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Your First Job in Retirement: It Has Nothing to Do With Money
Most people spend decades planning how to retire financially. Surprisingly few spend even an afternoon planning what they'll actually do once they get there. That's a mistake. Your first job in retirement isn't managing your investments—that's important, but not job #1. What's Your Most Important Job in Retirement? So just what is Job #1? The answer is a lot simpler…...
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San Buenaventura is a village near the southern (Pacific) coast of the beautiful and unspoiled country of Costa Rica (San Isidro del General region). This area is near the beach, Ballena National Park, and not far from the regional airport. For more about retiring to this beautiful country see our retirement guide to Costa Rica....
Mount Airy, located in northwest North Carolina, has a lot to attract active adults 55+. It has a vital downtown that attracts tourists and retirees. The town has 10,100 people, but almost 40,000 people live in the immediate area. Andy Griffith, who hails from here (Mount Airy was the inspiration for Mayberry), has a theatre named after him, the Andy…...
Campton New Hampshire is home to Blair State Forest and Livermore Falls State Forest. It is a very small town of less than 3,000 people in the foothills of the White Mountains. It is great place to retire if you like skiing and/or an active outdoor lifestyle. Photo of Livermore Falls courtesy of Wikipedia and Ken Gallager (public domain)....
Salt Lake City is a very popular town both for retirement and for young professionals near the Wasatch Mountains of Utah and the Great Salt Lake. The fast growing population was about 200,000 in 2020, with more than 1 million people in the Metro. Salt Lake is home to the main religious institutions of the Mormon faith in addition to…...