PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.-Tom and Barb Hansen‘s search for a retirement spot sounds like the script for a road movie. California’s Lake Tahoe. Sedona and Scottsdale, Arizona. The Ozark Mountains of Missouri. Myrtle Beach, SC
Over a decade or so, the couple traveled the country to imagine life after Mr. Hansen retired as president of a community bank in the suburbs west of Chicago. In 2018, the Hansen family, aged 61 and 60, chose rural Sevier County, Tenn.