10 cities for a car-free retirement

Is this article about where to retire or where to get mugged?

Baltimore? You might not make it to the bus/rail stop without getting mugged. The trains are full of loudmouth, profanity speaking trash. Terrible city. The Wire is more representative.

Riding the "L" train in Chicago is completely unsuitable for the elderly. Some have stairs with no elevators.  The winter weather is nasty.  Housing prices are so steep you'd probably save money staying where you are and keep the car.  There is the same situation with New York.  San Fransisco has among the highest housing costs in the country, some think higher than New York.

No disrespect intended, but are you serious about this article? I am surprised that you perceive your readers as dumb enough to not recognize the "filler" quality of the article. For Pete's sake, you listed every major city across the country that even has a rail system!  

Smaller college towns often offer good low cost transit systems as well as the qualities of "culture" provided by the university and the non-gown community which has also developed its own independent lifestyle.  Champaign-Urbana, Illinois is a good example.  The two communities work hand in glove with two local higher learning facilities.  You have the opportunity to stay younger and take part in a diversity of age groups at a much lower cost than the more metropolitan areas listed.  I lived in New York City during my professional career, but now have returned to a quieter lifestyle without having to climb up and down subway stairs, constantly smelling gas fumes, and having no greenspace.  I miss the great variety of food, the ocean travel on the Staten Island Ferry, but my get up and go has gone into a lower gear, the internet has been invented, and there are still plenty of life experiences and human beings to enjoy.   

Boston is a great walking city, if you don't get mugged or hit by a car.

Yeah...I'd rather just buy a car

 

What are the 10 cities! You didn't list them!

I may not need a car in Portland. But the cost of a home downtown is triple what I paid in North Central Florida and commuted 20 miles to work.
Even now that I am retired I would have to sell my car and house in FL , add quit a few thousand ( probably more like 10's of thousands) of dollars to purchase a house in one of the downtown Portland neighborhoods mentioned. Doesn't make sense to me...