We are retired and live just south of Houston, Texas. We bought a mobile home in a RV park in Harlingen TX (south Texas) in November to use as a get away home. We have been very pleased with both the park and the climate. Property taxes are very reasonable and our electricity is provided by an electric coop which makes it also reasonable. You might want to try several different areas to see if you are compatible with weather, medical facilities, and people and then make a decision to pick the one you like best. Many of the RV parks have excellent activities for park residents. Don't just jump in and buy the first place you see. Often after the peak of "winter texans" the prices of different facilities drop. If you have any friends at a particular area talk to them about the pros and cons of the area.
We have a son in Arizona, but for us the temperature is too extreme.

Good advice about checking out the weather in the most extreme time of the year!
There is a very good senior "mobile" park just outside city limits of Tucson..http://www.rinconcountry.com/west-park/home/.. rent a unit there in SUMMER to see how you take the weather. The activity schedule the rest of the year is just excellent in my opinion..we rent there during winter months and we are also from Illinois. It is a quiet and friendly place with lots of park models to rent or to buy if you decide to do that.

We too live in Citrus County, and there are places here that are nice. Villages can be costly, and not sure about the yard work. A lot of the Sr. mobile home parks have most outside maintenance done and we have a lot of IL people here, including my DH. A lot of the parks have quilting groups-and while summer can be hot (it can up north too, and Ft. Worth is very hot is summer time) and some nights in winter cold, we have great AC and 85% of the time it is lovely here. Green, lakes and rivers and good Dr's, nice people and we are about -1 hour from Cargo at Tampa Airport down the toll road, we ship pups from there sometimes. We do not have much problems with Hurricanes here, do sometimes get lots of rain, sometimes it is dryer. You need to take a trip and see what it here. There are lots of mobile homes in Tampa Bay area and here, and some are good sized and have pools, hot tubs and other nice activities. You need to make a few trips and check out the areas.

We retired to a mobile home community in Dania Beach Florida(5 miles from Fort Lauderdale).there are 800 mobile homes here and you own your own land. We have a golf course,2 lakes for fishing,huge heated pool,spa,exercise room,small bowling alley,coffee shop, beauty shop, and large club room.There are a lot of activities to join.We are about 10 minutes from the airport and the port for cruise ships.We pay only $70.per month for maintenance and the taxes are very reasonable.We love it here and like living in a mobile home.Make sure if you decide to get a mobile home you are able to buy your lot instead of renting,that can get expensive and the parks are sometimes not as nice.

I agree on one thing - DO NOT move very far from your family or close relatives. It's very difficult and long travel time if you are far - worse if you have a physical ailment.
Dodee

I live in Tucson and love it. Some nice quilt shops and home are reasonable. If you want to be closer to Sedona try surprise , az. A lot to do there and close to Phoenix.

I live in Tucson and love it. Some nice quilt shops and home are reasonable. If you want to be closer to Sedona try surprise , az. A lot to do there and close to Phoenix.i am at rincon country west Rv resort and there are a lot of quilters and quilt shops in the area.

We live just south of Phoenix and love the southwest. It is relatively inexpensive, compared to many places. There are many mobile home parks and much to do nearby. It is hot in the summer, but everything is air conditioned and we don't have to shovel the sunshine! People are friendly and there are guilds and sewing groups . Come check out AZ!

oh this michigan lady would love to live someplace warm in the winter, and to be able to get out and walk in the winter would be awsome. half the kids live in n.c now. around raleigh. to me the temperature there is the best year round. a couple really hot months in the summer, but that is what air conditioning is for. and lights on the car to shop early and/or late.

Be sure and check the land rent in some mobile home parks. Most owners of parks make a killing on land rents because they are independent and not under the government's umbrella.