Retired and moved from Maryland to Scottsdale, Arizona

by Dave
(Arizona)

I move from Frederick, Maryland June 26, 2006 to Sierra Pointe Retirement Community in Scottsdale, Arizona.

What went into that decision to make Sierra Pointe my home and also Arizona is that my son lives in Phoenix, Arizona which is not too far away.

In Maryland, they have cold winters and a few years back i fell and broke my hip and in the winter the cold makes my hip hurt a lot!

On the website for Sierra Pointe it says:

"Our luxury over 55 exclusive retirement community offers spacious studio, one and two bedroom apartment homes for Independent Living and Assisted Living. We combine the luxury, amenities and attention to detail you expect in a first-class resort with the warmth and comfort you feel in your own home."

My wife wanted to live somewhere that she said was "independent, just because we are old doesn’t mean we are not able to still do things" - yet with my hip, we wanted to feel safe just in case so the "Assisted Living" is need they are close by.

We are full time, that's how much we like the place, when we first walked in i thought it looked like a five star hotel.

We have a nice little night life here as well as live entertainment. Almost every Saturday night at Sierra Pointe, they host snacks and alcoholic beverages are available, which is always nice!

We have a very nice and very big pool which the grand kids love (although you have to be out with them, which is no problem).

We have a game room which has bridge, mah jong, canasta, and rummikub. We have a very nice Library and Movie Theatre that is very clean and nice, they play older and new movies.

For example, last Saturday they played Sound of Music and the Saturday before that they showed the movie Juno.

I own an apartment which is a "McDowell Model" and its "1150 Livable Square Feet" as the website says (the website also has floor plans which is very nice, the living feet goes from 568 to 1455 square feet).

I hope this helps you out, I sound like a sales men for the place but I know it is very nice and close to places in AZ.


Check out: Sierra Pointe Retirement Community in Arizona