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Best Sports for Longevity?
January 15, 2025 -- Want to live longer - we sure do, assuming we have some degree of functioning. This interesting article from the NY Times shows results of multiple studies on longevity and various activities. Those include walking, biking, tennis, and golf. Guess which one seems to give the highest boost to living a long life? It's tennis. One…...
Top Retirement Towns
Madison is a small town in a lake district of about 4,000 about an hour east of Atlanta and just 26 miles from Athens, home of the University of Georgia. Madison is a popular place for all kinds of people to live in, it has a more cosmopolitan feel than most small towns in Georgia. Madison's new residents tend to…...
The City of Saint Augustine, Florida is the longest continuously occupied European settlement in the U.S. This popular retirement community was established in 1565 by the Spanish. It has been under 4 flags – Spanish, English, Confederate, and U.S. – and some of these (Spain and U.S.) more than once! Located on Florida’s northeast coast and southeast of Jacksonville, Saint…...
Uxbridge is a small town of about 18,000 near Milford and Worcester in Massachusetts. Many residents work in Boston or the nearby suburbs. As an old town in Massachusetts it has several claims to fame, particularly being home to America's first women voter, Lydia Taft. Once famous for its woolen manufacturing, the Air Force Blue uniform was made here. Several…...
Friendswood is a very affluent and rapidly growing city of 36,000 within the Houston Metro. It was named a "Best Places to Live" by CNN/Money in 2007. The city was founded by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1895. It has a public library. The median household income was $95,000....