Westfield is a small city of 41,000 in western Massachusetts near Springfield and north of Hartford, CT.  This is a pretty agricultural area on the edge of the Connecticut River Valley that is quite hilly, thanks to the Metacomet Ridge. There are some nice parks in town, as well as Westfield State University. The parks are: Amelia Park Ice Rink…...

Portree is the major town on the sparsely populated Isle of Skye, an island off northwest Scotland. As the regional center and a very popular tourist stop this village of 3,000 would make a great place for an outdoor loving retiree to settle down.  There is a very pretty downtown, a fishing port harbor worthy of a postcard, and beautiful…...

Batavia, Illinois, is a vibrant small town in Kane County with a population of about 26,000, and is located just 45 miles west of Chicago. Known as the “Windmill City” it was once home to several farm windmill manufacturing companies during the late 1800's, and today is proud of its windmill heritage with a collections of windmills displayed within the…...

Winston-Salem, North Carolina is an intriguing name for a city. It was named to a list of the “Top 10 Value Towns for Retirees in 2007”. Two of the world’s top-selling cigarettes are eponymous with this popular retirement community. RJ Reynolds started his tobacco business here in 1874. Salem was founded first - it was settled to be a Moravian…...