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‘Acting like an adult’ has never
been so much fun.
Coming this Fall:
The grand opening of our new 30,000+ sq. ft. clubhouse!
We welcome those 55 and better to discover
a unique community just for you at Carolina
Preserve. Nestled within Amberly, you’ll find a
wide variety of activities along with lots of new
friends. Our expansive 30,000 sq. ft. clubhouse,
Bradford Hall, is the heart of the community. It
features a social lounge, fitness area and indoor
pool. You can even cheer on the local ACC teams
in our Varsity Room!
Find more to enjoy outside with our tennis
courts, putting and chipping greens and pool.
Or simply relax with a stroll down the winding
paths to the 15-acre lake. Shopping and dining
is conveniently located at the Village and Town
Centers, and you’re just minutes to everything
Cary has to offer. With so many choices here,
it’s no wonder that Del Webb should be your
first choice in active adult living. Visit Carolina
Preserve today.
919.460.7170 • delwebb.com/carolina
Driving Directions: From I-40: Take Highway 55 East (Exit
278) toward NC-54/Apex. Travel 5.5 miles to McCrimmon
Pkwy. turn right. Follow 1.3 miles to Green Level to Durham Rd.
Cross over and travel 1 mile to Yates Store Road. Cross over and
enter Carolina Preserve on Del Webb Avenue.
Pulte Home Corporation (acting through its Del Webb brand), 801 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 118, Raleigh, NC 27607. At least one resident
must be 55 years of age or better, some residents may be younger and no one under 19 in permanent residence. Community Association fee required.
Details available on request except in restricted states. Pulte reserves the right to change prices at any time without notice, and select homesites are
subject to availability. Not an offering to CT, NJ or NY residents. Warning: the CA Department of Real Estate has not inspected, examinded or
qualified communities outside of CA. Void where prohibited. Copyright Pulte Homes, Inc. ©2007 CP-MA-CM-101-07
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Dan Owens
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Sherrie Norris
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ur cover story is entitled “New Age
Answers to Old Age Questions.” Can
this be the new mantra of the boomers and
beyond set? In this issue, writer Bob Taylor
explores the ever-popular topic of slowing down the clock. Antiaging treatments are currently in vogue – from Chinese acupuncture dating to 2500 BC to bio-identical hormone treatment advocated by actress/entrepreneur Suzanne Somers, who claims that 50 is just a
beginning of our lives. Learn about the views and techniques anti-aging gurus
are using to keep us looking years younger in Bob’s story, beginning on page 7.
Those 50+ boomers and beyond are not only looking younger; they are also
living active, fun, adventuresome and healthier lives. Our mission is to help educate and assist those who are investigating new lifestyles and new relocation
opportunities in the South. Recently, over 100 business people from 20 states
attended a National Active Retirement Association (NARA) Business Summit in
Atlanta to learn more about serving you. At an inaugural Discovery Weekend
event, many folks heard intriguing speakers and visited with a group of
exhibitors.
Look for more Retirement Lifestyles™ and NARA events in 2008. Photos
from our Atlanta activities and more information are on pages 34 and 35.
Special congratulations go to Sun City Peachtree, a Del Webb community
located outside of Atlanta, that was named by NARA as the best overall Active
Adult/Retirement Community.
Choosing the winners in our 2007 “I Moved to the South and Love It” Essay
Contest was a daunting task. We are pleased to announce the winners: First
Place ($300) – Barry Silverstein, Candler,
North Carolina; Second Place ($200)
–Hannelore Philipp, Calabash, North
Carolina; Third Place ($100) – Marcia
O’Neil, Roxboro, North Carolina. You’ll find
Barry Silverstein’s winning essay on page 37
of this magazine. Look for the others in
forthcoming issues. Congratulations to
everyone!
Erickson Retirement Communities
of Catonsville, MD, is sponsoring
Finally, our team spent some time at a
an innovative “Erickson School”
recent Orlando conference with representaat the University of Maryland
tives from the Erickson School at the
with an emphasis on aging, management and policy. Attending an
University of Maryland. Erickson
October aging conference in
Retirement Corporation is sponsoring this
Orlando were Erickson School
program to teach younger folks about better
Dean Kevin Eckert, Ph.D, Erickson
serving people over 50 in business. We salute External Relations Director Kevin
Heffner, Erickson Retirement
them.
Communities’ Lenora Booth and
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Retirement Lifestyles™ Publisher/
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magazine. Meanwhile, we extend our wishes
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Table of Contents
Perryton
385
Stratford
87
83
Dalhart 287
Canadian
Dumas
54
60
385
3 Editor’s Page
Vega
40
Pampa
Shamrock
Amarillo
40
Canyon
287
Hereford
83
27
4 Table of Contents
60
Childress
Farwell
385
Plainview
Vernon
84
5 Advertiser Map & Index
44
70
Paducah
70
Littlefield
Wichita
Falls
27
82
277
83
Lubbock
Bowie
281
7 New Age Answers to
Age Old Questions
Plains
380
Brownfield
Tahoka
Post
385
Jacksboro
380
Aspermont
380
Haskell
84
87
287
277
Mineral Wells
180
Seminole
Lamesa
Anson
Snyder
180
Sweetwater
20
Big Spring
180
Abilene
281
20
Colorado City
Stephanville
385
83
Hico
Midland
18 Why People Are Using
Anti-Aging Medicine
54
Odessa
62
El Paso
Comanche
87
Ballinger
285
67
Brownwood
20
10
54
84
San Angelo
385
Pecos
87
281
Eden
190
Brady
67
Van Horn
Temp
McCamey
Lampasas
277
10
Ft. Stockton
22 Healthy Places in the South Poll
90
Marfa
83
87
10
385
183
Sonora
7
Junction
285
Fredericksburg
Alpine
Marathon
Aust
10
Sanderson
67
277
281
San
Marcos
90
25 Retirement Around the South
Luli
385
Presidio
83
35
Seguin
Del Rio
170
San Antonio
90
90
Uvalde
Panther Jct.
32 The South’s Top Housing Markets
181
Pearsall
57
37
Eagle Pass
277
Beevil
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34 Discovery Weekend EXPO
George West
83
35
Mathis
59
Alice
On the cover
As boomers get older, their fighting spirit has not
changed - from “Hell, No, We Won’t Go” to
“Hell, No, We Won’t Age!”
