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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…...
Top Retirement Towns
The Woodlands in Texas, about 30 miles north of Houston often makes the lists of "best" retirement communities, although many younger families live here as well. The reasons are obvious - the cluster of 8 master planned villages and a Town Center is attractive, pleasant, and has something to offer everyone. These master planned communities offer every type of housing…...
Charlevoix, Michigan, referred to here as “Charlevoix the Beautiful”, is an old seasonal town in northwest Michigan. A popular '''retirement community''' for active adults, Charlevoix is located on an isthmus between Lake Michigan and Round Lake, adjacent to the shores of Lake Charlevoix. Photo of canal courtesy of Wikipedia, photo of Chicago Club courtesy of Wikipedia and Bobak Because of…...
Middlletown is an old town of just over 28,000 (2010 census), in eastern New York, about 50 miles northwest of New York City. The town is near the Hudson RIver and Poughkeepsie. Photo of The Erie Railroad's Middletown Station in 1971, now Thrall Library, courtesy of Wikipedia and Jack Boucher (public domain); Photo of a 1909 postcard depicting Webb Horton…...
Boston is a market town in Lincolnshire. There is a retirement community in the area (see link at right)....