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Poll Results: Walking Rules!
April 25, 2024 -- We expected that walking would be your favorite physical activity - but not by the margin this margin. Almost half (47%) of people taking our poll chose walking for how they like to stay active. After that it was a toss-up, with swimming, pickleball, biking, and golf the most popular other choices. Only 3% said they…...
Top Retirement Towns
Canyon Lake is a fast growing town of about 23,000 in central Texas about 16 miles from New Braunfels and just north of San Antonio. The area is becoming popular with retirees - the average age is 45. Canyon Lake (actually a reservoir completed in 1964) is a recreation center for the region. The Corps of Engineers maintains 8 park…...
The town of Greeley is on the Front Range of Colorado, about 50 miles north and east of Denver. The city was originally a Utopian experiment called Union Colony, started as a movement based on religion, temperance, and agriculture. The name was later changed to Greeley in honor of Horace Greeley, who popularized the phrase "Go West, young man". The…...
Plainfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, is a growing town of 41,734, (2013 census), located in Will County. The area was orginally called Walker' Grove until its incorporation in 1834. The median household income is very high and reported to be over $108,000. The DuPage River which runs along the town, provides outdoor recreation. Plainfield has a historic district, and is…...
Auburn-Opelika is a metropolitan area in Alabama which comprises Auburn and Opelika as well as several other incorporated and unincorporated communities. The latter has about 26,000 residents while Auburn has 56,000. This is a college town - Auburn University is located in Auburn with its 27,000 students. This pleasant city of Auburn has a population over 53,000 with many cultural,…...