35 NARA 2007 Business Summit
281
Laredo
Falfurrias
83
36 Retirement & Relocation
Directory Listings
281
77
Rio Grande City
McAllen
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Cliffabee Leas
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Cutter Creek
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Del Webb’s Sun City Carolina Lakes
Lancaster County, SC
Del Webb’s Carolina Preserve
Cary, NC
Del Webb’s Charleston
Charleston, SC
Del Webb’s Peachtree
Atlanta, GA
Del Webb’s Sun City Hilton Head
Hilton Head, SC
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Myrtle Beach, SC
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Winchester
Leesburg
50
81
Front
Royal
66
Alexandria
340
29
1
Harrisonburg
Fredericksburg
250
301
Staunton
220
Charlottesville
Lexington
64
29
95
64
Covington
15
PKY
Richmond
64
360
295
Petersburg
Williamsburg
Lynchburg
Farmville
Roanoke
460
460
460
81
Richlands
62
Rogers
Clarksville
Mammoth Spring
65
Union City
62
Harrison
62
Mountain Home
51
62
Fayetteville
Walnut Ridge
62
65
71
79
Lebanon
Cookesville
231
55
63
51
Fort Smith
Bald Knob
Morgantown
Tunica
49
Hot Springs
Helena
61
Mena
70
71
6
Pine Bluff
Bowie
71
Paris
Sherman
82
30
Dallas
167
281
White Oak
Bastrop
20
31
67
Lake
Providence
259
PKY
Natchitoches
69
Waco
Nacogdoches
Bullalo
35
Lufkin
Many
96
Temple
Natchez 84
Hearne
190
Woodville
59
69
6
Austin
290
71
290
10
171
165
Lake Charles
190
Baton Rouge
10
Picayune
Gulfport
Hammond
12
10
Lafayette
84
Mobile
29
Pensacola
Fort
Walton
Beach
98 Panama
City
231
319
84
Bainbridge
Valdosta
19
95
75
Tallahassee
319
10
Jacksonville
Lake City
Perry
301
New Orleans
27
St Augustine
19
Gainesville
90
Houma
Seguin
1
441
1
27
98
Port Authur
5
4
82
Thomasville
10
Biloxi
95
Brunswick
Waycross
Moultrie
19
Marianna
Crestview
10
10
Pascagoula
10
Houston
10
98
49
55
Opelousas 190
84
82
27
65
59
61
49
90
La Grange
Luling
190
Beaumont
Brenham
98
Kentwood
Oakdale
Kinder
96
45
Giddings
77
San
arcos
DeRidder
190
Huntsville
College Station
31
Dorchester
Douglas
Pearson
Dothan
9
Savannah
301
Tifton
Blakely
52
45
16
7
17
75
82
84
55
Lyons
1
Albany
331
84
165
Jasper
77
Rockdale
431
Waynesboro
98
3
341
Cuthbert
Hattiesburg
Woodville
79
Collins
Statesboro
McRae
Cordele
27
82
Bude
McComb
79
Belton
183
Brookhaven
61
28
Alexandria
Oak
Park
341
Americus
231
43
17
Summerville
Charleston
95
Swainsboro
Dublin
441
84
52
2
10
Georgetown
321
Columbus
82
65
45
Laurel
84
501
Conway
Myrtle Beach
Orangeburg
301
16
59
Port Gibson
Clayton
167
Phenix City
Morehead City
Whiteville
Wilmington
Florence
17
Macon
19
Montgomery
15
49
165
171
6
Selma
Meridian
20
55
65
Winnfield
49
59
Palestine
81
Jackson
Columbia
Mansfield
Tenaha
79
45
Vicksburg
Tallulah
85
20
301
301
185
Auburn
Jonesboro
171
59
Jacksonville
Corsicana
Hico
20
Shreveport
280
80
Havelock
Milledgeville
75
La Grange
82
49
Jacksonville
74
26
20
Philadelphia
61
17
40
1
129
15
Yazoo
City
165
321
78
Griffin
45
Monroe
Tyler
Athens
35E
Stephanville
Ruston
20
16
Augusta
20
Goldsboro
Cheraw
Sumter
Madison
2
264
Kinston
1
20
85
65
Williamston
New Bern
Columbia 76
25
Nags Head
64
Washington
Fayetteville
95
Athens
20
Birmingham
70
220
Rockingham
5
77
441
Atlanta
20
4
Raleigh
Lumberton
385
26
8
27
82
PKY
Gassoway
Ida
71
80
20
Gadsden
64
14
Elizabeth
City
13
Sanford
74
13
95
421
Camden
Bessemer
82
Starkville
55
Crossett
271
Terrell
35W
Greenwood
Tuscaloosa
59
Fort
Worth
Mineral Wells
Mt. Pleasant
Sulphur
Springs
82
Greenville
82
El Dorado
3
18
85
31
Anniston
Columbus
Cleveland
165
82
71
Greenville
Norfolk
17
Rocky Mount
Durham
Asheboro
85
Rome
59
Winona
Texarkana
30
McKinney
431
78
49
McGehee
Texarkana
271
75
Denton
231
78
PKY
61
167
Cornella
19
Hope
82
Gainesville
35
287
Jacksboro
Tupelo
Rock Hill
Spartanburg
85
75
59
19
85
Greenville
72
565
5
65
30
82
6
441
59
Huntsville
26
25
Henderson
6
Charlotte
Gastonia
23
43
Clarksdale
Arkadelphia
De
Queen
ta
Batesville
74
Cleveland
64
Winchester
231
65
20
Decatur
Forest City
Hendersonville
Chattanooga
72
Florence
2
17
11
74
85
27
24
Lawrenceburg
Fayetteville
72
Corinth
Holly Springs
45
Booneville
78
New
PKY
Albany
Oxford
55
Brinkley
40
Little Rock
270
65
43
Savannah
Memphis
40
58
17
Roanoke
Rapids
1
Greensboro
40
Statesville
77
Cherokee
75
12
85
WinstonSalem
1
23
40 Asheville
64
Bolivar
64
Forrest City
67
40
64
W. Memphis
Conway
Portsmouth
95
Emporia
South Hill
29
52
PKY
40
441
Shelbyville
45
Millington
Russellville
71
15
181
Knoxville
Harriman
Murfreesboro
PKY
Jackson
40
Newport News
85
South Boston
Danville
58
Cherry
Lane
Johnson City
81
Morristown
27
40
Columbia
Newport
Clinton
40
360
220
Martinsville
21
220
75
15
Nashville
40
Milan
221
77
Abingdon
32
31
45
Dyersburg
Jonesboro
67
Batesville
Bransford
24
422
Blytheville
167
29
Wytheville
Wise
23
Kingsport
65
23
301
75
1
183
Ocala
Galveston
59
77
181
Daytona Beach
Angleton
Venice
27
35
4
Leesburg
95
5
Victoria
Orlando
19
Titusville
TPK
75
Cape Canaveral
77
Beeville
st
4
Tampa
Lakeland
Clearwater
Mathis
TPK
181
60
St Petersburg
Corpus Christi
Alice
Bartow
60
27
281
Kingville
Fort Pierce
Sarasota
s
95
75
80
81
West Palm Beach
80
Belle Glade
Fort Myers
77
TPK
27
cAllen
Naples
75
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Fort Lauderdale
Miami
41
Florida City
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Cornelius, NC
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Four Seasons at Olde Liberty
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Franklinton, NC
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Lenoir EDC/Kinston
J-2
Kinston, NC
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Portrait Homes
I-2
Mint Hill, NC
p.6
Rocky Mountain Log Homes - East G-2 & H-2
Foscoe, NC and Nashville, TN
p.10
Savannah Lakes VIllage
H-3
McCormick, SC
p.33
Villages at Isle of Pines
I-2
Mooresville, NC
p.36
Village Walk
H-3
Clemson, SC
p.9
The Vineyards on Lake Wylie
I-2
Rock Hill, SC
p.31
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New Age Answers
to Old Age Questions
It almost sounds like a
scene from a classic Gothic
movie. (A blinding flash.
