http://www.smalltownretirement.com/wordpress Best Small Towns and places to live-retire in America Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:27:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://twitter.com/RetirementMedia  SmallTownRetirement blog posts will be there as well as other stuff. http://www.smalltownretirement.com/wordpress/archives/86 I have been surprised that the prices on many new homes in active adult communities have not dropped that much. Same for resales.  But there may be a opportunity for a deal on homes being finished at Seaons on Lake Lanier in Gainesville Georgia north of Atlanta. Seasons on Lake Lanier ... http://www.smalltownretirement.com/wordpress/archives/85 Retirement Media Facebook page is now online. Retirement Media Inc. is our parent company and it's Facebook will include the most comprehensive up to date info on many retirement issues including retirement communities, where to retire to, small towns, boomer info and more.  We will be updating this Facebook page ... http://www.smalltownretirement.com/wordpress/archives/84 We used to go on vacation to Bar Harbor Maine around Labor Day.  We would fly from Atlanta up to Boston, take a rental car for the drive up.  It was always exciting. We would usually stay just outside of town towards Acadia National Park. Acadia Park has camping and ... http://www.smalltownretirement.com/wordpress/archives/83 Photo courtesy of the Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau Southern Living Magazine's October issue just came out and has a great Southern Cities Review section which reviews Asheville, Louisville, Austin and Pensacola.  If you can pick up a copy I think you will find it interesting like I did, if you ... http://www.smalltownretirement.com/wordpress/archives/82 According to the Baltimore Sun, Erickson Retirement Communities file for Bankruptcy, Chapter 11. This senior living developer has 23,000 residents in communities around the US. According to the article, sounds like their is going to be some kind of buy out or restructing, but residents have questions since they pay ... http://www.smalltownretirement.com/wordpress/archives/81 Would you like to see what living in an active adult community or other retirement community is really like?  One visit gives you a taste but staying over night at the property and using their facilities, joining their activities and meeting and speaking with some of the existing property owners ... http://www.smalltownretirement.com/wordpress/archives/80 Another month, another visit to 55+ communty at the lake.  Life is good.  This time Mary Ann and I visited the Del Webb community at Lake Oconee Georgia that was started about two years ago.  We did the vacation getaway for two nights staying in one of their villas. I ... http://www.smalltownretirement.com/wordpress/archives/79 A month ago I had never heard of Lake Lure NC.  Then researching Western NC retirement towns, I stumbled upon it, at least on the web.  It sounded like a great place to check out with it's mountains and a beautiful lake.  We decided to check it out. One of our ... http://www.smalltownretirement.com/wordpress/archives/78 A site visitor emailed me asking what the differences are in a "Senior community", a "Over 55 Community" and "Assisted Living Facility". Well these terms are confusing to many.  In addition to those terms, there are many more. I would say that people searching for a Senior community are older or are ... http://www.smalltownretirement.com/wordpress/archives/77