Category: General Retirement Issues
February 1 Update: Since we published this post more of the Topretirements site has gone mobile friendly. The City Reviews, over 1000 of them, are now much easier to view on your mobile. Please also check out our 2nd video, which is a quick one on "How to Get Started Finding the Best Communities at Topretirements"
January 3, 2016 -- If you are viewing Topretirements on a tablet like an Ipad or a smartphone, there is a different look from you would have seen a few days ago. The world is moving more and more to mobile phones and ipads, and Topretirements.com is trying to meet that demand. To that end we are pleased to announce that after a long and demanding upgrade process, our site is now much easier to use and better looking on the small screen.
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The trend is pretty clear - Internet users are moving from desktop computers to tablets and mobile phones. In the last 6 months
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Published on January 3, 2016
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Category: Checklists
January 11, 2016 -- It can be daunting to think about planning for retirement. There is so much to consider, where do you even start? But what if all you had to think about was boiled down to a 3 x 5 index card? That is what we have done in the part 1 of this article. In part 2 we are going to show how you how to write your retirement action plan on an index card, complete with a sample.
Our hope is that once you have seen retirement planning simplified to the bare essence, you will give planning a chance. So
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Published on January 11, 2016
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Category: Family and Retirement
January 13, 2016 -- Baby boomers have long been the vanguard of a host of social changes - and it continues. Susan Brown, a sociologist at Bowling Green State University, estimates that 650,000 people over the age of 50 divorced in 2010, most of them boomers. While ending a marital bond might end a long period of unhappiness and even open the way to a new life, it does come at an economic cost.
It is an age old problem; when the proverbial marital blanket is split in half,
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Published on January 12, 2016
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Category: Baby Boomer Retirement Issues
January 19, 2016 -- The 4th leg of last week's Retirement Plan on a 3 X 5 Index Card was the question: How will you stay busy all day? The point seemed to resonate with many folks. Some have great plans and never expect a dull moment, others are clearly worried that the close of their working days will mean the end of mental stimulation. Today's article focuses on how lifelong learning programs help hundreds of thousands of retirees keep their minds sharp while learning all kinds of interesting and useful stuff.
We know of at least 4 great ways to get involved in lifelong
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Published on January 18, 2016
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Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
Note: This is Part 2 in a series. Part 1, "Can a Yankee Find Happiness in the South", came out in 2010 and has generated an amazing 241 comments so far. The topic continues to be of interest: there have already been 52 comments made so far this year!
January 26, 2015 -- It is an important question for every snowbird considering a big move in retirement: will you be happy in your new location and culture? Part 1 explored the pros and cons our many members from the northeast face as they head south for retirement - often seeking warmer weather, lower costs, and fewer taxes. Here in Part 2 we will
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Published on January 26, 2016
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