Each one of Arizona's active retirement communities has something to offer. And, each has its' own unique ambience. When trying to decide which community is the best fit for you, you need to ask yourself, "What kind of lifestyle am I looking for?". Do you want a gated country club style community? If so, Corte Bella or Trilogy @ Vistancia might be your cup of tea. Are you looking for more of an intimate neighborhood style community? Then start with Arizona Traditions or Sun Village.
But if you want resort-style living AND... several golf courses, loads of activities and clubhouses, restaurants & more than one rec 
center with state of the art equipment... than you are going to want to concentrate on Sun City Grand, Sun City West, and (eventually) Sun City Festival. For the purposes of this post, I am concentrating on Sun City Grand. So here we go. My...
TOP 10 REASONS TO RETIRE TO SUN CITY GRAND
#1 - The limited use of walls in the community creates gorgeous views of golf courses and the White Tank Mountains throughout the community.
#2 - Sun City Grand has 4 regulation length golf courses, Desert Springs, Cimarron, Granite Falls North & Granite Falls South. In addition to the courses being kept in excellent shape the golf rates are very reasonable
#3 - There are about 50 Charter Clubs, 34 Interest Groups, Support Groups, and Community Support/Specialty Groups. It's easy to find new friends in Sun City Grand with similar interests. In fact, if you find yourself bored, or lonely, you'd better take a good look in the mirror.
#4 - This community has its very own Day Spa where you can get facials, massages, manicures and more
#5 - Two rec centers, Adobe Spa/Sonoran Plaza & Cimarron provide the community with 5 pools, spas, state of the art excercise equipment, dance studios for yoga, aerobics, spinning classes etc., clubhouses, tennis & bocce ball courts, a ballroom and so much more.
#6 - The Adobe Spa has an indoor air conditioned walking track for when the temps start creeping up. The picture below was taken from one of the windows along the track looking down on the Adobe pools. Outdoor walking trails throughout the community also make it easy to stay on top of your walk-fit program as well as providing areas to take in a scenic & safe bike ride.
#7 - Sun City Grand is financially healthy, ensuring the facities will be maintained and updated for many years to come.
#8 - The minimum age requirements have been lowered to allow up to 15% of the residents to be between the ages of 45 - 55. So even if you aren't quite ready to retire, you can purchase a vacation get-away now that you can retire to later.
#9 - Close to all the ammenities you might need. Including hospitals, medical facilities, restaurants, shopping and more. This is very important for many people and one reason they decide against other outlying communities.
#10 - You feel like you are living in a resort. I hear this from my clients all the time.
#11 - (OK. I couldn't stop at 10. In fact I could go on and on). Sun City Grand is part of the community of Surprise Arizona, which is one of the up and coming areas of the valley. It is also home to the Surprise Spring Training facility which attracts thousands of baseball fans to the area every year as well as 16 miles from the new Cardinals stadium that was home to the 2008 Super Bowl.
In short, if you are looking for an active adult community that has it all, Sun City Grand should make your short list. For someone that wants to experience life and do things they never thought they'd get a chance to do, in a climate that is hard to beat most months, than you need to pay a visit and see what I'm talking about.
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