The first list of Maine towns where retirees thrive left out most of the state. These are eighteen more, and the best one is Brewer: a city's hospital and an airport for about two thirds of the state median. The catch: the towns that cost the most are not the closest to a hospital.

Every town here has a hospital inside the town line or within about twenty minutes. Prices run from about $250,000 in Winthrop to well over half a million in York and Yarmouth. Bridgton's property tax rate is half of what some Maine towns charge.

00:00 The towns the first list missed
01:32 #18 Bar Harbor
02:58 #17 Kennebunk
04:05 #16 Yarmouth
05:04 #15 Freeport
06:20 #14 Boothbay Harbor
07:13 #13 Wells
08:23 #12 York
09:21 #11 Blue Hill
10:22 #10 Wiscasset
11:16 Halfway: where the value starts
11:40 #9 Hallowell
12:55 #8 Topsham
13:55 #7 Bridgton and a tax rate of $8.25
15:01 #6 Norway
16:18 #5 Orono
17:20 #4 Pittsfield
18:30 #3 Winthrop
19:39 #2 Gardiner
20:48 #1 Brewer
21:58 Ranked by the drive to a hospital
23:25 Three things to check before you buy

Sources: Maine Listings, Redfin, Zillow, Movoto, Town of
Bridgton, Town of Dover-Foxcroft.

Which of these eighteen would you actually move to? Just the name.

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