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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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Littleton is a prosperous town and suburb of about 45,000 people south of Denver in Arapahoe County. Photo of the The front of Town Hall Arts Center courtesy of Wikipedia and Timclare, photo of A Section of Main Street in Littleton, Colorado. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0/ Photo of…...
Sun Valley, Idaho has a great pedigree as a community. Railroad magnet Averill Harriman sent Count Schaffgotsch on a yearlong trip to the west in pursuit of the perfect vacation destination to create passenger traffic for his railroad. The Count found Sun Valley and was immediately hooked on the beauty of the Sawtooth Mountains. The Sun Valley area encompasses the…...
Reno, "The Biggest Little City in the World", is the 4th largest city in Nevada with a population of 264,165 (2020 census). It is near the slightly smaller city of Sparks in the northwest corner of Nevada. Reno came to fame in the 20th century when people from the east, particularly New Yorkers, came here to get a quickie divorce.…...
Fairfield Bay is a resort town on Greers Ferry Lake in Arkansas. It is smaller than nearby resort and retirement areas like Bellavista and Hot Springs. It is described as a beautiful and there are things to do. There are two golf courses, a bowling alley, nice tennis courts, and and riding stables. The biggest attraction is the marina with…...
