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	<description>How to Find Your Best Place to Retire</description>
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		<title>What Is the Best Retirement Calculator?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 11, 2013 &#8212; What is the best retirement calculator to help you determine how much money you need for retirement? The short answer is &#8230; just about any good one, because more information leads to better retirement outcomes. The Employee Benefits Retirement Institute (EBRI) recently found that people in the lowest-income quartile who use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of 3 Downsizings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 5, 2013 &#8212; We surveyed our members last week, asking them for future article and survey ideas. It wasn&#8217;t much of a surprise to see downsizing and moving right up there near the top of the list, since we&#8217;ve noticed baby boomers love to share their downsizing travails and experiences. To answer that need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downsizing, Renting, Affordability Dominate Your Survey and Poll Suggestions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Retirement Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[June 4, 2013 &#8212; 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! Our plan is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Steps to Downsizing Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Retirement Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Liberation &#8211; And the Case for Not Burdening Your Love Ones June 4, 2013 &#8212; Almost everybody talks about downsizing, but not that many folks ever get around to it. But those that do go through the wrenching process of downsizing tend to be very glad they did it. This article, one of the top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: Your Member Input and Survey Topics!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 00:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Retirement Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May 29, 2013 &#8212; 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 on what we should get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which of These 7 Fantasies Could Wreck Your Retirement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 21:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial and taxes in retirement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May 27, 2013 &#8212; Several recent surveys of current and prospective retirees paint a very disturbing picture about retirement in America. The data made us realize that we American workers are kidding ourselves- with potentially dire consequences for our retirements. The studies drew us to come up with 7 dangerous retirement fantasies. Following those we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Slants on Retirement &#8211; How They Do It Elsewhere, Travelling the World on a Budget, More&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 00:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 26, 2013 &#8212; 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&#8217;s what&#8217;s in the May 15 Retirement issue: How They Do It Elsewhere &#8211; A look at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Results Are in: Where You Think the Best Place to Retire Is</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Retirement Towns and States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May 21, 2013 &#8212; The heck with what all the so called &#8220;experts&#8221; think with their fancy best places to retire lists &#8211; you&#8217;ve told us what&#8217;s most important &#8211; where YOU think those places are. So thanks to the more than 130 members who took the time to answer our recent survey &#8211; &#8220;Tell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Assisted Living Option &#8211; And Preventing Being a Fraud Victim</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eldercare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May 20, 2013 &#8212; On our sister site, BestAssistedLiving.com, we just posted a pair of interesting articles. The first explores an option to assisted living when budget is a problem. Some facilities in Mexico offer first rate care at a fraction of the cost in the U.S. The second is a link to a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Up and Coming Places to Retire: Are you Willing to Take a Chance?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Retirement Real Estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2013 &#8212; Here you are in a strange, not yet &#8220;rediscovered&#8221; town. You can see there are some obvious problems. But look &#8211; here&#8217;s a pleasant street lined with stately Victorian, Queen Anne, and Georgian homes. Some are proudly restored, and others are in various stages of rejuvenation. You keep walking through the [...]]]></description>
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