Since its initial development, the city's amenities have expanded to include four swimming pools, a soccer complex, an ALTA-approved tennis center (24 courts), baseball, softball, soccer, and football fields, a 2,000-seat outdoor amphitheater, a senior center, a teen center, numerous parks and playgrounds and the Kedron Fieldhouse and Aquatic Center.  The 500-acre Flat Creek Nature Area is a peaceful spot where visitors may view herons, beaver and other native wildlife.   Peachtree City is also a golfers' Paradise with 4 top-notch courses, one in each village; the membership entry fee (one time initiation) is $750, and greens fees are $7 o $9.   There is an active Parks and Recreation department offering a wide program of activities for families and retirees, and recreation facilities are well-maintained as is the entire city.

Peachtree City also boasts a number of theater and dance companies, including the Twilight Theatre, Offshoot Productions and Dance Contempra and Evolving Point Ensemble, which offer performances throughout the year.   Nationally known entertainers and bands come to play at the amphitheater, and the Peachtree City Library hosts monthly book clubs, a thriving poetry group and an international film club.  Restaurants are in good supply as is shopping;  many of the stores are specialty and high-end retailers, but discounter Wal-Mart is here.  For nightlife, museums, symphonies and serious shopping, Atlanta is close at hand.

When it comes to health care, more than 100 general practitioners and specialists have offices in Peachtree City. There are 3 outpatient facilities, 3 regional hospitals nearby, and the 110-bed Piedmont Fayette Hospital is just 3 miles from Peachtree City; retirees will be glad to know that is has been named one of the nation's Top 20 medium sized community hospitals. Peachtree City also has access to Lifeflight emergency airlift service and operates an emergency ambulance service.

Operated through the Parks and Recreation Department is the 4,500 square foot Gathering Place (770-631-2553), a senior citizens' facility.  It is also home to the Senior Adult Council which was created by the City Council to be the advocate of Peachtree City citizens age 55 and over.  Fayette Senior Services, located in nearby Fayetteville, is a county-wide organization that offers transportation, in-home care, meals on wheels, a wellness program, referrals and more to seniors.  They can be reached at 770-461-0813.

The city is very safe with a crime rate nearly 75% below the national average, something everyone, but especially retirees, can appreciate.  There are dozens of churches, and synagogues can be found in Atlanta.   Peachtree City has no public transportation; instead it has the 9,000 registered golf carts (which can cause traffic jams and are also driven by kids so watch out).

The climate here is hot, humid and hazy in the summer (the average daytime temperature is 87 degrees), and mild in the winter (the average daytime temperature is 42 degrees).   Humidity in the mornings can reach 90% but usually levels off to 50% to 60% by afternoon.  The city receives 4 to 5 inches of rain each month and has a 74% greater chance of being struck by a tornado than the rest of the country (not that this has ever happened).

Peachtree City is an orderly, well-planned and well-kept city, but not in an eerie Orwellian kind-of-way.  It has a laid-back, leafy, suburban feeling, tucked away from it all while not being too far from everything that an exciting, major U.S. city (Atlanta) has to offer.   Accolades are many; drawbacks seem few.  

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