Walla Walla is the county seat of Walla Walla County in southeastern Washington. It is home to one of the top small private colleges in the country, Whitman College. With just over 34,000 residents (2020),  it is a reasonable size and growing steadily. It makes an excellent retirement community - in fact Money Magazine at one point ranked it as…...

Concord is a town of about 42,000 in southern New Hamshire, conveniently near the juncture of I 93 and I 89. It is home to the elite prep school of St. Pauls, which graduates a very high percentage of future leaders. Franklin Pearce Law School is based here as well as a community college. Concord is the capital of New…...

Jackson, New Jersey, named after Andrew Jackson, is a township in Ocean County.  As of the 2010 census, the township had a population of over 54,000.  Jackson's most famous attraction is Six Flags Great Adventure, which is home to one of the tallest roller coasters in the world. Photo of Success Lake courtesy of Wikipedia and Famartin, Licensed under CC…...

Palmar Norte is a very small town near the southern Pacific coast of beautiful Costa Rica where the Osa Peninsula begins.  Along with nearby Palmar Sur across the Rio Terraba, it is in the Osa region of Puntarenas Province. Palmar Sur has an airport with daily connections to San Jose. There are plans to expand this airport to international status…...