Streaks of lightning crackle
zigzag patterns across the
night sky.) Beakers of bubbling liquid mixtures gurgle
in a dimly lit subterranean
laboratory. (Cacophonous
claps of thunder rumble
across the heavens with a
deafening roar.) A slightframed, gray-haired female
doctor in a white lab coat
peers intensely into her
microscope. (More strobes
of light illuminate the silhouette of a sinister looking
castle sitting high on a hill
as torrents of rain pelt the
landscape.) The doctor rais-
W
es her head from the microscope and looks to the sky.
She raises her hands triumphantly in the air and
with clenched fists shouts
exclamations of joy. Her
years of experiments are a
success! At last she has discovered the secret to eternal
life!
When Dr. Ana Aslan founded the
National Geriatric Institute in
Bucharest, Romania, in 1952, her
anti-aging discoveries might have
been far less dramatic than
Hollywood would have depicted
them, but the results were equally as
earthshaking as the portrayal in the
final scene would have represented
them.
By Bob Taylor
Dr. Aslan had been experimenting
with injections of procaine to relieve
arthritis pain when her patients began
to exhibit both mental and physical
well-being that extended far beyond
the arthritic benefits she was treating.
As a consequence, Aslan became a
pioneer in the field of gerontological
research with the development of a
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product known as Gerovital H3 which
she introduced in Verona, Italy, in
1957. Today, GH3 is recognized by
the World Health Organization as a
bona fide age retarding product that
is readily available in numerous countries throughout the world.
It was Dr. Aslan’s belief that “to
grow old in a beautiful and dignified
way is at the same time a science and
an art.”
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Listed among those who made pilgrimages to Bucharest to visit the
Romanian biologist/scientist were
President John F. Kennedy, French
President Charles de Gaulle, West
German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
and Chairman Mao Tse Tung of
China. Dr. Aslan died in 1988 at the
age of 92.
While Dr. Aslan was a pioneer in
the field of anti-aging medicine, she
certainly wasn’t the first to be fascinated by the prospects of eternal life,
or, at least, significant longevity. The
Chinese have been practicing the disease preventive aspects of acupuncture since 2500 BC. Some experts
even claim the process is older than
that.
Surely Cleopatra had no inkling
that the lactic acid of the milk she
bathed in dissolved the adhesion of
skin cells to cleanse her flesh to its
deepest levels. And, most likely, she
didn’t care either, so long as she was
well exfoliated.
The search for the Fountain of
Youth by Spanish conquistador Ponce
de Leon has long been a popular legend, though, in reality, it wasn’t
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I nspired
by the charm of yesterday.
Welcome to the neighborhood
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attributed to him until after his death.
According to Gonzalo Fernandez de
Oviedo in 1535, the truth is that de
Leon was searching the waters of
Bimini for a cure for his sexual impotence.
Even Mary Shelley got into the act
in 1818 when she created the
Frankenstein monster while visiting
Lord Byron in Geneva, Switzerland.
Whether or not Frankenstein is a true
example of anti-aging is debatable, of
course. The methods are certainly
extreme, to say the least.
When Oscar Wilde published The
Picture of Dorian Gray in 1891, he
told the story of a man who wished to
preserve his youth by having his portrait age rather than himself. Like
Shelley with Frankenstein, Dorian
Gray is a quirky bit of fiction, but it
cannot be denied that mankind has
“Predictions are that the number of older Americans will
double to 70 million, 1 in 5, by the year 2030. ”
long been fascinated with the concept
of prolonging life by whatever means
possible. Interestingly, The Picture of
Dorian Gray is the only novel that
Oscar Wilde ever wrote.
Fast forward to the 21st century
and the dawn of the Anti-Aging Age.
As the “Boomer Boom” readies for
its all-out assault on Social Security
and retirement, the Center for Disease
Control says that the United States is
on the verge of a longevity revolution. Predictions are that the number
of older Americans will double to 70
million, 1 in 5, by the year 2030. In
1900, the average lifespan was a mere
47 years. By 1990, the average person could expect to live 75 years or
more – an increase of 28 years in
less than a century.
With advances in sanitation, antibiotics and medical care, anti-aging
medicine has become a medical specialty founded on the application of
advanced scientific and medical technologies for the early detection, prevention, treatment and reversal of
age-related diseases.
So rapidly is the field of age retardation growing, that the American
Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
(A4M), founded in 1992, will hold its
15th annual convention in Las Vegas
later this year with literally thousands
of physicians in attendance.
In truth, the secret to longevity is
simple. There are just three basic
rules to anti-aging medicine: Don’t
The deer finally have an excuse to stare.
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get sick; don’t get old; don’t die.
Dr. Daniela Paunesky, of the AntiAging Medical Center in Atlanta,
Georgia, has a similar philosophy
when she states, “I want to die young
at a very old age.”
Hormone replacement and bioidentical hormones are part of an
entirely new approach to healthcare
that anti-aging physician Paunesky
endorses. Among the most enthusiastic advocates for bio-identical treatment is well-known actress/entrepreneur Suzanne Somers who claims
that “50 is a just a beginning of our
lives.”
While it may be easy to identify an
aging person, Dr. Paunesky says that
defining what aging is can be far
more difficult. She says aging is the
cumulative subtle decline in our
body’s ability to produce hormones.
“I want to die young
at a very old age.”
This is a degenerative process where
hormones that were once thought to
influence only the young are now
seen as tools for enhancing the quality, and possibly quantity, of life as we
grow older. Without hormone production, our bodies begin to wither
and deteriorate.
