Cupertino is a very affluent community located west of San Jose in the Silicon Valley. The average household income is about $184,000. De Anza College is located in Cupertino, as is the headquarters of Apple Computer.  The city has bike lanes and a very expensive bicycle bridge. It also has ambitious plans to become a more pedestrian oriented city....

Auburndale is a small but growing town of about 14,000 in Central Florida near Winter Haven. The area is dotted with many lakes.  It is popular with retirees because of its low cost of living and warm winters. See our review of Winter Haven for more details about the region. Photos of City Hall courtesy of Ebyabe and Wikipedia, Licensed…...

Portland, Maine (population 68,000) has had a dramatic resurgence over the last 20 years. Always an important port and manufacturing center, Maine’s largest city is an ideal retirement community – in fact it is often mentioned as one of America’s most livable small cities. It combines New England history (founded in 1632), a vital downtown centered on the Old Port…...

Charlotte, is located in the Piedmont region in North Carolina, and is the county seat of Mecklenburg County.  It has a population of 874,579 (2020 census), and is the most populated county in the state....