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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…...
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Hoffman Estates is a new town and northwestern suburb of Chicago, population 54,000. The town was incorporated in 1959 and includes a major subdivision with Centex Corporation. It is the home of the Sears Holding Corporation, the midwest headquarters for AT &T, as well as several of Chicago's professional sports teams. The median household income is about $74,000....
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....
Chestertown is small town of about 5,000 (2020), that is east of Baltimore on the Delmarva Peninsula, and northeast of Annapolis on the Chester River. The population is growing as more people consider it a quiet alternative to places like St. Michaels. In the mid-eighteenth century, Chestertown was considered Maryland's second leading port, after Annapolis. Chestertown is home to Washington…...
Here in the Highlands of Jalisco, at 6,100 fr elevation, the climate is like springtime about 8 or 9 months of the year. It is a slow pace, tranquil city of about 130,000, but only 30 minutes from the huge city of Leon, Guanajuato. There is a Retirement Center (not a nursing home) like a hotel but with many activities…...