Westbook is a charming small New England town on Long Island Sound. It has a lovely little downtown with a square in the center. This is a big sailing and boating town with many large marinas.  The area is fortunate to have a major outlet mall in town and one other in the adjoining town of Clinton. The average ages…...

Woodstock, a town of 14,000, is conveniently located in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, Ga.  It is 35 minutes to downtown, 1 hour to the mountains.  With the international airport only 45 minutes away, the world is at your doorstep.  Atlanta's mild temperatures make it a desirable place to live....

Thomasville, Georgia, the City of Roses, can be an interesting retirement community in  cotton plantation country. The surrounding countryside can be quite beautiful, although one cannot say that about all areas of town.  It does offer a reasonable cost of living. The active brick-paved downtown has been restored with live oaks draped in Spanish moss, magnolias, antebellum homes, and fragrant…...

Corsicana is a small college town (Navarro College) about 50 miles south of Dallas.  The population is 24,000. The downtown supports an active performing arts community with year-round live theater, art exhibits, and music performances in a corner of downtown anchored by the Warehouse Living Arts Center and the Palace Theater. There are some interesting shops and buildings, including an…...