There are four primary factors to
aging: Hormone depletion, oxidative
stress, nutrition and genetics. It is
important to note that most physicians in the field of anti-aging medicine agree that each of these factors
must be viewed and treated on an
individualized basis with an emphasis
on moderation and balance in a person’s lifestyle.
Initially, bio-identical hormones
were prescribed to relieve the symptoms of menopause, but more recent
therapies have discovered anti-aging
properties as well, plus the possibility
of deferring the diseases of aging.
Bio-identical hormones are better
than synthetic hormones because they
are natural, allowing the body to
metabolize them as it was designed to
do with minimal side effects.
Combined with proper diet, Somers
says that a person can retrain herself/himself to “die healthy.”
Among other treatments favored
by Dr. Paunesksy is the hotly debated
practice of mesotherapy. Introduced
in France in the 1950s, mesotherapy
has become popular throughout the
world by many cosmetic surgeons
who offer it as a specialty. Many
advocates of the process profess that
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it can drastically reduce cellulite,
eliminate wrinkles, remove scars and,
in some cases, even stimulate hair
growth.
One of the reasons for the increase
in the popularity of mesotherapy is
that, unlike liposuction, it is noninvasive. There are no anesthetics
involved. No bandages. And, best of
all, there is no downtime afterwards.
The treatment involves a “cocktail”
of specially formulated vitamins,
minerals and medications which are
injected directly into the layer of fat
just beneath the skin. Theoretically,
the injection will break down fat cells
that can then be flushed out as waste.
Like many alternative medical
practices, there has been much debate
about mesotherapy due to a lack of
hard data and testing. While Roberta
Flack has been the best known
celebrity endorser of the process,
USA Today calls it “hope in a needle.”
Most patients receive three to ten
treatments, spaced a week to a month
apart, at a cost between $300 to $500
per injection.
Another minimally-invasive procedure called Thermage® made its
debut in 2002. It involves the delivery
of Capacitive Radiofrequency (CRF)
energy to the underlayer of the skin
Dr. Paul C. Drago was named the Top
Anti-Aging Physician by the American
Academy of Anti-Aging in 2006.
Dr. Michael Stadtmauer offers a wide
variety of naturopathic services.
to stimulate and tighten collagen.
Though general anesthesia is not necessary, the doctor may offer light
medication to alleviate discomfort
from the small incisions around the
ear and underneath the chin. The procedure takes 30 minutes to two hours,
recovery time is four to five days and
Drago advises his patients to take
vitamins, get seven hours of sleep
nightly and exercise four times a
week to combat aging.
Another alternative medical practice is naturopathy. Dr. Michael
Stadtmauer offers a wide array of
naturopathic services. After several
visits to China and Nepal, where he
received training in Qi Gong and
intensive instruction in Classical
Chinese medicine, Dr. Stadtmauer’s
goal is to improve health and treat
disease primarily by assisting the
body’s innate capacity to recover
from illness and injury. Naturopathic
physicians prefer “natural” remedies
as opposed to invasive surgery or
most synthetic drugs. Treatments
may include a broad array of modalities such as massage, hydrotherapy,
acupuncture, counseling aromatherapy and environmental medicine
among others.
“I try to empower patients to take
charge of their wellness,” says Dr.
Stadtmauer.
Of course, new concepts in any
endeavor will always attract detractors. Writing in Time magazine in
1999, Leon Jaroff termed alternative
medical practices as “voodoo medicine.” As he explained in his article
titled, “Visions of the 21st Century,”
the results may last from three to five
years. Offered at Genesis Anti-Aging
& Plastic Surgery, a one-stop antiaging center in Charlotte, North
Carolina, the Quick Recovery Facelift
costs $4,800.
Thermage® is completely safe and
may be repeated again and again,
according to Dr. Paul C. Drago, who
practices at Genesis and is the only
surgeon in the country who is board
certified in Cosmetic Surgery, Facial
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,
Nose & Throat Surgery. Named the
“Top Anti-Aging Physician” by
American Academy of Anti-Aging in
2006 and the author to The Keys: A
Guide to Wellness and Anti-Aging, Dr.
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“any alternative therapy that can be
proved valid will swiftly be incorporated into mainstream medicine.”
All of which brings us full circle to
more traditional, and perhaps better
known, means of pursuing longevity
such as fitness and nutrition. Among
the leading experts on fitness is the
“father of aerobics,” Dr. Kenneth
Cooper, who published his first bestseller on the subject in 1968.
Motivated by Cooper’s studies on
preventive medicine and his enthusiastically received personal appearances around the country, millions of
people soon discovered, or re-discovered, the merits of exercise. By 1970,
the Cooper Aerobics Center in
Dallas, Texas, flourished as a clinic
for the full-time exploration of the
relationship between cardiovascular
fitness and health and longevity.
Cooper’s philosophy was simple and
straightforward: “It is easier to maintain good health through proper exercise, diet, and emotional balance than
to regain it once it is lost.”
From those humble beginnings
more than 35 years ago, to a staff of
650 at the Cooper Aerobic Center
today, Dr. Cooper is recognized as the
Dr. Kenneth Cooper, founder of the
Cooper Aerobics Center, is considered
the “father of aerobics.”
Trainer works with a couple at the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas, Texas.
“It is easier to maintain good health through proper exercise,
diet, and emotional balance than to regain it once it is lost.”
leader of the international physical
fitness movement. Certified by the
American Board of Preventive
Medicine, and holding an MPH
degree from the Harvard School of
Public Medicine, Cooper is credited
with motivating more people to exercise in the pursuit of good health than
anyone else.
Today, even the benefits of aerobics have advanced to a higher level
of training known as cardiovascular
and respiratory endurance, or “cardio” for short. The ability of the
heart and lungs to transport oxygen
through the blood vessels to and from
the heart is the true benefit of aerobic
exercise. Cardio workouts promote
faster metabolism which is nearly a
dozen times greater than aerobics
with high-intensity weight training.
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Certainly, golfer Tiger Woods is a testament to this concept. Until Tiger
arrived on the scene, weight training
among golfers was a taboo. Now that
his fellow competitors have seen the
size of Tiger’s checkbook, many of
them are doing it. In addition, cardio
advocates claim that the building up
and maintenance of your muscle
mass supports resistance to disease
and illness.
In the end, however, whether you
choose aerobics, cardiovascular
endurance, alternative medicines or
some combination of them all, most
experts agree that living longer still
boils down to the basic matter of
weight control, moderation and a balanced lifestyle.
