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The Mountains of Nevada Offer Surprising Places to Retire

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

By Flo Williamson Note: This is the 3rd in Flo’s series about retirement in the Lake Tahoe area. In this installment she concentrates on some surprising Nevada towns that make great places to retire, and are a less expensive alternative. March 18, 2018 — In this article, we’ve…

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Published on March 17, 2018
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Rethinking the ‘When to Start Collecting Social Security’ Question

Category: Financial and taxes in retirement

March 14, 2018 — A crisis will affect Social Security just 16 short years from now, and it has some experts rethinking their strategies for when to start taking Social Security. Instead of urging people to wait until age 70, some are recommending beginning at age 66. The crisis…

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Published on March 14, 2018
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Foreign Travel Is a Dream – Losing Your Passport a Nightmare

Category: Travel

March 5, 2018– Lucy asked, “Did you pull my passport out of the safe?” That question sparked a sharp jab of worry, which quickly rose to a full scale panic. “Nope,” I replied, “you must have it.” Except she didn’t. We started searching her purse, her backpack, her suitcase.

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Published on March 4, 2018
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Swimmers Take Fewer Falls Than Runners or Golfers

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

February 24, 2018 — Everybody knows swimming is good for you, but who would have thought it might actually help reduce falls. Swimming, according to research from the National Institutes of Health, can also improve cognitive ability, lower blood pressure and enhance hand-eye coordination. Beyond swimming, there are a lot…

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Published on February 23, 2018
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Worst States for Retirement for 2018: New Tax Law Takes Its Toll

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

March 17, 2018 — The most frequent question we get asked at Topretirements is, “what is the best place (state or city) to retire”. Interestingly, the negative of that query, what is the the worst place for retirement, sparks even more (morbid) curiosity. Seems like our Members want to know…

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Published on February 17, 2018
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Cohousing Is an Option in a Changing Retirement World

Category: Active adult communities

February 14, 2018 — The front edge of baby boomers turns 72 years old this year. By now many are well into retirement. Experts are curious – will this revolutionary generation stick to the patterns of their parents in retirement, or will they break new ground, just like they did…

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Published on February 13, 2018
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The 10 Best States for Retirement

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

February 3, 2018 — A lot of people would like to know which state is the best for retirement. There are many ways to answer that question, and in fact over the years we have tried several. Here are a few of the approaches we have used in the past…

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Published on February 2, 2018
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The X Factor in Retirement: Your Pets

Category: Family and Retirement

January 30, 2018 — When you are planning your retirement there is one factor you might have overlooked – how your pet(s) fits into your plans. Retirement often means big changes in lifestyles that can affect our furry friends. For example many of us might want to move to an…

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Published on January 29, 2018
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Move Over Boomers – We’re Outnumbered

Category: Baby Boomer Retirement Issues

January 26 — As a baby boomer we confess to a certain pride in belonging to the largest single age demographic group in world history. A tidal wave that crashed on the shore in 1946, we overflowed the hospitals we were born in. That continued through our childhood as new…

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Published on January 26, 2018
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Working in Retirement Survey: About Half Are Working, and You Like It

Category: Surveys

January 24, 2018 — The Topretirements.com survey from last week asked 11 questions about your plans or experiences concerning work after retirement. Over 400 members gave back to this community by taking the time to respond (thank you on behalf of everyone who will profit from your investment!). This article…

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Published on January 24, 2018
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