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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
Portland, Maine (population 68,000) has had a dramatic resurgence over the last 20 years. Always an important port and manufacturing center, Maine’s largest city is an ideal retirement community – in fact it is often mentioned as one of America’s most livable small cities. It combines New England history (founded in 1632), a vital downtown centered on the Old Port…...
Washington, D.C., the Nation's Capital, is a tremendous place for people who want to retire in an urban lifestyle. It is expensive, but there are many beautiful neighborhoods and always something to see or do. Particularly for people who have spent their careers here, the idea of retiring to Washington is very appealing....
Plano, Texas, is a city of about 285,000 residents (2020 census) has a diverse population, and is located approximately twenty miles north of downtown Dallas, part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. The city is a hub for many corporate headquarters and most visitors to Plano are there for business. For its size, Plano has been recognized as one of…...
Fort Wayne, located at the convergence of three rivers, is the seat of Allen County and the cultural and economic center of northeastern Indiana. It is named after General...