Forget everything you think you know about retirement destinations because this mountain town in Western Maryland is quietly becoming the best-kept secret for folks who want to stretch their dollars without sacrificing quality of life.
Frostburg, Maryland, sits at 2,400 feet above sea level in Allegany County, making it one of the highest incorporated towns in the state and giving it a climate that’s refreshingly different from the rest of Maryland.
While everyone else is scrambling to figure out how to afford retirement in places where a cup of coffee costs more than a tank of gas used to, the folks in Frostburg are living proof that you can have your cake and eat it too, assuming that cake doesn’t cost your entire monthly budget.
The cost of living here is genuinely remarkable, and we’re not talking about the kind of “affordable” where you still need to win the lottery to buy a house…