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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…...
Top Retirement Towns
Alexandria has much to like as a retirement community for active adults. It has an historic district, Old Town, which is set against the Potomac River amongst brick buildings from the 1700’s. It has a strong economic base due to the presence of many non-profits which have their headquarters here. Many employees of the federal government tend to live here…...
Steamboat, or Ski Town USA as it called, is a mountain resort town in Colorado. Although skiing on Mt. Werner is the main draw here in the winter and spring, the popularity of river sports on the Yampa River, mountain biking, and hiking keep it bustling year-round. The population was about 13,000 in 2020, although it can easily swell higher…...
Muskoka is a district that spans 2,500 square miles in central Ontario. Its year round population is about 50,000, but another 50-100,000 visit here to enjoy the summers. Being east of Georgian Bay. Muskoka is very scenic area with a number of picturesque villages, farms, and vacation hotels and resorts alongside the many lakes in the area....
Homer, a small fishing and resort town of about 4,000 people in Alaska, is a paradise for outdoor loving active adults 55+. Perhaps the one place in the world where there are so many unruly bald eagles that they could be satirized as pests (on John Stewart's “The Daily Show”). This town at the southwestern end of the road from…...