“Paramount in the lives of older
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individuals is flexibility and balance,”
says Martha Krauss. She and her
husband Will have hosted guests from
39 states and 8 countries for nearly
ten years at Elizabeth Lane B&B,
their three-bedroom inn in Matthews,
North Carolina.
Now in their late 60s, both are cancer survivors; Martha beat breast cancer in 1992, while Will overcame
prostate cancer four years ago.
Though Martha was a physical educa-
Martha and Will Krauss lead active,
balanced, full lives after beating cancer.
tion major in school, her bout with
cancer was a wake-up call. Today, she
and Will visit their local YMCA
about four mornings a week, participating in yoga, pilates and piyo. Two
days each week Will also does extensive cardio workouts. In addition, this
active couple swims in the summer
and walks in the winter.
“It’s the best time of my life,”
states Martha with enthusiasm. “Will
and I have adopted a new motto, ‘If
not now…when?’”
Boomer Mary Mitchell, who will
turn 61 in January, is also discovering
this to be the best time of her life.
The Raleigh, North Carolina, entre-
“It is easier to maintain good health through proper exercise,
diet, and emotional balance than to regain it once it is lost.”
preneur attributes her youthful looks
to good genes and a healthy lifestyle,
which she began pursuing in earnest
over 35 years ago. “When I discovered I had food allergies, I started
reading labels and everything I could
find on wellness. Dr. Andrew Weil,
an expert on integrated medicine,
nutrition and alternative treatment,
made a lot of sense to me, and I continue to consult his website.”
Mary gave up hydrogenated fats,
started eating healthier foods and taking vitamins and began exercising
regularly. Now she begins each day
with a 15-minute warm-up and over
the course of a week gets 10-14 hours
of exercise by walking and doing
some form of weight training. “I do
strength training to tone the muscles
and build bone density, pilates to
improve balance and flexibility and
walk to get my heart rate up,” she
says.
Mary
believes a
healthy
lifestyle is
one that
includes a
passion for
something
and a creative outlet.
Mary Mitchell attributes
She enjoys
her youthful looks to
gardening,
good genes and a healthy
decorating,
lifestyle.
writing and
spending time with her dogs. “The
arts in every form are another lifelong passion, as I was trained a child
in ballet, piano and visual arts,” she
adds.
Each year, some 300,000 deaths in
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the United States result from complications arising from being overweight.
With 97 million Americans either
obese or overweight, the condition has
reached near epidemic proportions.
Health risks related to obesity include,
but are not limited to, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart
problems, lower back pain, arthritis
and respiratory difficulties, to name a
few. But even though obesity is now
the second leading cause of preventable death in this country, most dieters
have a history of failure. This is why
proper diet, nutrition and exercise can
have a significant effect on age retardation when combined with whatever
supplemental factors an individual
might choose.
While it is not possible to reverse a
person’s inherent genetic makeup,
most anti-aging professionals agree
that a customized approach to an individual’s personal healthcare needs will
lead to a more productive, active
lifestyle for those on the leading edge
of their golden years. There is no
question that sustained regular activity
has life-enhancing benefits.
Presently, there are more than 60
anti-aging conventions and conferences scheduled throughout the world
for next year. As Dr. Eric Braverman
of the Place for Achieving Total
Health (PATH Medical) in New York
City so appropriately puts it, “All
great medicine is anti-aging.”
Anti-aging has become the medical
wave of the future. It’s just another
wrinkle in the age-old problem of
dealing with old age. ✤
Bob Taylor writes from Charlotte,
North Carolina.
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By Bob Taylor
Look well, feel
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are five practical
reasons for keeping
informed about
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and their benefits.
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Everyone has heard the expression “age before beauty,” but with the proliferation of anti-aging medical practices, the
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Be it face-lifts, tummy tucks, breast enhancement/reduction, Botox, anti-wrinkle creams, liposuction or just about anything in between, vanity has long been a major factor in providing the “appearance” of youth over actually resorting to a
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healthier lifestyle. No doubt, such
procedures will always be with us.
However, with the advent of
improved medical technologies,
advanced research and individual
awareness, the emphasis is rapidly
changing to something more tangible than faux beauty.
We all want to look and feel
better as we grow older, but there
are other reasons why people are
taking a more scientific approach
to aging. The desire for a more
active, productive retirement
lifestyle is one. Travel is another.
Today, with increased access to
the world and better personal
financial planning, energetic
retirees are seeing the world in
greater numbers than ever before.
Not to be overlooked are improved
mental, emotional and spiritual tech-
niques such as yoga and other meditative programs which add new levels
of serenity to an aging population.
Regardless of the field of medicine,
Acupuncture is gaining in popularity.
be it fitness, preventive care, naturopathy, bio-medicine or anything
else, most physicians agree that bal-
ance is a key to attaining longevity.
Enthusiastic, positive people are far
more energetic and active than their
sedentary counterparts, and the lifeprolonging results are dramatic.
Combined with proper diet and
nutrition, exercise, appropriate
supplemental medications, there
may come a time in the not so
distant future when people not
only “look” healthy, they will
actually “be” healthy and their
youthful appearance will be fact
rather than fiction.
Look well, feel well, think
well, act well and be well are five
practical reasons for keeping
informed about anti-aging practices and their benefits. The
Anti-Age Age is upon us with promises to become the Golden Age for
active retirees. ✤
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such as Smith & Nephew’s Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System and The Journey Knee system.
If surgery is an option, consider the advice of Dr. Chip Comadoll of North Carolina:
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Tip 6:
Develop your spirituality.
Tip 2: Follow your physician’s advice.
Tip 7:
Engage in mentally stimulating activities.
Tip 3: Exercise regularly.
Tip 8:
Maintain your role and sense of purpose.
Tip 4: Reduce the overall calories you consume daily.
Tip 9:
Seek financial stability.
Tip 5: Socialize and have fun.
Tip 10: Engage family and friends.
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Healthy Places in the
SOUTH Poll
By Bob Taylor
Roanoke, Virginia ■
Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, Arkansas ■
■ Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Newport News, Virginia
■ Cary, North Carolina
■ Asheville, North Carolina
Chattanooga, Tennessee ■
Greenville, South Carolina ■
Huntsville, Alabama ■
■ Wilmington, North Carolina
■ Charleston, South Carolina
■ Savannah, Georgia
■ Brunswick, Georgia
Biloxi/Gulfport/Pascagoula, Mississippi ■
Baton Rouge, Louisiana ■
■ Ocala, Florida
■ Palm Bay/Melbourne/Titusville, Florida
Cape Coral/Fort Myers, Florida ■
■ Jupiter, Florida
W
We all know stories of people who move to Arizona to take advantage of the
arid climate with no humidity or northerners who relocate to Florida to enjoy the
warmth of perpetual summer. And then there are the Floridians who migrate
northward to savor the contours of the North Carolina and Tennessee mountains
or the rolling landscapes of Virginia.
