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Your First Job in Retirement: It Has Nothing to Do With Money
Most people spend decades planning how to retire financially. Surprisingly few spend even an afternoon planning what they'll actually do once they get there. That's a mistake. Your first job in retirement isn't managing your investments—that's important, but not job #1. What's Your Most Important Job in Retirement? So just what is Job #1? The answer is a lot simpler…...
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Carmel is a small and rapidly growing city of about 101,000 residents in central Indiana. It is an affluent suburb of Indianapolis with a well deserved reputation as a town that celebrates the arts as well as biking and fitness. The Carmel Art & Design District (photos above courtesy of Wikipedia and Tysto) attracts retirees as well as other aged…...
Columbia continues to climb up the list of top places to live according to Money Magazine. Going from #4 of 100 in 2006 to #2 of 100 in 2010, surely there must be something great in this community. With just over 97,000 in population, Columbia, located nearly in the center of Maryland, is set between the nation’s capital and Baltimore.…...
Downers Grove is a Chicago suburb with a population of about 50,000. It has a vital downtown with many shops and restaurants which attract tourists from the Chicago area. It hosts numerous festivals throughout the year. The Orange Lyman Home is purported to have been a stop on the Underground Railway. Picture of Tivoli Theater 2009 courtesy of Wikipedia and…...
Strasburgis a town in southeastern Pennsylvania south of Lebanon. It was originally on the old Conestoga Road. It is often called "Train Town USA" because of the many railroad attractions in and around town, which include the Strasburg Rail Road and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Located in Lancaster County and in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, much of the borough is…...