Category: General Retirement Issues
September 12, 2014 -- Our recent article about downsizing and hitting the road sparked a side discussion on pets and pet friendly communities. Since several members have asked us to provide more on that topic, we have created this post for everyone to wag their tails on the subject. Please remember to be civil - people have strong opinions on the subject, so let's keep it friendly! Also, if you are looking for a pet-friendly active adult or 55+ community, you can select that as an Amenity in our Advanced Search feature.
We have re-posted the comments from the "Downsizing" article here
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Published on September 12, 2014
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Category: General Retirement Issues
March 3 -- This winter has been so beastly in the midwest and northeast that it has tipped many folks into seriously considering becoming snowbirds. A study from Trulia confirmed that, finding that for every temperature drop of 10 degrees there is a 4.4% increase in searches for homes in warm winter climes. This article will continue our series on the snowbird life in retirement, with the emphasis on more considerations you should keep in mind if you are thinking about heading south for the winter (see end
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Published on March 3, 2014
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Category: General Retirement Issues
December 24, 2013 -- It's always fun to see which of our Blog articles find the most resonance with our dear Members and Visitors. Sometimes it is the unexpected ones that generate the most comments and/or readership, while usually any article that includes "Best Place to Retire" in the title usually does pretty well. Here is our annual review of the best of what we've come up with for 2013.
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We like to think we've done our job when an article sparks a lot of comments. Your comments are so valuable because they are so real, so different, each with their own kind of truth.
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Published on December 23, 2013
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Category: General Retirement Issues
(Note: This article originally appeared in July of 2011, but was inadvertently deleted. We are now adding it back to the Blog)
This is Part 2 in our series exploring different retirement lifestyles. Part 1 profiled “The Snowbirding Innkeepers“, don’t miss it! If you know a boomer retirement we should learn about use the Contact Us link to tell us about it.
Retired in Connecticut
Jane and Jack are a most interesting couple, retired or not. Although they were both born a few years too early to be official baby boomers, this vibrant pair is young enough at heart to wear out anyone
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Published on July 8, 2013
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Category: General Retirement Issues
June 26, 2013 — We have had an annoying technical glitch for several weeks that caused some people to either get an error message or go to the wrong page when they clicked on our Blog. So rather than cause a lot of frustration, we decided to hold off sending…
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Published on June 26, 2013
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Category: General Retirement Issues
June 4, 2013 -- Thanks to the 41 (and counting) creative members who took the time to provide suggestions for future Topretirements surveys, polls, and articles. Besides giving us solid direction on the areas we should concentrate on to serve you better, you have thought of ideas that we never would have! Note: As the weeks pass since we wrote this summary, we have developed articles on many of these topics. Where we have done that, we have included a link to the article.
Our plan is to write about the the top ideas in the coming weeks, starting with the one we just finished, "12 Steps to Successful Downsizing". Many of these ideas don't lend themselves to online surveys - but they are perfect as vehicles to generate member comments. And since your comments are so interesting, please comment away. If anyone cares to submit quotes about your experiences on any of these topics for inclusion in future articles, feel free to email us! Lastly, on those topics mentioned that
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Published on June 4, 2013
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Category: General Retirement Issues
May 29, 2013 — Jeanne, one of our members, suggested that we do more reader input stories like we had last week on the best places to retire. We have a few ideas for topics to poll on, but would really like to hear yours! Please give us your suggestions…
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Published on May 28, 2013
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Category: General Retirement Issues
May 26, 2013 -- We are very big fans of the periodic New York Times supplement on Retirement. Every time it comes out we find at least 5 really interesting and thought-provoking features about different kinds of retirements.
Here's what's in the May 15 Retirement issue:
How They Do It Elsewhere - A look at how and why many other countries do a far better job in their retirement programs. In fact man folks agreed the U.S. gets a C grade, compared to Australia, England, and even Chile.
Making a Move Abroad - And Working There Too - A profile of Patrice Wynne, former bookstore owner who started a Mexican themed fabric and more shop in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
How to Travel the World on a Very Slim Travel Budget - Meri Murphy is usually twice the age of her fellow hostel travelers. Here goal is to travel the world while she's able. And she's doing it on
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Published on May 26, 2013
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Category: General Retirement Issues
Updated August, 2023 (Originally published March, 2013) -- As you might expect, we get a lot of retirement questions from our Members and site visitors. The same applies when new friends of your editor find out about Topretirements. This article recaps the most frequent questions we receive, along with our usual answers. We hope you find it helpful.
Frequent Questions1. What is the Best Place to Retire. This is by far the most prevalent question, so much so that it completely overwhelms any others we get. Since we get the question so often we have developed a stock response, one that we hope is helpful. So when people ask, "where is the best place to retire", here is how we typically respond: "Retirement is a very personal matter. The best place for us might very well be a terrible retirement destination for you. To make the best decision for you, you need to first answer a number of questions."
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Published on March 13, 2013
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Category: General Retirement Issues
February 23, 2013 -- By now most are familiar and tend to agree with the modern adage - "Old age isn't for sissies". Wes Craven, the creator of the now classic horror film, "A Nightmare on Elm Street", has chimed in with an addendum - "Retirement is scarier than (his horror character) Freddy Krueger". It's a pretty funny Op-Ed piece he wrote in last Sunday's New York Times about his trial retirement, which we recommend to you.
It seems that Wes at age 73 was looking forward to chilling out
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Published on February 23, 2013
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