naples, FL
12. Winston-Salem, NC
13. Williamsburg, VA
14. Sedona, AZ
15. San Antonio, TX
16. Vero Beach, FL
17. Tucson, AZ
18. Crossville, TN
19. Charlottesville, VA
20. Phoenix, AZ
21. San Luis Obispo, CA
22. Gainesville, FL
23. Delray Beach, FL
24. Mt. Airy, NC
25. Myrtle Beach, SC
26. Las Cruces, NM
27. Athens, GA
28. Bluffton, SC
29. St. Augustine, FL
30. Chapel Hill, NC
31. Palm Springs, CA
32. Summerville, SC
33. Flagstaff, AZ
34. Santa Fe, NM
35. Boca Raton, FL
36. New Bern, NC
37. Rehoboth Beach, DE
38. Bend, OR
39. Boulder, CO
40. Eugene, OR
41. Beaufort, NC
42. Brevard, NC
43. Ft. Lauderdale, FL
44. Colorado Springs, CO
45. Albuquerque, NM
46. Aiken, SC
47. Winter Park, FL
48. Stuart, FL
49. Key West, FL
50. Santa Barbara, CA
51. Denver, CO
52. Henderson, NV
53. Cheyenne, WY
54. Southport, NC
55. The Woodlands, TX
56. Murray, KY
57. Orlando, FL
58. Chattanooga, TN
59. Tampa, FL
60. Pittsburgh, PA
61. Napa, CA
62. St. Petersburg, FL
63. Cape Coral, FL
64. Clemson, SC
65. Charleston, SC
66. Hendersonville, NC
67. Maryville, TN
68. Ft. Collins, CO
69. Port Charlotte, FL
70. La Jolla, CA
71. Tallahassee, FL
72. Portland, OR
73. Jacksonville, FL
74. Hilton Head, SC
75. Ocala, FL
76. Jupiter, FL
77. Bellingham, WA
78. Lewes, DE
79. Eureka, CA
80. Greenville, NC
81. Chicago, IL
82. Old Saybrook,CT
83. Halifax, CAN
84. Fairhope, AL
85. Knoxville, TN
86. Eufaula, AL
87. Spokane, WA
88. Pensacola, FL
89. New Smyrna Beach, FL
90. Clearwater, FL
91. Bowling Green, KY
92. Fayetteville, AR
93. Portland, ME
94. Corpus Christi, TX
95. Melbourne, FL
96. Walla Walla, WA
97. Mesa, AZ
98. Pinehurst, NC
99. Smyrna, DE
100. Cuenca, Ecuador

You can learn more about these various communities on TopRetirements,com's web site.

CNNMoney.com also put together a similar list of their 25 retirement hotspots (2010) which included:
1. Durham, NC
2. Hanover, NH
3. Lexington, KY
4. Bellingham, WA
5. Prescott, AZ
6. Boise, ID
7. St Petersburg, FL
8. Huntsville, AL
9. Austin, TX
10. Tucson, AZ
11. Ann Arbor, MI
12. Fort Collins, CO
13. Lincoln, NE
14. San Luis Obispo, CA
15. Fayetteville, AR
16. Ashland, OR
17. Ames, IA
18. Beaufort, SC
19. Brunswick, ME
20. Athens, GA
21. Northampton, MA
22. Asheville, NC
23.Duluth, MN
24. Davis, CA
25. Williamsburg, VA