10 Best Cities to Retire in Maine

7. Bristol

Population: 2,748

Costs of living: 13.6 percent lower than US average

Median home value: $81,200

No of doctors per capita: 226

Health care costs: 10. 9 percent higher than US average

Another town located in Lincoln County, Bristol, has the oldest population whose median age is 60.8 years. In terms of costs of living and real estate prices, the town is less expensive than previously mentioned Boothbay.

With Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, and five picturesque villages, Bristol looks like a town from a fairytale. Besides the sandy beach, the town is known for the Pemaquid Arceological Site, where conflicts between English and French settlers took place in the 17th and 18th century. The site encompasses Fort William Henry and the museum which preserves artifacts found at the location.

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