Florida’s famous retirement spots come with famous Florida price tags. Naples, Sarasota, and big gated communities are all lovely, but they all stretch a retiree’s budget thinner every year. So a growing wave of retirees is looking past them, toward smaller towns where a fixed income still works, and neighbors wave when you drive by….
Back in the day, if you bought a video camera or a home stereo system, you joined an unofficial club of big Arkansas spenders. Fast-forward to today, and those same gadgets are either dirt cheap or completely replaced by phones. What was once high-end now feels outdated. Let’s dig into the electronics that used to…
Asking for a senior discount can feel awkward. But that tiny flicker of “do I even qualify?” is standing between you and hundreds of dollars a year, from Big Bend to your favorite Tex-Mex spot. Texas rewards its retirees with many discounts, but you often have to ask for them. Here’s exactly what to ask…
Nobody hands you a manual for Social Security when you turn 62. So a lot of Pennsylvanians learn these rules the hard way, after they’ve already filed and the decision is locked in. Here are the rules that surprise retirees and how to stay a step ahead. Note: This is general information, not financial, tax,…
The 1980s weren’t that long ago, but some of the everyday habits from that era feel almost shocking by today’s standards. For kids growing up in Iowa during the ’80s, many of these once-normal experiences were just part of a regular day. Today, they’d raise eyebrows or even get you into legal trouble. Let’s look…
In Florida and beyond, Americans are looking for ways to travel without going broke. The secret? Finding flight deals that other people miss. With a little strategy, you can get to your destination for less and still sit (relatively) comfortably. Ready to fly smart? Here’s how to land a cheap ticket without the stress. Look…
Back in the ’60s, you wouldn’t have said something was cool. It would’ve been square. People threw around words like fab, fuzz, and far out without skipping a beat. And everyone knew exactly what it all meant. Sadly for Arizona baby boomers, these once-beloved ’60s words have lost their meaning in modern conversation. Groovy Back…
You might be the smartest person in the room. But if you say “irregardless” with confidence, few people are going to take you seriously. These are some of the most commonly misused words when speaking and writing that make smart Hoosiers seem anything but. “Literally” When You Mean “Figuratively” Saying “literally” used to mean something…
A median home in The Villages runs about $355,000, according to Redfin, and the property tax bill in surrounding Sumter County averages around $3,834 a year. For the money, you get the largest active-adult community in America, more than eighty thousand residents, golf carts instead of cars, and no beach at all. It works for…
Close your eyes and you can probably still smell it. Hot vinyl seats, a little gasoline, and the AC wheezing against a Florida August. The family car of the 1970s was a whole world, and most of those models and even a few of their makers are long gone now. Here are the cars that…
