Bakersfield, an inland city between Los Angeles and Fresno, is one of the largest cities in California. Located in the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County,is also very fast growing with a population over 300,000.  Its economic routes are in agriculture, petroleum, and (long ago) gold mining. Bakersfield College and California State University-Bakersfield are 2 large colleges in the area....

Johnson City is a fast-growing town and area in extreme northeastern Tennessee.  The area is becoming popular for retirement because of its low cost of living and its friendly, welcoming people.  Johnson City is near Kingsport and Jonesborough, and only about 60 miles north of Asheville.  There is plenty of great recreation in the area and nearby mountains....

Known as “The Peanut Capital of the World” and situated in the southeastern corner of Alabama, Dothan, is just west of the Georgia state line and only 16 miles north of Florida. The town, with a population of about 65,000 (2010 census), started out as a producer of turpentine and wood from the surrounding pine forests, and then produced cotton…...

Located at an elevation of 5400 feet in the mountains of north central Arizona, the City of Prescott (population just under 47,000 in 2023 was the original capital of the Arizona Territory. This old mining town and now popular retirement community borders the Prescott National Forest to the south and west. Prescott and the nearby towns of Chino Valley and…...