This is not your parents? retirement. With this book as your guide, you can embark upon an active and often exhilarating retirement in the most fascinating city on the globe. If you?ve enjoyed visiting, imagine what it?s like to live there. Retire in New York tells how you can take an active part in the artistic, theatrical, intellectual, and political life of the city. Tourists go to shows, operas, and museums. But New Yorkers can get behind the scenes: talk with playwrights, watch dance troupes rehearse, and visit the studios where artists are perfecting their crafts. You Don?t Have to Be Rich to Retire in New York. The authors demonstrate that anyone with a reliable income on par with a retired college professor from Walla Walla, Washington, can afford to rent or buy an apartment in a safe and convenient neighborhood in New York City. Prize-winning investigative reporter Rita Henley Jensen leads you through the mysteries of apartment hunting,...