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Affordability Be Darned: How to Live in Style on a Budget
November 11, 2025 -- The hottest political button right now seems to be affordability. Everything costs so much since Covid, and no COLA from Social Security is going to make up for it. A long time ago we wrote an article, "How to Be a Cheapskate and Retire in Style". It generated an amazing number of great tips and suggestions…...
Top Retirement Towns
Active adults over 50 looking for a new community where the outdoors is important should consider Bend, Oregon. Located on the Deschutes River on the eastern edge of the Cascades, the area offers great scenic beauty, skiing, mountains, golf, fishing, and more. Word about how nice this city is has gotten out: the population was 99,178 in the 2020 census,…...
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, long a favorite beach and golf resort, is now a popular retirement community with over 300,000 people in the Metro, including many active adults 55+. The "Grand Strand" has a community for every type of person. Myrtle Beach has become extremely attractive as a retirement community because of its low-costs, 120 golf courses, varied housing arrangements,…...
Wallingford is an old New England town that dates back to 1694. It was formerly a center for silver manufacturing, along with nearby Meriden. Wallingford has an active and charming downtown center, as well as a very successful commercial strip along Route 5. The town has long been home to one of the country's most prestigious prep schools - Choate-Rosemary…...
Weston, located about 10 miles west of Boston, is the wealthiest suburb in the Boston area and the most affluent community in Massachusetts. The population is 12,000. Photo of Town Hall courtesy of Wikipedia and Daderot (public domain), photo of College Hall located at Regis College courtesy of Wikipedia and Olberton, Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0/...