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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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Baton Rouge is a major city in Louisiana of over 220,000 people. The city is located on the Mississippi River near the "laces" of the Louisiana boot. A college town, it is home to Louisiana State University (LSU) and several other colleges - 20% of the population is made up of college students. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina it…...
Toccoa is a small town bordering on giant Lake Hartswell in northeastern Georgia. The population was 8,500 in 2010. Atlanta is approximately 90 miles, Athens is 50. The area is rural with many people having seasonal or weekend homes on the Lake. Toccoa Falls College is a Christian College. Photo of Currahee Military Museum courtesy of Wikipedia and Dsdugan (public…...
Independence, Missouri is justly famous for a number of reasons. For one, this growing town of over 120,000 people was the starting point in frontier days for the Oregon, Santa Fe, and California trails. The National Frontier Trails Museum commemorates that history. Harry Truman, one of America's most popular Presidents, hailed from here and indeed lived here in the home…...
Hiawassee is a small town of less than 1,000 bordering Lake Chatuge (Hiawassee Lake is in NC). The town is very close to the North Carolina and South Carolina borders. It has many activities from boating, hiking, golfing, fishing, community involvement, the list is endless. There are local arts and crafts festivals, a county fair, gardens, music festivals and weekly music…...
