Missouri City is a very fast growing suburb of Houston, Texas.  It has a long been a haven for middle class African-Americans, who started moving here in the 1970s, and has a very affluent population of about 68,000 .  Missouri City now includes the towns of DeWalt and Trammels. ....

Mesquite is an extremely popular retirement town in southeastern Nevada, almost in Arizona and Utah. Mesquite was originally settled by Mormons as a farming community in the Virgin River Valley. Casinos arrived here in the 1970's. The town markets itself as a low key alternative to Las Vegas. The population increased over 125%  between 2000 and 2020 (to about 21,000…...

Bluffton is a small town with a population of about 13,000 (but 37,000 in the area), on the coast of South Carolina just off of Hilton Head Island and near the Georgia border.  Home to many retirement communities (see link at top right), the town is located on a bluff overlooking the May River in an area long known for…...

Fleming Island is a town of about 30,000 people that is 10-15 miles southwest of Jacksonville. The town is a suburb of Jacksonville as well as home to many retirees. Orange Park and Green Cove Springs are 2 very  nice communities also nearby.  Fleming Island was settled by George Fleming, an Irish immigrant who built a plantation nearby. Today, Fleming…...