Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Montgomery County, MD Number 1 place for a long life!


Best Places to Retire 2008 1. Montgomery County, MD Bethesda Row Towns include: Bethesda, Potomac, Chevy Chase ,Rockville, Kensington, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Montgomery Village, North Bethesda, North Potomac, Olney, Silver Spring,




Money Magazine rated Montgomery County, Maryland number 1 for Best places for a long life
Residents of these 25 counties enjoy some of the highest life expectancies in the U.S.

Life expectancy at birth: 81.31 years

Two top-ranked hospitals (Suburban and Naval, both in Bethesda) help make affluent, educated Montgomery County No. 1 for longevity.
Bethesda's downtown is compact, walk able, and connected to central Washington, D.C. by Metro. Outside of town, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Park's scenic canal side trail helps keep residents in shape.
Planned communities such as The Kentlands, Fallsgrove and King Farm are pedestrian, neo urban communities, where you can live, work and play.
Last year, Montgomery's county seat of Rockville unveiled a new pedestrian-friendly town center, bringing together housing, jobs, shopping, and recreation.