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Mesa ( MAY-sə) is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is a suburb located about 20 miles (32 km) east of Phoenix. Mesa is the central city of the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by Tempe on the west, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community on the north, Chandler and Gilbert on the south along with Queen Creek, and Apache Junction on the east.
Mesa is the third-largest city in Arizona, after Phoenix and Tucson, and the 38th-largest city in the US. The city is home to 439,041 people as of 2010 according to the Census Bureau. Mesa is home to numerous higher education facilities including the Polytechnic campus of Arizona State University.

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Walkable. Close to hospitals/Doctors,library, rec center, churches, restaurants, shopping, on bus route, close to 2 freeways. Quiet. Friendly people.

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It is convenient to most everything.

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It's densely populated and access to stores is good. It's not a retirement community

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I've always had to passion to care for the elderly. I took care of my grandmother for 13 yrs.

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It's a great place to live. But definitely not designed for older adults. You have to drive your own car and it's not cheap. There's work if you desire customer service jobs.

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