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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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Grove City is a college town in northwestern Pennsylvania. Grove City College is a Christian private liberal arts school. Although this is a very rural area, it is located near the intersection of I 80 and I 79, so easy transportation is available to Erie (north) or Pittsburgh (50 miles south). Grove City is nearing the completion of a revitalization…...
Traverse City, Michigan, the "Cherry Capital of the World,” enjoys a reputation as one of the top arts towns in the country. It has become popular retirement community for active adults in northern Michigan because in addition to arts and music, it has terrific golf, skiing, and other outdoor activities on Lake Michigan. Traverse City is also all about water…...
Baby boomers will find a retirement lifestyle in La Jolla, California (population 46,000), that is tops for scenery, climate, and proximity to the rest of the world. La Jolla features magnificent estate homes set atop hills and small mountains, nestled by the ocean in an upscale community. The Village (of La Jolla) is its charming downtown area. La Jolla is…...
Boca Raton is an affluent retirement community of 97,000 (2020). Having a home in “Boca” ironically provides a certain cachet. The irony comes from the derivation of the city’s name in Spanish– “rat’s mouth”. The city has benefited from a carefully thought out Master Plan and strict zoning and signage laws that have helped make it a desirable place to…...
