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Note: This is part of a series on college town retirements. See Further Reading below for links to the other installments. Now updated, it originally appeared in 2014.April 2025 — Ask someone to name the most exciting years of their lives, and many will tell it was when they were in college. The breathtaking new freedom, intellectual challenges, and stimulating new…...
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Elkton is located on the colonial highway of America in Maryland, and sits at the north headwater of Chesapeake Bay. The historic town played a part in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and has been the county seat since 1787, with many of colonial structures still remaining throughout the town. Cecil College is located here, making…...
Conroe is a city of 90,000 people north of Houston and along the Interstate. It is adjacent to Sam Houston National Forest and Lake Conroe. The city has a number of excellent recreation facilities including an Aquatic Center, parks, and Community Center. Photo of Downtown Conroe courtesy of Wikipedia and Renelibrary, photo of The Montgomery County Courthouse courtesy of Wikipedia…...
Michigan City, know by locals as Michiana is located in LaPorte County, Indiana, and is about 50 miles east of Chicago. The town is a popular summer tourist destination because of its closeness to Indiana Dunes National Park and is Indiana...
The retirement community of Daytona Beach is also a tourist destination and community of 64,000 located in the northern portion of Florida’s east coast. It attracts more than 8,000,000 visitors a year. Blessed with many nicknames, it is known as “The Birthplace of Speed”, thanks to its hard beaches where early automobile speed demons raced and broke records. The speed…...