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Note: This is part of a series on college town retirements. See Further Reading below for links to the other installments. Now updated, it originally appeared in 2014.April 2025 — Ask someone to name the most exciting years of their lives, and many will tell you it was when they were in college. The breathtaking new freedom, intellectual challenges, and stimulating…...
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Ruskin is a small town south of Tampa on Florida's west coast (population 28,620 in 2020). It is an unincorporated community that is part of Hillsborough County. Fed up with over development, the area has petitioned the state to allow it to become a separate, incorporated city. Ruskin was founded as a utopian socialist community inspired by John Ruskin....
One of the world’s top Mozart Festivals, Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper, an Arts Center, a stunning Community Center, plus 2 college campuses – these are just some of the surprising treasures in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. This small town of 34,000 in northeastern Oklahoma is greatly underappreciated as a retirement community for active adults. The town got its start when the…...
Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, with a population of 224,669 (2010 census). It is a major municipality within Greater Miami and has the highest percentage of Cuban and Cuban American residents of any city in theUnited States, allowing the Cuban culture to be a distinctive feature of this city. Hialeah is remembered for its entertainment contributions during the “Roaring…...
Columbia, Missouri is the home of the University of Missouri and rapidly becoming a popular retirement community. The population has grown to just over 126,000 people (2020). Columbia is nicknamed “College Town” or “The Athens of Missouri” because it has so many colleges in one town. Columbia was listed as one of the “Top 10 Value Towns” of 2007 for…...
