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December 17, 2025– I am sad to report that the last issue of our Best Places newsletter was sent out this morning. Unfortunately, and for a lot of reasons, visits to our site have slowed down dramatically in the past few years. That means that it is no longer economically viable to continue the weekly newsletter. The Topretirements.com website will…...

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Astoria, located on the northwest tip of Oregon, is located at the mouth of the Columbia River and just a few miles away from the Pacific. It is the oldest permanent American settlement West of the Rockies - Lewis and Clark stayed here for the winter of 1806. With pretty, scenic backgrounds and a redone 1920s downtown, this relatively uncommercialized…...
 
Dover, located in southeastern New Hampshire, is the county seat of Strafford County, and its fairly affluent population numbers a little over 30,000.  Settled in 1623, Dover is the oldest permanent settlement in New Hampshire.  It sits between the White Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, on the shores of the Cochecho River, and is part of the New Hampsire Seacoast region. …...
 
 
Newtown is a very small town of about 1,800 people in western Connecticut, just east of Danbury on I 84.  Many of Newtown's residents are commuters to NYC, White Plains, Stamford, or Hartford. Photo of Sculpture by Anna Hyatt Huntington of Mother Bear and Cubs at the entrance to Huntington State Park, courtesy of Wikipedia in the public domain; photo…...
 
Huntley is a small town northwest of Elgin and near Crystal Lake (west of Chicago).  The affluent population was 27,228 in late 2021. Photo of Huntley High School courtesy of Wikipedia and Abog (public domain)....
 
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