Hoover is an affluent suburb south of Birmingham, AL.  The population is about 71,000 and the median household income is $81,000. The town has grown and prospered thanks to good planning and the Riverchase Galleria shopping complex.  Hoover also has a minor league baseball team. It is close enough to Birmingham for city type pleasures but far enough away to…...

Wilmington is a fast growing city at the mouth of the Cape Fear River on the Carolina coast. The city has a historic center and a mile long walk along the river. Great Carolina beaches are just minutes away.  UNC - Wilmington is a big plus for the town. The population was 117,545 in 2016. Wilmington is the commercial center…...

Located at the terminus of Cape Cod is one of America’s more interesting retirement communities, Provincetown, Massachusetts. P-town, as it known, reflects a combination of its early history as one of the first settlements in the new world (the Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact in its harbor), an early immigration of Portuguese sailors, and a long-standing tradition as an openly…...

Vista is a city of 92,000 in southern California, east of Oceanside and Carslbad. it is 7 miles from the Pacific Ocean. Vista was listed as the seventh-best place in the United States for family life, based on considerations like jobs, business opportunities, education, climate, and cost-of-living.  There are several nice parks.  Photo of Brengle Terrace Park courtesy of Wikipedia…...