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Best New Tech Products for the 55+ Crowd

Category: Home and Garden

June 22, 2016 — We can all use help in the art of staying youthful for as long as we can. Especially if getting to be 55+ has brought a few physical limitations along with our increased experience. The list of helpful products reviewed recently by NextAvenue.org runs a wide…

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Published on June 22, 2016
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If A Town Has a Great Bookstore – It’s Probably a Wonderful Place to Retire

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

June 22, 2016 — Most everybody has a drop dead requirement for their best place to retire. For book lovers, that can mean living in a town where there is an interesting bookstore. Sure you can buy books online at Amazon, but for many there is no substitute for being…

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Published on June 21, 2016
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Which Has the Best Choice of Active Adult Communities – East or West

Category: Active adult communities

June 16, 2016 — We’ve been wresting with a question about active adult and 55+ communities. The question is: does one side of the of the USA have a better range, selection, and type of active and 55+ communities than the other? Does the East (from Maine to Florida and…

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Published on June 14, 2016
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Crazy for Pickleball – And Not Just Retirees

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

June 12, 2016 — All over the country there is a craze raging with a very funny name – pickleball. You have probably heard about it, maybe because it is very popular in active adult and retirement communities. But the question is, should it be your next sport? This article…

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Published on June 11, 2016
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Now That You Are Retired – Don’t Blow It!

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

June 8, 2016 — Congrats on your retirement, you earned it! Unfortunately a happy retirement doesn’t happen automatically – a lot depends on how staying young and maximizing your happiness every day. This article will share the best research we’ve seen to help you to live longer and get the…

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Published on June 7, 2016
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The Most Walkable Towns in Florida for Retirement

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

June 1, 2016 — Easy walkability to town, parks and lakes, and shopping were top considerations for retirement living when we surveyed our members 3 years ago. To help you find places that meet that criteria we have identified 10 Florida towns where it is easy and a joy to…

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Published on June 1, 2016
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Empty Nesters Spending Too Much, Saving Too Little

Category: Financial and taxes in retirement

May 25, 2016 — We’ve seen a flurry of studies articles over the past few months that suggest that empty nesters aren’t doing a good enough job of saving. It seems like once the kids and the costs associated with them are gone, most people spend the extra money instead…

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Published on May 24, 2016
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11 Small Cities Perfect for Your Retirement

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

May 24, 2016 — Does the idea of retiring to a small town seem nice, but just a little too confining? Or do the bright city lights get you excited – until you realize the urban pace might be too big, too intense, too congested, too expensive for a retirement…

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Published on May 23, 2016
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Updated Article: So You Are Turning 65 – Medicare and You 101

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

May 17, 2016 — We have just updated Part I of our “So You Are Turning 65: Medicare and You 101” article. The revisions include up to date premium and deductible numbers for 2016, among other improvements. There had been a flurry of recent Comments made to this article…

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Published on May 17, 2016
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Peter and Sally’s Adventures Along the Way to Retirement

Category: Adventurous retirement

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” Lao Tzu, philosopher. By Peter and Sally Our friends Peter and Sally have a zest for life that…

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Published on May 14, 2016
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