In this rapidly growing era of anti-aging medicine, there will likely become
significant factors that retirees will consider regarding the best places to live for
adopting a healthy lifestyle. Certainly, the availability of quality healthcare will
be a primary decision-maker for many, but there will be other major considerations such as climate, safety, ecosystems, access, culture and heritage, recreation
and diversity.
Using this criteria as a general foundation, combined with a small degree of
research, plus comments from anti-aging professionals, we took a subjective
poll of some of the healthiest places to live in the Southeast. Obviously, every
town or city could not measure up to the full magnitude of each category and, as
always in such a list, there is plenty of room for argument and debate.
The list of places we compiled, along with some honorable mentions, is
shown on the map. Because of the unscientific nature of the poll, with no formal
evaluation scale for the results, the list was compiled with all aspects of a
healthy retirement environment given equal weight, based on the factors mentioned. Four states claimed two locations while Tennessee and Georgia rounded
out the list. ✤
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■ Asheville, North Carolina
■ Brunswick, Georgia
■ Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Newport News,
Virginia
■ Cape Coral/Fort Myers, Florida
■ Charleston, South Carolina
■ Chattanooga, Tennessee
■ Greenville, South Carolina
■ Ocala, Florida
■ Roanoke, Virginia
■ Wilmington, North Carolina
Other places with excellent conditions
for longevity and enjoying a productive
retirement lifestyle include the following:
■
■
■
■
■
■
■
■
■
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Biloxi/Gulfport/Pascagoula, Mississippi
Brownsville/Harlington/San Benito, Texas
Cary, North Carolina
Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, Arkansas
Huntsville, Alabama
Jupiter, Florida
Palm Bay/Melbourne/Titusville, Florida
Savannah, Georgia
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News, Observations and Tidbits
from 11 Southern States...
Retirement Around the South
By Dan Owens, Publisher/Executive Editor
Alabama
■ Twenty-two of the top 30 healthiest homebuilding markets, as judged
by continued building activity, are in
the South, and three of these markets
are in Alabama: Auburn-Opelika,
ranked 12th; Huntsville, 22nd; and
Tuscaloosa, 25th. Based on the size
of the state’s population, Alabama has
great relocation hotspots.
■ In
Enterprise and
New Brockton,
Ronnie Gilley
Properties (RGP) has launched several very affordable housing developments geared to empty-nesters and
active retirees. Marketing to people
from the Florida Panhandle, Fort
Rucker in Dothan and Troy
University in Troy, RGP is promoting
Enterprise as a “Mayberry-style”
small town with affordable prices,
friendly people and moderate taxes.
■ On
Alabama’s Bon
Secour Bay, the
Peninsula is a
gated Gulf Shores community featuring 27 holes of championship golf,
the area’s premier racquet and fitness
P E N I N S U L A
club, a 400-acre nature preserve and
walkover to a private beach and a
wide variety of elegant homes and
building sites for year-round living.
With a mile of shoreline, about half
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Arkansas are still a bargain compared
with pricey markets like Miami and
Las Vegas. One Bella Vista real estate
agent was quoted in the Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette as saying, “There’s
a slowdown now, but it’s like a roller
coaster.”
Florida
of Peninsula’s 820 acres consists of
nature preserves and interpretive
walking trails. The community has
been meticulously planned to retain
as much of the property’s natural
beauty as possible. In addition, the
Peninsula is bordered by the Bon
Secour National Wildlife Refuge.
Residential options at the Peninsula
vary from high-style, low-maintenance patio homes and golf course
villas to elegant custom homes and
estate-size lots. For more information, please e-mail us at retiresouth@hotmail.com with your contact information and Peninsula in the
subject line.
Arkansas
■ Many viewers have seen commercials featuring former CHIPS
series star Erik Estrada offering
Arkansas resort property through
National Recreational Properties, a
Florida developer.
■ In the
past few
years, prices
have reported- Hot Springs Village
ly dipped
somewhat at Arkansas resorts such as
Hot Springs Village and at retirement-oriented Bella Vista. Even so,
many buyers report that prices in
■ Florida continues to be the 800pound gorilla in luring retirees from
around the country. However, while
the state still attracts tens of thousands a year (more than any other
state in the country), fewer retirees
are coming to the land of sunshine
and more retirees are leaving, compared with 10-15 years ago. In some
cases, these retirees are the so-called
“half-backs,” those who retired south
to Florida and then decided to move
half-way back home to states like the
Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama or
Tennessee, among others.
■ Coastal South Florida property
prices enjoyed quite an increase from
2002 through 2006, but now have
stalled. Prices have fallen somewhat,
and the sheer number of homes are
not selling nearly as fast as in previous years. Issues such as the threat of
hurricanes, insurance rates and higher-than-normal prices have canceled
out Florida’s built-in advantages:
Year-around sunshine, great golf
courses and the lack of state income
tax.
■ Real estate experts claim that
there are really two Floridas: South
Florida and North Florida. They say
you can split the state halfway down
The Peninsula – Spectacular sunsets. Hundred-year old-trees draped in Spanish moss. World-class golf and tennis.
Nature preserves. Private beach. Live your dream at this gated Gulf Shores community...
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the middle and find totally different
lifestyles. At the recent Discovery
Weekend Expo in Atlanta, two
Florida Panhandle developments were
represented – Heritage Plantation in
Crestview (www.heritageplantationfla.com), and La Borgata in Panama
City (www.laborgatahomes.com).
Our observations are that South
Alabama, South Georgia and the
Panhandle region of Florida are still
relatively undiscovered, unspoiled and
affordable. These regions are also less
congested and more like “Mayberry”
than resort communities that have
seen explosive growth in the past five
to seven years.
Georgia
■ Home of the University of
Georgia, Athens is seeing the construction of three condominium
buildings that are targeted to UGA
alumni, young professionals, emptynesters and active retirees. Real estate
agents are reporting that retirees
looking to move to a college town
and those with UGA ties are showing
strong interest in the condo units.
■ Kudos to
Del Webb’s Sun City Peachtree, a
premier Atlanta active adult 55+
development, for being named the
“Best Overall Active
Adult/Retirement Community” by the
National Active Retirement
Association (NARA).
■ Construction at two Atlanta area
active adult retirement communities
being developed by Levitt and Sons -Seasons at Laurel Canyon (766
homes planned) and Seasons on Lake
Lanier (750 homes planned) – has
ceased. According to news reports,
the company could not meet financial
obligations in mid-October and has
shut down normal business operations.
