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Go Back to College for Retirement?
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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Oceanside is a city of over 170,000 just south of Camp Pendleton on California's southern coast. The population was only 45,000 in 1970. Carlsbad and San Diego are to its south. The city is famous for its beaches and the Oceanside Pier. Mira Costa College in Oceanside has more than 5,000 students. Oceanside achieved cinematic fame as the home of…...
Middletown is a small but very rapidly growing town of 23,192 (2020 Census) near, as you might guess, the middle of northern Delaware. The population grew by 271% since the year 2000, with many affluent families moving from nearby cities. We have been driving through this town twice a year for over 15 years, since it is astride a pleasant…...
Lebanon is a small town of about 25,000 in southeastern PA, in the beautiful Cornwall area, and is equidistant from Harrisburg, Reading and Lancaster. The downtown is historic with some of the buildings dating back to the 1700 and 1800's. Harrisburg Area Community College has a branch campus here. Picture of the Reading Railroad Station on Eight Street, and picture…...
Los Lunas is a small town and suburb about 20 miles south of Albuquerque, NM. Photo of Public Library courtesy of Wikipedia and AllenS in the public domain....
