Pompano Beach, Florida, is a large community with over 100,000 residents, many of them retirees. It is named after the tasty fish local to these waters. CNN, Money Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal have touted this city, located just to the north of Fort Lauderdale, as one of the nation’s hottest vacation home markets. As a retirement community Pompano…...

Bagaces is a district in Bagaces Canton, in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica. This district in northwestern Costa Rica's Pacific coastal region occupies a lot  of land but has fewer than 20,000 inhabitants. Principal industries include dairy farming, other forms of acriculture, and eco tourism. Costa Rica is perhaps the most stable and peaceful country in Central America, so…...

Bluffton is a small town with a population of about 13,000 (but 37,000 in the area), on the coast of South Carolina just off of Hilton Head Island and near the Georgia border.  Home to many retirement communities (see link at top right), the town is located on a bluff overlooking the May River in an area long known for…...

Edmonton is the provincial capital of Alberta and the second largest city in the province with a population over 700,000.  It is an important regional center from a cultural and an economic aspect. The oil and energy boom helped spur the development of Edmonton. Called the Festival City, it is home to one of the world's largest malls and Canada's…...