Four Florida communities ranked among the nation’s best small towns to retire in last year, but The Sunshine State was completely absent from GOBankingRates’ 2025 analysis. To find the best places to ...

Retiring in a small town can offer lower costs, lighter traffic and a closer sense of community, but the best options are not guesswork. I am drawing on recent data-driven rankings of retirement ...

Paris’s low cost of living can help retirees stretch their savings, with median monthly housing costs that are less than half the national median. Despite its small size, health care is surprisingly ...

This not-so-secret Smoky Mountain gem was named the best small town in Tennessee. World Atlas dubbed Townsend as the best small town in Tennessee for a three-day weekend. The town borders Great Smoky ...

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