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Your First Job in Retirement: It Has Nothing to Do With Money
Most people spend decades planning how to retire financially. Surprisingly few spend even an afternoon planning what they'll actually do once they get there. That's a mistake. Your first job in retirement isn't managing your investments—that's important, but not job #1. What's Your Most Important Job in Retirement? So just what is Job #1? The answer is a lot simpler…...
Top Retirement Towns
This very affluent town of over 60,000 people is located a few miles west of Baltimore and just north of Columbia, Maryland. Historic Ellicott City is a lovely downtown area with antique shops, restaurants, boutique shops, coffee shops, a tea room and many historic sites. The town has many parks and an affluent population, many of whom commute to Baltimore…...
Home to the elite prep school, Phillips Exeter Academy, the town of Exeter in eastern New Hampshire is a small town New England classic. The presence of the prep school and its interesting faculty makes it a good choice for retirees looking for a strong cultural environment. The town is very old, going back to 1638. Local families such as…...
Weslaco is a rapidly growing town in extreme southern Texas west of Brownsville in the Rio Grande Valley. The 2014 population was about 38,000, about 80% of which is Hispanic. The area is popular with retirees because of the warm winters and proximity to the Gulf of Mexico. Weslaco is a college town with several schools of higher learning including…...
Occoquan is a small village adjacent to Woodbridge in suburban Virginia. The affluent population of this artist community is about 900 people. The town has charming streets laid out in a grid on the Occoquan River (see photo above of marina). People like it for its walkable streets, charming shops, and restaurants. It is convenient to I-95 and the Potomac…...
