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My 2 Worst Retirement Mistakes

December 8, 2025 -- In my 19 years of writing these Topretirements Blogs there have been so many great questions and comments from our Members. So I have had plenty of time to think about the best ways to plan for retirement, and the worst ways. Tackling the negative side, here are my two worst retirement mistakes. In the grand…...

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Green Valley is one of the larger active adult communities in the world. It is actually a collection of developments and communities located in extreme southern Arizona. The population was 22,616 (2020 census),  and growing. Surrounded by copper mines, and near the hiking and birding areas of the Santa Rita Mountains, Green Valley is an unincorporated retirement community composed of…...
 
Middlletown is an old town of just over 28,000 (2010 census), in eastern New York, about 50 miles northwest of New York City.  The town is near the Hudson RIver and Poughkeepsie.  Photo of The Erie Railroad's Middletown Station in 1971, now Thrall Library, courtesy of Wikipedia and Jack Boucher (public domain); Photo of a 1909 postcard depicting Webb Horton…...
 
 
Orange City is a small town of about 13,000 (2020) in central Florida.  Many of its citizens are retired since the median age is about 46, with about 28% of the population over 65. Photo of Orange City Town Hall courtesy of Wikipedia and Ebyabe, Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5...
 
Berea, Kentucky makes an unusual and historic retirement community for active adults. It is not only one of the fastest growing towns in America (estimated 73% growth from 2000 to 2010), but it is also one of the most unusual small towns in the south. The town was founded by abolitionist missionaries in 1853. They established Berea College, a coeducational…...
 
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