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Pick the Hybrid: A 55+ Neighborhood Within a Larger All Ages Community
November 19, 2025 -- The most interesting retirement concept of the last 65 years has been, hands down, the success of active adult communities. Sometimes called permanent summer camps for adults, offshoots of the concept pioneered by Sun City in 1960 offer every kind of amenity from golf to swimming pools to pickleball. Plus clubs and non-stop activities of every…...
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North Augusta is a suburb of Augusta, Georgia, with a population of about 20,000. It came to some prominence as a resort and residential town, although it was also a cotton trading center. The famous Hampton Terrace Hotel that overlooks the city across the Savannah River was built in 1902. Picture of Downtown North Augusta courtesy of Wikipedia and Don…...
Livingston is a small town of about 6,000 people in east Texas. It is 37 miles east of Huntsville and 70 north of Houston. It is located very near Lake Livingston and Sam Houston National Forest. Onalaska and Coldspring are two nearby towns that get positive reviews....
Melbourne is a vigorous retirement community of 84,678 (2020 census ), located mid-way down the east coast of Florida. Its redevelopment efforts have resulted in a revitalized and growing community. After the Civil War, Melbourne was founded by former slaves. The first school in Melbourne was built in 1883 and is now part of the Florida Tech campus. Many high-tech…...
Cambridge, Maryland, is a historic waterfront community and is the county seat of Dorchester County. It is one of the oldest colonial cities in Maryland and named after the English colonist who settled it in 1684. The city, located on the Chesapeake peninsula on Maryland's Eastern Shore, had a population of just over 12,000 at the 2010. Photo of Poplar…...