You open the mail, and there it sits: A check with your name on it, or a prize you don’t remember entering. Your pulse ticks up out of excitement. That reaction is the whole point. Scammers mail these letters by the million because enough of them land to keep the presses running. Older adults reported…
You don’t have to flee to Florida or Arizona to retire well. Some of the best-value retirement towns in the country sit right here in Pennsylvania. These towns are winning over retirees who ran the numbers and decided to stay in the Keystone State. Here’s where they’re putting down roots. Note: This is general information,…
You can set your calendar by it. The temperature dips up north, and the next thing you know, your sleepy neighborhood Publix is buzzing with folks who say “pop” instead of “soda” and call a cart a “carriage.” Bless them. Georgia loves a snowbird. We just can’t help noticing a few… habits. Here are the…
The 1970s didn’t disappear all at once. Things faded out quietly, one by one, until Coloradans turned around and realized the whole decade had packed up and left without saying goodbye. Here’s what went with it. S&H Green Stamps and the Catalog of Things S&H Green Stamps were given out at gas stations and grocery…
For decades, the deal was simple: You could pay no income tax and enjoy affordable living in exchange for humidity and hot summers. Northerners came running. Unfortunately, the trade doesn’t pencil out like it used to. Home insurance alone can run five figures now. Add condo assessments, climbing HOA dues, and car insurance near the…
The first sign is the sky. That flat, bruised gray that rolls in off the Gulf while the news anchor points at a swirl on the map and says the word everyone dreads. By then, the shelves at Publix are already bare, and gas station lines are wrapping around the block. You don’t want to…
Scam texts have become one of the fastest-growing crimes in the country. Americans lost nearly half a billion dollars to them in a single year. The messages are clever. They borrow the names of companies and agencies you trust, then lean on fear to rush you into a mistake. The good news? Once you’ve seen…
Every generation has its go-to financial advice, but not all of it stands the test of time. Baby boomers often pass down lessons that were valuable when interest rates, wages, and prices looked very different. New Hampshirites who grew up hearing this advice often find that much of it simply doesn’t fit today’s world. The…
Back in the day, history class in Pennsylvania came with a stack of tidy little facts. Columbus proved the world was round. Witches burned in Salem, and Edison flipped on the first light bulb. Clean, memorable, repeated year after year. And, as it happens, not how it happened. These are the classroom facts that modern-day…
Gen Z won’t believe half of this list. Boomers will remember every penny of it. Back when gas stations gave away drinking glasses and milk showed up on the porch, a nickel was a small fortune to a Pennsylvania kid. So pull up a chair and remember when five cents could brighten a whole afternoon….