■ Valdosta, Dublin and
Thomasville actively participated in
the October National Active
Retirement Association (NARA) conference and Discovery Weekend in
Atlanta in mid-October.
Louisiana
■ In the future, don’t be surprised
to hear more about Louisiana and
these communities as “retirement
hotspots”:
Just minutes
away from
Bossier City
and its twin city
Shreveport,
Willow Lake
community is Northwest Louisiana’s
first 55+ age-restricted, masterplanned, gated development. Located
on 70 acres, Willow Lake offers nine
home floor plans, ranging from 1,464
to 3,232 square feet. There are a
number of golf courses nearby,
including Cypress Lake, Black Bayou
and Red River, as well as thoroughbred and quarter horse racing, riverfront festivals and celebrity shows at
major casinos. This neighborhood sits
on 70 beautiful acres in northwest
Louisiana and offers private lots with
single family homes that are specifically designed to be upscale but small
in size. Experienced owners demand
high quality construction, open floor
plans with lots of storage and all the
comfort features they have grown to
enjoy. The development’s convenient
location allows easy access to numerous golf courses and waterways such
as Cypress Lake, Black Bayou and
the Red River.
■ In Baton Rouge, about a dozen
Traditional Neighborhood
Developments (TNDs) are planned,
with village centers and livable, walkable elements. Empty-nesters and
active retirees are signing up for these
units, according to project developers.
Mississippi
■ Mississippi evaluates each community upon the basis of the following criteria judged important to
retirees: Affordable cost of living,
low taxes, low crime rate, quality
medical care, recreation, educational
and cultural opportunities and a
warm, welcoming community.
Among the certified communities,
including some recognizable names
offering a variety of landscapes and
characteristics, are Aberdeen,
Booneville, Brookhaven, Clinton,
Columbus, Corinth, Hattiesburg,
Madison, McComb, Meridian,
Mississippi Gulf Coast, Natchez,
Oxford, Picayune, Southaven,
Starkville, Tupelo, Vicksburg and
West Point. More information can be
found at http://www.visitmississippi.org/retire/retirementcities.htm
■ Gulfport/Biloxi was the second
healthiest housing market in the
United States, based on the number
of September 2007 building permits,
according to Reed Construction Data.
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North Carolina
■ Five of the top 10 housing markets, based on September 2007 building permits, were in North Carolina,
according to Reed Construction Data.
They are Wilmington, ranked 3rd;
Raleigh/Cary, 4th; Jacksonville, 5th;
Greenville, 6th; and CharlotteGastonia-Concord, 7th.
■ Reports on inventories and
prices by regional realtors indicate
that North Carolina mountain communities such as Blowing Rock,
Boone, Asheville, Brevard and
Murphy continue to show strong sales
with high prices. However, coastal
property sales in some selected markets are somewhat flat from 2005 and
2006 levels. Prices have leveled off
and even fallen somewhat, and the
inventory of available properties has
risen.
■ Erickson Retirement
Communities
has received
approval
from the
Matthews
Town Council to build a 1,100-unit
continuing care retirement community in this suburb of Charlotte.
South Carolina
■ The resort region of Myrtle
Beach is a real estate anomaly. First,
new Grand Strand oceanfront home
and condo construction and sales are
still strong. In fact, the Myrtle Beach/
Conway/North Myrtle Beach region
led the United States in new building
permits in September 2007, according to Reed Construction Data.
However, resale condos are seeing
Lakeside Crossing in Myrtle Beach, SC,
has been voted one of America’s 100
Best Master Planned Communities.
pre-2005 boom prices. In other
words, many real estate professionals
describe a roller coaster of rapidly
rising prices that have fallen less than
those prices before the boom. Myrtle
Beach continues to benefit from
being one of the Carolinas top retirement destinations.
■ The historic region of
Charleston-North Charleston, another
top retirement destination, ranked
18th in new building permits in
September. Condo prices remain
somewhat soft, but the area continues
to attract migrants from across the
country looking for ocean recreation
and the charming and romantic allure
of this seaport metro.
■ Greenville, Aiken, Seneca, Fort
Mill, Camden and North Augusta all
report a strong housing market. On a
sour note, Levitt and Sons’ financial
problems have spilled over to a
planned 460-home development
called Seasons at Prince Creek, located 20 minutes south of Myrtle Beach
in Murrell’s Inlet. The company has
ceased all homebuilding activity at
this development and closed down its
sales operation.
Tennessee
■ Northeast Tennessee is an
“under the radar” spot, compared
with places like Asheville and
Blowing Rock, North Carolina, or the
North Georgia Mountains/Lake
Lanier area.
According to Jeanette Scalf, a
retiree recruiter in the area, Northeast
Tennessee is “like the North Carolina
mountains without the higher taxes.”
Tennessee is known for not having a
state income tax. Some of the towns
that retirees find desirable are
Kingsport, Bristol and Johnson City,
home of East Tennessee University.
The Appalachian Mountains region
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promotes four distinct seasons, moderate temperatures year-round, a rich
cultural heritage, stunning natural
beauty, wide variety of outdoor recreational opportunities, multi-dimensional arts environment, many fine
dining opportunities, regional wineries and vineyards and nationally-recognized physicians and medical centers.
■ In Middle Tennessee, near
Cookeville, The Bluffs at
Cumberland Cove features great
mountain views with city water,
sewer, underground utilities, waterfalls, creeks, country paved roads and
a 770-acre nature preserve. The property is close to medical facilities.
Interior lots start at $48,900; view
lots, at $98,900. A cottage and chalet
pre-development release is part of the
development’s immediate plans. Call
877-444-8439 or click on
www.mybluffs.com.
Texas
■ The Central Texas town of
Georgetown was named the top
retirement town in the latest edition
of Retirement Places Rated. “Though
Georgetown may not be the first
place to come to mind for most people, its strong economy and affordable housing gave it an edge over the
199 other communities we
researched,” said author David
Savageau.
A half-million Americans move to
other states each year to retire, while
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“This is my
Sun City.”
Where every day
is a new adventure.
A vacation
from the ordinary.
An invitation for
friends and family
to visit
again and again.
Swing over to Sun City Hilton Head.
Our new Model Home Park is now open.
Check out our new floorplans and experience the beautifully
decorated model homes. Embrace the active adult lifestyle in our
spectacular amenity center and our 100-plus active clubs and
interest groups. Start making your memories today!
