| The United States is one of the most expensive | | | | And where are there such places in the United |
| countries in the world, but there are cheap places all | | | | States? |
| around you that are ripe for retirement. | | | | All over. |
| American is the most expensive country if you | | | | New England, back away from the cities. For those, |
| attempt to keep up with the Joneses, if you insist on | | | | in particular, who demand the changes in season New |
| big houses in expensive areas, new cars and a yearly | | | | England (and up-state New York) is one of the most |
| rash of new TV sets, refrigerators, deep freezes, | | | | beautiful sections of our country. |
| vacuum cleaners and what not. | | | | The coastal area between Maryland and Florida. |
| However, I know of no other place in the world | | | | Hundreds of miles of picturesque beach. Fishing, |
| where you can buy a good reliable used car for a | | | | swimming, boating. The further south you go, of |
| hundred dollars. And you can in America. You can get | | | | course, the warmer the climate. |
| an excellent used car in our country for that amount, | | | | Florida, ruling out only the larger cities and the swank |
| and particularly in times of depression. I recall buying a | | | | tourist resorts, is one big bargain paradise. It's cheap, |
| four year old Packard, the first car I ever owned, for | | | | it's beautiful. Its offerings are boundless to the retired |
| exactly $75. It was a monstrously large convertible | | | | sportsman or sportswoman. |
| coupe with four forward speeds. | | | | The Gulf Coast between Florida and New Orleans. |
| There is no country on earth that produces so | | | | Cheap, warm, wonderful. |
| cheaply good sturdy ready-to-wear clothing. A pair of | | | | The Rio Grande Valley and in particular the lower |
| American denims will outwear anything selling abroad | | | | stretch in the vicinity of McAllen where the climate is |
| for a comparable price, two or three times over. | | | | superior even to that of Florida. |
| No, you can live cheaply and well in the United States | | | | New Mexico, Arizona, Southern Colorado. For those |
| if you make a hobby of it. If you seek out the | | | | who love mountains, desert and wasteland. These |
| cheaper sections of the nation and then pull every | | | | states offer the glories of the West - and are |
| economy trick in the game. | | | | bargain priced if you stay away from the population |
| The term bargain paradise is becoming increasingly | | | | and tourist centers. |
| popular these days as more and more people, in | | | | California, Oregon, Washington. Always staying away |
| despair at our national way of life, search desperately | | | | from the big cities and resorts, of course. Los |
| for an alternative. Usually when we say bargain | | | | Angeles and San Francisco can be as expensive as |
| paradise our thoughts fly to countries beyond the | | | | any city in the country, but little Grass Valley, tucked |
| horizon. To far Tahiti, to Spain, to the Canary Islands, | | | | up in the High Sierras, is a bargain paradise indeed. |
| Peru, or Austria. | | | | The Ozarks of Arkansas and Missouri are rapidly |
| In fact, it may come as a surprise to some that we | | | | becoming one of the more popular bargain paradises, |
| have many a bargain paradise right here in our own | | | | especially for those who wish a small farm on which |
| land. | | | | to retire. |
| The term explains itself. Whether in the United | | | | So forget Paris and leave Italy behind. Look in your |
| States or abroad, a bargain paradise is an area where | | | | backyard and your neighbor's backyards and you will |
| prices are low and scenery and climate are | | | | find your own American retirement paradise. |
| superlative. It's as simple as that. | | | | |