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Retirement Communities in Jackson Hole, Wyoming: For the Young at Heart

Jackson Hole has the reputation as being a young person's paradise of long white slopes and fun endless parties, but the older, sophisticated set is far from excluded from the ski resort area in Wyoming. Quite on the contrary, Jackson Hole is prime paradise if you're thinking retirement. The real estate market is as hot as any on the coasts.

But instead of a small condo in a big-city high rise, real estate in Jackson Hole includes ranches with your own private forest, cottages that offer ski in, ski off access to the mountain, or family homes with their own slice of a pristine fly-fishing river.

That's one of the main allures for Jackson Hole for retirees. It's a great place to be part of a hot cultural and social scene. Yet you can buy into an area where your peace of mind and privacy are preserved. They don't call it Big Sky country for nothing. The Teton Mountain range looms on the horizon, offering the world's top skiing, fishing, hiking, and biking. And in the valley, the "Hole", enjoy championship golf, art galleries, New York-grade restaurants, and the company of other retirees in your resort community or neighborhood.

You can't afford such luxury, you say. Nonsense! Haven't you heard how reasonable Jackson Hole can be for retirees because of the state and local tax codes? Wyoming has no state personal income tax, and retirement income is not taxed at all - even income from other states. Property taxes cannot increase by more than 1.2% of assessed value year to year. And importantly for retirees and their families, Wyoming has no inheritance or estate tax.

Now thinking that Jackson Hole may be your retirement community of choice? Your next move, then, is to investigate all of the real estate and resort community options that are available. Just with resort communities, there are a tremendous amount of options.

Take the 3 Creek Ranch. This resort community offers three main real estate packages to choose from. Its cabin home sites average more than one-half an acre and feature six different floor plans, natural timbers, and their own spacious porches. Its estate sites go from two to five sites and offer another level of privacy. The top of the lots come with 35 acres and their own cottonwood forests. These estates are perfect for setting up your own ranch, Big Sky style.

Snake River Sporting Club offers a retirement community in Jackson Hole of a different stripe. As you can guess from the name, this resort community is for you. Winter, spring, summer, or fall, Snake River has outdoor activities to participate in. The Tom Weiskoph 18-hole championship golf course could keep the retired businessman or doctor busy trying to lower their handicap. The community on-staff director could help you find the best kept secret holes for fly-fishing. Or for some more wet and wild fun, hit the Snake River in a raft or inner tube, or soak in the natural hot springs.

Snake River, as with many of the retirement community and resort real estate neighborhoods in Jackson Hole, are so packed with manmade and natural features, that you may never have to leave the premises.

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