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An Incredible Free Entertainment Resource You Might Be Overlooking

Category: Home and Garden

December 4, 2021 — There is a free resource in your town in your town you might be missing out on. One that you can actually tap from your home or phone for instant service. It is called your Library! A few years back many people predicted that libraries were…

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Published on December 3, 2021
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How Happy Are You With Where You Retired

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

We are curious – how happy are you with your decision where to retire? If we get a good response to this we will have a quick survey letting people tell us where they retired and how and what they like about it. Thanks for participating – you will see…

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Published on December 6, 2021
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In the West, These are the Biggest Competitors to The Villages

Category: Active adult communities

December 8, 2021 — This is an updated version of Part 1 of a 2 Part series. Part 1 covers competitors in the West, while Part 2 discusses the 12 Largest Communities in the East. Many people are excited (and sometimes appalled) by The Villages, the giant…

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Published on December 8, 2021
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Brain Food: Trying Something New

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

by Lucy Burdette If you are a regular follower of TopRetirements, do you take the website’s advice? Maybe you’ll have read the article from November 21 discussing Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s The Five Secrets of Super Agers. Having watched my father’s mental faculties wane under the…

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Published on December 10, 2021
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Most People Happy With Where They Retired

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

December 13, 2021 — Thanks to everyone who answered last week’s one question, instant poll on retirement location happiness. The bottom line is that the majority of people responding are happy with their choice of a place to retire. A certain minority is less satisfied, or had to move more…

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Published on December 12, 2021
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I Live in NY, and Don’t Want to Retire Too Far Away

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

December 15, 2021 — The reality is most people don’t want to retire too far away from where they live now. The tug of familiar friends, relatives, and institutions can be very strong for some, even more powerful than wanting to be in a warmer climate. Yet their current abode…

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Published on December 15, 2021
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More People Retired, But Fewer Moved in 2021

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

December 23, 2021 — More people retired in 2021 than in previous years, probably because Covid pushed them into early retirement. Some 50% of people over age 55 were retired this year, up by 2 percentage points. All things being equal, that should have meant a spike in the number…

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Published on December 23, 2021
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Clock Running Out on 2021 RMDs

Category: Financial and taxes in retirement

December 24, 2021 — The clock is running out for people who must take their yearly Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) from their 401(k) or IRA plans. An RMD is the minimum amount you must withdraw from your account each year after you reach a certain age. December 31 is the…

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Published on December 24, 2021
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Our Members Speak : Best Retirement Blogs of 2021

Category: General Retirement Issues

December 29, 2021 — This year has been mighty interesting. As 2021 winds down and we look with hope for a happier, less chaotic 2022, it is always enlightening to peer backwards. Which topics and articles resonated the most with our Members, and which ones were duds – knowing that…

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Published on December 28, 2021
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