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Pick the Hybrid: A 55+ Neighborhood Within a Larger All Ages Community
November 19, 2025 -- The most interesting retirement concept of the last 65 years has been, hands down, the success of active adult communities. Sometimes called permanent summer camps for adults, offshoots of the concept pioneered by Sun City in 1960 offer every kind of amenity from golf to swimming pools to pickleball. Plus clubs and non-stop activities of every…...
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Anchorage is by far the largest city in Alaska with a population over 250,000. Unlike almost any other city or town in Alaska, roads radiate out from Anchorage to nearby communities including the beatiful Kenai Peninsula. Anchorage is close to astounding scenery and outdoor recreation, yet is also a college town (University of Alaska-Anchorage, and Alaska Pacific University). The downtown…...
Thomasville, Georgia, the City of Roses, can be an interesting retirement community in cotton plantation country. The surrounding countryside can be quite beautiful, although one cannot say that about all areas of town. It does offer a reasonable cost of living. The active brick-paved downtown has been restored with live oaks draped in Spanish moss, magnolias, antebellum homes, and fragrant…...
Martinsville is a city located in southern Virginia, just a few miles from the North Carolina border, and has a diverse population of about 13,000. The small town was named after American Revolutionary War General Joseph Martin, and is the county seat of Henry County, named after patriot Patrick Henry who lived here for a short time. In the early…...
Situated in the middle of North Carolina is the rapidly growing town of Garner, about 8 miles from Raleigh. Garner is both a suburb and a small town with a population of over 27,000. Thanks to its close proximity to Raleigh, Garner is a place that has a small town feel with uptown access to everything Raleigh, the Research Triangle…...