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Vol I   Issue 11            June 10, 2006

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Rugged Coeur d'Alene Idaho is For Those Seeking an Active, Outdoor Retirement

Cost of Living:  Above the National Average

Health care is quiet good.  The primary care facility in Coeur d'Alene is Kootenai Medical Center (187 beds and emergency care), but there are two other medical facilities as well, The North Idaho Immediate Care Center and the North Idaho Cancer Center, and Spokane is home to several major hospitals. 

 

 

Lake Coeur d'Alene is the center of activity here.  With 135 miles of shoreline, it brings out boaters, parasailers, water skiers, fishermen and anyone else who enjoys the water.  The massive Coeur d'Alene Resort and its championship golf course (with a floating 14th hole) spread along the Lake's horizon and make for an impressive backdrop.  During winter months, residents ice fish on the frozen Lake and snowmobile, cross country ski and snowshoe across hundreds of miles of nearby mountain trails.

 

Winter definitely comes to northern Idaho and can bring 80 inches of snow in a season.  January temperatures average in the low 20s, and the humidity averages 45%.  Summers are glorious with average temperatures rarely rising above 85 degrees.    The elevation is 2,187 feet.

Crime rates in Coeur d'Alene rank below the national average (83 on a scale where 100 is the U.S. average).

There are a couple of drawbacks to Coeur d'Alene that should be pointed out.  One is that the town is experiencing a boom, and as a result, traffic and congestion have increased.  To those from larger cities, though, the town still seems quaint.  The second is that the area is not ethnically diverse (much of the American northwest is not).

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