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Category: Active adult communities
April 17, 2018 — The allure of North Carolina for retirement seems to be gaining momentum every day. It is considered fairly tax-friendly for retirees and offers a milder winter climate than states in the Midwest and Northeast (see our Retirement Guide to North Carolina). A big draw is…
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Category: Retirement Planning
By Craig Blouin April 13, 2018 — The warm, inviting glow of retirement on the horizon motivated me as I moved toward it during my last years in the workaday world. I’d put a good many miles on the roadway of life up to this point and now there…
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Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
Does Your Retirement Town Deserve You? April 11, 2018 — When it comes to finding the right retirement town, remember this – you are the customer! After all, even a moderate income couple brings a lot to the party. If you move to a new location to retire you…
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Category: Travel
April 7, 2018 — The majority of people say they would like to do some traveling once they retire. There are plenty of destinations that immediately come to mind. Paris, the Grand Canyon, London, New York City – these are on many people’s lists. Beyond that, evaluating and planning exciting…
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Category: Retirement Planning
Some people really want to retire – but there are reasons why they can’t. Other folks want to keep on working – but there are pressures on them to retire. April 4, 2018 — Assuming you are lucky enough not to have found yourself unexpectedly retired, as so many…
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Category: General Retirement Issues
March 31, 2018 — Coming of age movies like The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Easy Rider, 2001: Space Odyssey, etc. became cultural icons for us baby boomers, back in the day. Producers of these blockbusters found huge audiences among our generation. Hollywood is still making movies for us today. Many aspects…
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Category: Bucket Lists
March 27, 2018 — When we decided to visit India, one of the places on both of our bucket lists, my wife and I got one of two very opposite reactions. The first was incredulous, as in “why would you want to visit a place like that?” The second was…
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Category: Downsizing
March 23, 2018 — Are you one of the many people who have been carefully amassing, polishing, and preserving all kinds of collections for posterity? Here is some really bad news – nobody wants it but you! As one furniture dealer, speaking about early 20th century goods, commented, “It’s never…
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Category: International Retirement
March 21, 2018 — Note: This is an updated version of Part 1 of a 2 part series on the best places to retire internationally. Part 2 is “The Pros, Cons, and Considerations of an International Retirement“. A few years ago our friend Dennis asked us where we thought…
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