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January 8, 2025 – The votes are in for Topretirements’ 25 most popular active communities for 2025. Not surprisingly, Florida and North Carolina had the most winners at 5 each. South Carolina and Virginia were hot too, garnering 3 spots each. Connecticut had 2 winners. Pine Village in Flagstaff, AZ…
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October 23, 2024 – Residents of Florida are concerned, rightly, about the hazards of extreme weather events like hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. So it was interesting to see how two communities, designed to take whatever Mother Nature can dish out, and located in the center of the storm area, would…
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August 1, 2024 — Pocket Neighborhoods were a surprising favorite in our recent poll of your preferred type of community for retirement. (Use this link to see all results from the poll). Last week we did a feature on another winner, New Urban Communities, so here is the lowdown…
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New Urban Neighborhoods Have “Lots” to Offer July 24, 2024 — New Urban Urban Community was the surprising winner of our recent poll of favorite retirement community types. Of the 5 possible choices in that poll, New Urban got 28% of the votes, narrowly beating out “I wouldn’t live in…
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Category: Active adult communities
July 18, 2024 — The results are in from our recent poll of your favorite community types, which we labelled “The Search”. In 2 polls featuring 10 different types, we asked our Members and visitors to vote on which type of community they would most like to retire in. The…
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July 14, 2024 — We had to read this one a couple of times to believe it- yes, Taco Bell is starting a retirement community. It is called The Cantinas and is located near San Diego, California. Their marketing slogan is “Come Live Más at the ultimate playground for your…
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July 11, 2024 — Continuing on from Part 1 of last month’s “The Search” feature, here are 5 more retirement community types for you to vote on at the bottom of this page. With 10 community types to consider, we broke this series into two sections to make it…
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March 19, 2024 – Our faithful correspondent Yolande recently continued the pursuit of her perfect place to retire in South Carolina’s Low Country. She started her explorations in Charleston, then worked her way north, ending up in the Myrtle Beach/Conway area near the North Carolina Border. She visited some of…
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Category: Active adult communities
January 27, 2024 — Thanks to a Member suggestion, we have now added the capability for you to add Comments to our reviews of Communities (you could always do that with City reviews). This is designed so you can tell us about your experience with that community, or ask if…
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Category: Active adult communities
January 18, 2024 — It is hard to imagine anything better than finding a great lake town for retirement. Waking up to the sound of lapping waves, taking a dip or a boat ride out to drop a few lines, or looking at the sunset mirrored on the lake –…
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