2008 Hot Retirement Towns

Savannah, Georgia
SAVANNAH HAS SURVIVED during the American Revolution Meeting District downtown is home
devastating ﬁres, powerful and the Civil War and the wrath to 17 hotels, and most are near ﬁne
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hurricanes, rampant epidemics, of boll weevils, which all but restaurants, entertainment and night
several wars and destructive insects
destroyed the state’s cotton crop and life. For those who choose not to walk,
to become one of America’s most
economy on the eve of the Great pedicabs, limousines, trolley cars and
beautiful cities.
Depression. Each time, the city river ferries are readily available.
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Georgia’s ﬁrst city, Savannah was
and its hardy inhabitants bounced Savannah’s Historic District, a
established in 1733, west of where
back economically, culturally and National Historic Landmark, features
the river of the same name meets
many restored buildings, including
the Atlantic Ocean, by Gen. James
The Pirates’ House, an inn mentioned
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“Oglethorpe designed
Oglethorpe. The colony of Georgia,
in Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure
the last of the original 13, was a haven America’s ﬁrst planned
Island”; The Herb House, the oldest
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for England’s working poor, who
building in Georgia; The Pink House,
ﬂocked to the New World looking for
city with wide-open the site of Georgia’s ﬁrst bank; and
a new start. Under the colony’s original
the birthplace of Juliette Gordon
charter, rum, lawyers and slavery were
streets. ...”
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Oglethorpe designed America’s
aesthetically, maintaining the charm Among Savannah’s restored
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ﬁrst planned city with wide-open
and historical signiﬁcance that draws churches are the Lutheran Church
streets and shady public squares and
millions of visitors each year. of the Ascension; the Independent
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parks, and 21 of Savannah’s original
Many of them get around Savannah Presbyterian Church; the Cathedral
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the same way people did nearly of St. John the Baptist, one of the
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Savannah suffered through
three centuries ago–on foot. There’s largest Roman Catholic churches in
major ﬁres in 1796 and 1820, a
good reason Walking magazine has the South; the First African Baptist
virulent outbreak of yellow fever,
cited Savannah among the “Top 10 Church; and Temple Mickeve Israel,
the occupation of enemy forces
Walking Cities” in America. The the third oldest synagogue in America.
At A Glance
Savannah, Ga.
Population: 128,453
Average Temp: 77 F
Average Age: 32
Nearest Hospital:
Candler Hospital
Nearest Major Airport:
Savannah/Hilton Head
International Airport
Savannah Info:
Savannah Area Convention &
Visitors Bureau
(877) SAVANNAH
(912) 644-6401
www.savcvb.com
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