, which features amenity-rich locations, regardless of cost.
Of course San Antonio has always attracted its share of military retirees– it’s now the site of the nation’s largest “joint base” with both Air Force and Army facilities, employing 80,000. Cheryl Johnson decided to retire near Boerne — “close enough to the city, but you still get the feel of Hill Country.” She’s sticking around San Antonio because it’s so comfortable for military vets like her.
She boasts that fans now have seven places to play around town, including Chicken-N-Pickle on the northwest side. On the west side, there are six courts at the Del Webb 55-and-over retirement community by Pulte Homes. Naturally, some Fairchild Park neighbors worried about hearing the endless “thwock, thwock” of ball hitting paddle, so they arranged it so two sides of the courts abut a cemetery. “They don’t mind the noise,” laughs Waddell.