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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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The popular tourist town of Hershey (Chocolate Town USA), is also a great place to retire. Hershey is located east of Harrisburg, in the center of the state. For a town with a diverse population of 14,000 people (2020) there is a lot to do here. It has a big amusement park, Hershey Gardens, and proximity to Harrisburg (the state…...
Glendale is a former farming town on the outskirts of Phoenix that in the years since WWII was overwhelmed by and became part of the huge Phoenix Megapolis. The population has exploded to over 250,000. During the last world war it hosted a training base for the U.S. Army AIr Corps, home to the Thunderbirds. That base became the former…...
Redding is an extremely affluent suburban community of about 9,000 people in eastern Connecticut. The median Household income is over $154,000 and unemployment is about 6%. The town is situated in a beautiful part of the state Mark Twain lived here late in life and gave many of his books to the town - today it is home to the…...
Pikeville is a town of 6,400 people in extreme eastern Kentucky near the Virginia and West Virgina borders. Many people like living here because the pace of life is slow and the people friendly. The Town's nickname is "The City That Moves Mountains". Pikeville College, a small Presybterian college, is located in Pikeville. Photo of downtown Pikeville courtesy of Wikipedia…...