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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…...
Top Retirement Towns
Friendswood is a very affluent and rapidly growing city of 36,000 within the Houston Metro. It was named a "Best Places to Live" by CNN/Money in 2007. The city was founded by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1895. It has a public library. The median household income was $95,000....
Red Feather Lakes is a very small town in north central Colorado, about 50 miles northwest of Fort Collins. There are 14 lakes and 6 of them are open to the public for fishing and boating. The community of just under 600 people is surrounded by the Roosevelt National Forest and near the Poudre Valley. Some of its amazing outdoor…...
Newport News is a busy port, shipbuilding center, and military center in Virginia's Hampton Roads. The population is about 180,000. Photo of Oyster Point City Center, a redevelopment project, courtesy of Wikipedia and Durrock. The North End is an historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The city has its rough edges as well as its charms.…...
Campton New Hampshire is home to Blair State Forest and Livermore Falls State Forest. It is a very small town of less than 3,000 people in the foothills of the White Mountains. It is great place to retire if you like skiing and/or an active outdoor lifestyle. Photo of Livermore Falls courtesy of Wikipedia and Ken Gallager (public domain)....
