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Best Sports for Longevity?
January 15, 2025 -- Want to live longer - we sure do, assuming we have some degree of functioning. This interesting article from the NY Times shows results of multiple studies on longevity and various activities. Those include walking, biking, tennis, and golf. Guess which one seems to give the highest boost to living a long life? It's tennis. One…...
Top Retirement Towns
Winchester is a growing town of just over 28,000 in extreme northern Virginia. Winchester has a long history going back to the French and Indian War, the Revolution, and the Civil War. The nearby mountains and Shenandoah National Park are quite beautiful, yet it is not that far from Washington D.C. As a college town, Winchester is home to the…...
Hanover, New Hampshire, is located in the scenic Upper Connecticut River Valley, with the river forming the border between Vermont and New Hampshire, in what is called the Upper Valley. It was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth in 1761, and in 1765, its first European inhabitants arrived. The Town has a population of 11,870 (per 2020 census), and is the…...
Nags Head is a resort community on the Outer Banks (OBX) of North Carolina. The population is only about 3,000, although it swells to 10s of thousands in summer. It is just across the bay from Manteo. The ocean beaches are exceptional with beautiful dunes and rolling waves. This is the area where the Wright Brothers were the first to…...
Manitou Springs is a small town of 5,800 that is a short distance west of Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak rises above the town. The downtown is a Victorian sampler that has attracted many people, including a previous generation of hippies. The town is popular with tourists and with retirees for its mountains and scenery. Many interesting shops and galleries, along…...