Paris again makes book on best places to retire

    For the second time in three years, Paris has been listed as one of the entries in a book titled America's 100 Best Places to Retire.

    This is the third edition of the book, prepared by the editors of Where to Retire magazine.

    The magazine's editors and writers visited hundreds of cities and towns across the United States before selecting 100 places for their superior quality of retirement living.

    The choices include designations of the 10 best art towns, budget towns, lake towns, beach towns, college towns, mountain towns, small towns, undiscovered towns, four season towns and Main Street towns.

    Vacation Publications, which published the book, says it offers accurate and reliable information on population, climate, cost of living, housing costs, taxes and healthcare.

    The book also includes interviews with retirees who have moved to each of the towns.  Hundreds of those retirees share what they like and don't like about their new hometowns.

    Paris made the top 10 rankings in Southeast region in the following categories: low cost Eden, undiscovered haven, best lake town and best undiscovered town.

    Paris is one of two Tennessee cities to make the list.  Maryville is the other.  Both also made the list in 2000.

    Of the 100 cities listed in the book, 26 are in Florida and 10 are in North Carolina.

    -Paris Post Intelligencer 2002