Arnaudville, settled by the French in the 1700s, is located in South Central Louisiana. This small town of just 1,400 people offers the Southern quaintness of a tiny community with the convenience of being 35 miles away from Lafayette and its 540,000 residents. Retirees here find a quiet, easygoing and neighborly lifestyle. This Spanish moss-strewed town has also recently attracted…...

Bellevue is a growing and prosperous city of 151,854, people (2020 census) across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the second largest city center in Washington, often characterized as an "edge-city" to Seattle.  The city's long-term development plans include the Bel-Red Corridor Project, a large-scale planning effort to encourage the redevelopment Bellevue's northern portion.  Bellevue has many different neighborhoods and…...

Los Lunas is a small town and suburb about 20 miles south of Albuquerque, NM.  Photo of Public Library courtesy of Wikipedia and AllenS in the public domain....

Grand Junction, Colorado comes up near the top of many people's "best places to retire". For one thing, this fast-growing town perched on the border with Utah has a relatively low cost of living. It is also a college town (Colorado Mesa University has over 10,000 students on campus here). Natural beauty and recreation is abundant with the Rocky Mountains…...