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Why So Many Retirees Return to Work
May 15, 2024 -- So many folks are eager to quit their jobs and enter the ranks of retired. Spending their days golfing, relaxing, fishing, and socializing. But for more people than you think, retirement doesn't stick. Florida NPR has a great podcast that explains how and why some Florida retirees ended up re-entering the workplace, for a variety of…...
Top Retirement Towns
Staten Island is the smallest of the 5 boroughs of New York City, NY. The population is just under 500,000. In places Staten Island has a suburban feel, certainly more so than any other borough. It is connected to the mainland in New Jersey by bridges and to the other boroughs by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Brooklyn and the Staten…...
St. Francisville Louisiana is one of the prettiest and most charming small towns along the Gulf Coast. If you imagine that Louisiana is shaped like a boot, St. Francisville is on the front where the shoe meets the upper last. It is a quaint town on the Mississippi and very popular with both tourists and people in retirement. The town…...
Choosing Seattle, Washington as your retirement community has many advantages. You get a walkable downtown with great public transportation. Many apartments and homes overlook harbors, lakes, parks, and mountains. Great boating, skiing, hiking are all at your doorstep, as are many cultural programs. Opportunities of every description for paid work or volunteering are all around you. Seattle (population 737,000 in…...
Chico, California represents a more affordable California retirement community for baby boomers who are looking for an active outdoor lifestyle. Located in the Sacramento River Valley, the city is the cultural, economic, and educational center of the northern Sacramento Valley. There are more than a dozen parks and greenways. Fishing, skiing, biking, and hiking are abundantly available in the nearby…...