Paso Robles Real Estate

Think You Can’t Retire in California? Think Again!

Paso Robles is a fabulous place to call home when you retire. Homes are still affordable, and especially since property values have decreased throughout the state.

Paso Robles is a medium-sized town, about 25,000 people, but the area from Paso to San Luis Obispo probably has about 100,000 residents if you include the country properties outside of city limits.

Paso’s City Park, which is a full city block, is surrounded by wine tasting rooms, restaurants, an ice creamery, candy shop, quaint dress shops and the cinemas. Every Friday night in the summer, there is a free live music concert in the park, and you’ll usually see about 600 – 1,000 people in their lawn chairs enjoying a simple dinner meal and a bottle of wine as the heat of the day wanes and becomes a comfortable 70 to 80 degrees. J. Lohr always has wine for sale by the glass, and there is usually at least one food vendor available should you not have time to fill your picnic basket or wish to visit one of our fabulous restaurants.

Of course, we have our California Midstate Fair here at the Paso Robles Event Center, which is in full swing right now. Check my other blog entries for current information on that exciting event.

Also, it is only about a 30-minute drive to the coast from Paso Robles. If it is hot in Paso, then it is easy to get to the beach where you will enjoy temperatures of 70 to 80 degrees on a hot day. Each beach town has much to offer such as Morro Bay, Cayucos and Cambria. All have wonderful restaurants, art galleries and pristine, uncrowded beaches to visit.

Cuesta Jr College North County in Paso offers a pretty wide array of classes for the young and the not-so-young (I consider myself one of these) during the weekdays and evenings.

So, you see, you will never get bored, and with very nice single-family homes available in the $400,000 range, you can’t go wrong. And remember, you are only 4 hours from San Francisco or Los Angeles if you get the itch to visit the big city, and 2 hours from Monterey. Life just doesn’t get much better than this..

I hold the SRES Designation, Senior Real Estate Specialist, so if I can be of any assistance to you in your search for a perfect retirement home, please contact me via email, call me at (805) 235-0234 or visit my website for more information on Paso Robles, California real estate.

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