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Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Quote of the Day: Connecticut's migratory snowbirds
"We're seeing people who have worked their whole lives in Connecticut and earned a lot of money taking their pension plans and their savings [to the South]." -- Ron van Winkle, Economist for the City...
North vs South: Waiting to make the move may change your view
The housing market is no great shakes anywhere at the moment, and those who have been sitting on the sidelines waiting for prices to moderate in retirement friendly places like Florida and the rest of...
Our first call for comment: What do you know about Eagle Pointe?
Just as I was checking out of a bed and breakfast in Wilmington, NC, recently after a research trip that included enjoyable rounds of golf at Porter's Neck and the Nicklaus course at Landfall, the...
You can "belong" to more than 150 clubs for the price of one
More than 150 golf clubs across the land, including my own Hop Meadow Country Club in Simsbury, CT, have signed on to the Private Club Network, making these otherwise private clubs accessible to each...
Just can't wait for the Super Bowl ... to be over
Like virtually eveyone else, I'll watch the Super Bowl on Sunday night, if for no other reason than to be sure it will truly be over (in the way the Transylvanian townspeople needed to be absolutely...
Quote of the Day: Making the best of condo mess
Mark Zilbert (rhymes with Dilbert, we suppose) is one casualty of the condo collapse in Miami, according to today's Wall Street Journal. But rather than taking a swan dive off one of the city's...
Boomer love blooms, but so does divorce
From time to time we can't help ourselves and must comment on a subject at least tangentially related to the core mission of this site. This is the first. We invite and encourage your own musings on...
Golf magazine touts communities we have visited and reviewed
Golf Tipsmagazine agrees with us. In the slick magazine’s Golf Travel Annual edition, published in December, the editors feature “Live the Dream! Best Golf Communities.” Four of the 15 communities...
Where's Lereah?
It has been a month since National Association of Realtor's flack cum economist David Lereah has pronounced the bottom of the housing market. We miss him. So here is his most recent prediction, from...
On fleeing Florida
The following was posted on the discussion board at CarolinaLiving.com: "I too am thinking about relocating to the Beaufort (SC) area. Where I live in the northeastern part of Florida is very...
Exclusive, and proud of it
Quick, what's the first course that comes to mind when you hear the word "Pinehurst?" Pinehurst #2? One of the other numbered courses? Maybe Pine Needles or Mid-Pines, the Ross classics? Most of us...
Go long on sweaters...and the Carolinas: Floridians miss winter
North Carolina communities like Albemarle Plantation in Hertford are a magnet for Florida residents who miss a little change of seasons. Wherever we go in the southeast, we hear the same thing from...