With its warm deserts, majestic mountains and dozens of desirable towns, Arizona is a retiree’s heaven. But with the price of housing and cost of living exploding over the past several years, heaven is getting pretty pricey — at least many of the most well-known parts of it.Discover More: America’s 50 Most Expensive Retirement Towns Check Out: 4 Subtly Genius Moves All Wealthy People Make With Their MoneyHere are five towns that might be out of most retirees’ budgets, and some alternatives for each that they should consider.Also see America’s 30 safest and wealthiest retirement towns.Paradise ValleyParadise Valley is, as the name implies, a small plot of paradise, with luxury living at its finest. Unfortunately, most retirees will find themselves priced out of paradise, with Zillow listing the average home value at over $3 million.Its cost of living is also high, according to Tony Ray Baker, a leading Realtor at Re/Max Professionals in Tucson, Arizona, with over 30 years of experience. In fact, its cost of living is 13% higher than the national average.As an alternative, he suggested Tucson, which, despite its large size, has a small-town feel and lots to do. “Tucson has tons of golf courses and was voted by UNESCO as the first City of Gastronomy in North America,” he said, noting its great mom-and-pop restaurants with authentic food and city gardens.He added that Tucson has good healthcare access, air quality, hikin …
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