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La Paz is a large city on the southeast coast of Mexico's Baja peninsula. The population was about 244,000 in 2015, and many more live in the surrounding Metro. Summers are very hot and dry and winters are mild. The very Americanized resort of Cabo San Lucas is a short drive away on the Baja's southern tip. La Paz is…...
Mount Airy, located in northwest North Carolina, has a lot to attract active adults 55+. It has a vital downtown that attracts tourists and retirees. The town has 10,100 people, but almost 40,000 people live in the immediate area. Andy Griffith, who hails from here (Mount Airy was the inspiration for Mayberry), has a theatre named after him, the Andy…...
Boca Raton is an affluent retirement community of 97,000 (2020). Having a home in “Boca” ironically provides a certain cachet. The irony comes from the derivation of the city’s name in Spanish– “rat’s mouth”. The city has benefited from a carefully thought out Master Plan and strict zoning and signage laws that have helped make it a desirable place to…...
Walnut Creek is a wealthy town of about 70,000 in the hills east of San Francisco and Oakland. For many it is used as a suburb of those cities, although there are some high tech and shopping employers in the area. This area of northern California is very beautiful and so is the town. Walnut Creek has many parks, great…...
