Columbia, Missouri is the home of the University of Missouri and rapidly becoming a popular retirement community. The population has grown to just over 126,000 people (2020). Columbia is nicknamed “College Town” or “The Athens of Missouri” because it has so many colleges in one town. Columbia was listed as one of the “Top 10 Value Towns” of 2007 for…...

Freehold is a township of about 31,000 people in New Jersey.  Freehold Borough is the town in the center of the Township, childhood home to Bruce Springsteen. The Battle of Monmouth was fought in what has been preserved as Monmouth Battlefield State Park, which is in Freehold Township. Photo of Monmouth Battlefield State Park preserves a rural, eighteenth century landscape…...

Peoria is a suburban town northeast of Phoenix and Glendale in Arizona. The population grew over 30% in just a few years, currently about 159,000 call Peoria home.  It is one of the furthest out communities from Phoenix and is home to many active adult communities because of the availability of land. The Salt River flows through here. The mountains…...

Polson is a resort town on Flathead Lake in northwestern Montana, north of Missoula. Flathead Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the western U.S. The population was 4,497 in 2011. It is on the Flathead Indian Reservation. This charming lakeshore community is the center of one of most fertile farming areas in Montana. This prime cherry growing region is…...