Cheyenne is the capital and largest city  of the state of Wyoming, (65,132 in the 2020 census) and is an interesting place to retire. The city was an early western railhead and stock town and became very important when the major east/west railroad came through town. The railroad made use of the naturally tall, straight native lodgepole pine trees to…...

Hiawassee is a small town of less than 1,000 bordering Lake Chatuge (Hiawassee Lake is in NC).  The town is very close to the North Carolina and South Carolina borders. It has many activies from boating, hiking, golfing, fishing, community involvement, the list is endless.  There are local arts and crafts festivals, a county fair, gardens, music festivals and weekly music…...

Bedford is a very affluent suburb and historic small town 15 miles northwest of Boston, Massachusetts, and just east of Concord.The median household income is $163,000 and the population is 14,383 (2020 census). Picture of Bedford Depot Park at the end of the Minuteman Bikeway  courtesy of Wikipedia and Tim Pierce (public domain), photo of 2006 USGS aerial photo of…...

Mount Airy, located in northwest North Carolina, has a lot to attract active adults 55+. It has a vital downtown  that attracts tourists and retirees. The town has 10,100 people, but almost 40,000 people live in the immediate area. Andy Griffith, who hails from here (Mount Airy was the inspiration for Mayberry), has a theatre named after him, the Andy…...