Baby Boomers leaving Big Cities and Big Prices for Best Boomer Towns

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Best Boomer Towns website and Talk Radio Show on Voice America's Variety Network provide active and affordable retirement community information for the nation's 78 million baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964 (ages 45 - 63) that are beginning to retire in the U.S. The recession is accelerating boomer's moving from larger cities to smaller towns for lower costs of living, less stress and more living.

Hundreds of U.S. towns were narrowed to 21 Best Boomer Towns to retire or relocate. Key criteria of www.bestboomertowns.com  includes: range of home prices, university access, airport convenience, active communities, great health care access, mild climates and abundant cultural activities.

Best Boomer Towns List:

Aiken, South Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina, Ashland, Oregon, Athens, Georgia, Austin, Texas, Bend, Oregon, Camarillo, California, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Charlottesville, Virginia, Columbia, Missouri Danville, Kentucky Fort Collins, Colorado Las Cruces, New Mexico Maryville, Tennessee Paso Robles, California Pinehurst, North Carolina Prescott, Arizona Reno, Nevada St. George, Utah Tucson, Arizona, Villages, Florida. Additional information: www.bestboomertowns.com

Tune in to Best Boomer Towns new Talk Radio Show hosted by Nancy Shonka Padberg every Thursday at Noon PT and 3:00 pm ET on Voice America's Variety Network. July 30 highlights Bend, Oregon with Courtney Linville, Bend Chamber of Commerce and special guest Jerry Shereshewsky, CEO of Grandparents.com. www.voiceamerica.com

Key website features include local town bloggers, town videos, live local weather, daily news feeds, Amazon book store, monthly newsletter, tax information and Google maps. Featured columnists from Silver Planet, BoomersAbroad, Babyboomerknowledgecenter and Boomer Golf News write about retirement issues.

Best Boomer Towns is headquartered in Santa Monica, founded by Fortune 500 Times Mirror executive and Integrated Marketing Communications Agency Vice President, Nancy Shonka Padberg. She earned her MBA from Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management. Nancy is also a founding member of Boomer Authority. Additional information can be found at www.bestboomertowns.com  and www.navigateboomermedia.com