Beacon Falls is a small town of about 5,000 in east-central Connecticut. It offers a rural setting in Connecticut's hills, yet is only about a half hour drive from either New Haven or Hartford.  Retirees can take a convenient train to New York from New Haven's Union Station. Photo of Tracy S. Lewis House courtesy of Wikipedia (public domain); photo…...

Seal Beach is  a small city of 24,000 in Orange County, California.  It is south of Los Angeles and Long Beach on the Pacific. There is good surfing, a  very long pier, and a marina. The Leisure World retirement community, with its 9,000 residents, is a large part of the city. It is claimed that Seal Beach was the first…...

College Station/Bryan is a city of almost 100,000 people in east-central Texas. It is the proud home of Texas A & M University, around which most of the community's culture and activity revolves; the area is fondly referred to as "Aggieland," after A & M's famous sports teams. College Station is ideal particularly for football lovers looking for a classic Texas…...

Many retirees from Belfast and other parts of the UK come here for the simple life, beaches, and golf courses. Some of them came here on holiday during their working days, then deciding to retire here....