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My 2 Worst Retirement Mistakes
December 8, 2025 -- In my 19 years of writing these Topretirements Blogs there have been so many great questions and comments from our Members. So I have had plenty of time to think about the best ways to plan for retirement, and the worst ways. Tackling the negative side, here are my two worst retirement mistakes. In the grand…...
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Terryville is a small town of about 5,000 people that is north of Waterbury in central Connecticut. This is a rural area with some beautiful scenery. Photo of Main St. in Terryville courtesy of Wikipedia and Ken Gallager; photo of First Congregational Church in Plymouth courtesy of Wikipedia and Jerry Dougherty, photos Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0/...
Cookeville, population 29,000, is in Putnam County and the home of Tennessee Technological University (12,000 students). Known as the "Hub of the Upper Cumberlands," approximately 25,000 people travel to work, shop, or attend school in Cookeville each day. The city is located in north central Tennessee. Photos courtesy of Wikipedia and in the public domain....
Port St. Lucie, located on the East Coast of Florida, is one of the fastest growing communities in the U.S. according to the 2005 Census Bureau. In 1961 it had 250 homes, in 1980 there were 15,000, and in 2020 the population was 204,851. Port St. Lucie Beach is located in St. Lucie County. Port Saint Lucie started as a…...
Lufkin, Texas has been selected as one of the first to receive “Texas Certified Retirement Community Certification”. Town officials, which pursued this certification as an innovative form of economic development, viewed the honor "as a verification of Lufkin's quality of life". Nacogdoches County - located 18 miles north of Lufkin - was also honored as one of the first three…...