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The Best Places to Retire in Arizona: A Virtual Tour

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

January 12, 2020 — Arizona is a really popular place to retire because of its climate, scenery, and interesting towns. At Topretirements it is the second most popular state for retirement. It also has the second highest net immigration of people over 65 (SmartAsset). Since Covid has put the damper…

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Published on January 11, 2021
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The 3 Critical Things About Social Security Most People Don’t Understand

Category: Financial and taxes in retirement

January 9, 2020 – Most of the people who took the new version of our popular Social Security IQ Quiz were able to get a passing score of 60%. But there were 3 questions that many people had a lot of difficulty answering correctly. That lack…

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Published on January 9, 2021
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Most Read Retirement Stories of 2020

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

January 6, 2020 – The coronavirus and the election might have been the two big national stories in 2020, but Topretirements Members and visitors had some other issues on their minds as well. We published almost 100 Blog stories last year, and it turns out that once again, features that…

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Published on January 6, 2021
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The Coronavirus Vaccine Is Like the Wild West: How to Get in Line and Get Your Shot

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

January 3, 2020 — Hundreds of millions of Americans can’t wait to have a coronavirus vaccine pumped into their arms. The problem is the wait could be long, and the process to get one could turn into the wild west – every person for themself. Evidence of that is already…

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Published on January 2, 2021
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Canadian Snowbirds Have Their Wings Clipped

Category: Travel

December 30, 2020 – A new survey from SnowbirdAdvisor.ca estimates that only 31% of Canadian snowbirds will make the trip south this winter. Problems crossing the U.S. border for non-essential travel, quarantines, and concerns about catching Covid are some of the reasons. Besides the impact on…

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Published on December 29, 2020
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The Villages: An Incredible Place to Retire

Category: Active adult communities

By Jackie: (This was an unsolicited contribution by one of our Members who has retired to The Villages. It is so rich in detail we thought it had to be published on its own. See bottom of article for links to other articles on The Villages). December 27, 2020 –…

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Published on December 27, 2020
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Are You Single and Looking for A Best Place to Retire?

Category: Singles and Retirement

December 21, 2020 — The most helpful and valuable input we get on this site comes from you our Members. And when it comes to where single people should be looking to retire, and what they should be looking for, with your comments we hit the jackpot! There is really…

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Published on December 19, 2020
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How Would Winston Churchill Fare on a Will I Live to 100 Quiz?

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

December 19, 2020 — A very popular retirement-age calculator now is Livingto100. Developed by Dr. Thomas Perls, it asks a raft of fairly predictable questions and then provides an estimate of how long you will live, along with tailored advice. The questions makes a lot of…

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Published on December 18, 2020
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Best Retirement Planning Articles of 2020

Category: General Retirement Issues

December 15, 2020 — We are pleased to announce the winners for the “Best Retirement Planning Articles” of 2020. The criteria for this first ever award are that the writing is thoughtful, timely, interesting, and helpful to retirees and prospective retirees. We tried to concentrate on more practical topics and…

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Published on December 15, 2020
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Exploring Southwest Florida’s Best Places to Retire

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

December 7, 2020 — With the pandemic putting a damper on travel, many people are postponing their winter time retirement explorations. As a partial substitute for those travels, here in Part 1 of this series we will provide a virtual tour of some of the best places to retire in…

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Published on December 6, 2020
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