Call 800-978-9783. Or visit suncity.com/hiltonhead
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Additional restrictions apply. Community Association and additional fees for golf required. Details available upon request. Complete offering terms for the homeowners’ association are in an offering plan
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Warning: The CA Department of Real Estate has not inspected, examined or qualified communities outside CA. ©2007 Del Webb Corporation. HH-MA-RL-110-07
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another half-million resettle within their
states. Retirement experts expect those
numbers to double as boomers claim
Social Security and seek out their own
Golden Ponds.
Mr. Savageau, who has published
seven editions of his guidebook in the
past 25 years, used seven criteria to
determine the best retirement spots this
time around: Climate, economy, community services, ambience, living costs,
housing and personal safety.
“Georgetown offers the best of two
worlds,” he said. “It’s a small community
on the edge of the Austin metropolitan
area. Retirees want both the neighborliness of a small town and the cultural,
Georgetown, Texas
entertainment and health-care amenities
of a big city.”
Six communities have been been
named to Texas’ Certified Retirement
Community list through the Department
of Agriculture. They include the East
Texas communities of Athens, Lufkin,
Nacogdoches County and Winnsboro,
along with the North Texas town of
Duncanville and the small Central Texas
community of Cuero.
Virginia
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■ Virginia continues to be one of the
most interesting states to watch in retirement. Actually, it seems to us to be three
states combined into one.
First, there are the Northern Virginia
suburban sprawl counties within driving
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distance of DC, which are growing very
rapidly. Of the 250,000 net new residents in Virginia from 2000-2005, 60
percent of the growth came in Northern
Virginia. In other words, the growth rate
is at least twice as fast as the rest of the
state. The coastal region of Hampton
Roads/Virginia Beach is also showing
strong growth, especially because of the
strong Navy and military presence in
that area. Also Colonial Williamsburg is
not only a top tourist spot, but a retirement hotspot as well.
The slowest growth in the state comes
in the true retirement areas of the state
in the mountainous western and southwestern parts of the state. There you
find find quaint college towns like
Roanoke (Hollins College),
Charlottesville (UVA), Lynchburg
(Sweet Briar/Liberty) and Lexington
(Washington & Lee/VMI). All are great
places to retire because of the many
amenities they offer. Other Virginia
towns like Blacksburg (Virginia Tech)
and to a lesser extent, Danville and
Bristol have small town charm.
An emerging hotspot is the Smith
Mountain Lake area. Near the lake are
Franklin County and Roanoke, an
increasingly popular choice for its economy and its schools. One of our top
picks is a small historic mountain town
of Abingdon (population 8,000) near
the Tri-Cities area of Johnson
City/Kingsport/Bristol, TennesseeVirginia.
Interestingly, neither the state or
towns in Virginia appear to be actively
recruiting retirees, so information is not
as available as in other southern states.
Hilltop view of Grayson County
near Abingdon, Virginia
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ement
Ta k i n g a L o o k a t . . . .
T h e S o u t h ’ s To p
H o u s i n g M a r ke t s
( H I N T: R e t i r e m e n t , R e s o r t a n d
C o l l e g e To w n s A r e L e a d i n g t h e Wa y )
If
If you judge the health of a region’s or a community’s
homebuilding and housing market by housing permits per
1,000 population, it is interesting to note that most of the top
30 markets are based on retirement relocation or are resort
destinations.
At Retirement Lifestyles™ magazine, we think that when
traditional housing and homebuilding slows, it is the older,
affluent empty-nesters, boomers and active retirees that keep
things humming.
The fact that 22 of the top 30 markets are stacked with
southern communities is also interesting. Heavily dotted on
this list of 2007 top 30 hotspots are college towns/communities, which are becoming increasingly popular among
boomers and active retirees.
Our “take” is that people from all over the country are
finding the affordable, uncongested, friendly communities of
the South a welcome relief from places that are just the opposite. Here are the rankings of the top 30 healthiest homebuilding and housing markets, based on recent housing permits per
1,000 residents, as compiled by Reed Construction Data and
the US Census Bureau:
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Myrtle Beach/Conway/North Myrtle Beach, SC
Gulfport/Biloxi, MS
Wilmington, NC
Raleigh/Cary, NC
Jacksonville, NC
Greenville, NC
Charlotte/Gastonia/Concord, NC
Austin/Round Rock, TX
St. George, UT
Bend, OR
Cape Coral/Fort Myers, FL*
Auburn/Opelika, AL
Idaho Falls, ID
Savannah, GA
State College, PA
Las Vegas/Paradise, NV
Sebastian/Vero Beach, FL
Charleston/North Charleston, SC
Houston/Sugar Land/Baytown, TX
Ocala, FL*
Coeur d’Alene, ID
Huntsville, AL
Provo/Orem, UT
Grand Junction, CO
Tuscaloosa, AL
Punta Gorda, FL
Panama City/Lynn Haven, FL
Warner Robins, GA
College Station/Bryan, TX
Burlington, NC
*Note these communities are mentioned in “Where to
Tread Carefully”on the following page.
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Where to tread
c a r e f u l l y. . .
The fallout from the subprime loan
real estate disaster IS far from over, the
Wall Street Journal reports. Karl Case,
an economics professor at Wellesley
College tells the Journal: “We had an
agressive home-mortgage industry trying
to get people in homes they couldn't
afford at a time when home prices were
very high. It turned out to be a house of
cards. We’re in the early stages of the
clean up.”
The Journal also reports that high net
worth individuals and speculators used
subprime mortgages to buy expensive
houses as well. Perhaps the most disconcerting fact is that as much as $600 billion in adjustable rate subprime loans are
due to adjust to higher rates at the end of
2008, further stressing borrowers.
What does this mean for the emptynester, boomer or retiree seeking to relocate in 2008 or 2009? Choose your city
(and your price) carefully. There are
wonderful places where you can invest,
especially in the South. But, the top
metro areas with the highest percentage
of new high-rate mortgages from 20042006 may face more problems in 2008.
The good news is that home prices may
be very cheap (and get cheaper). The bad
news is that the recovery may take
longer. These metros are:
1.
2.
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10.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL
Bakersville, CA
Ocala, FL
Stockton, CA
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
Lewiston-Auburn, MA
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV
Tacoma, WA
Source: Home Mortgage Disclosure
Act Data (as reported by the Wall Street
Journal).
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A T L A N T A
Discovery Weekend
R E A L
E S TAT E
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&
R E T I R E M E N T
Wonderful speakers, great discussions and relocation exploration kept attendees to the Atlanta Discovery Weekend busy in
October.
Designed to help those over 50+ consider how best to spend
their “Act II” or second half of life, people from Georgia and
beyond came to learn and talk to almost 30 exhibitors about
relocation and other options.
As one of our Discovery Weekend speakers, Cec Murphey,
pointed out, part of living a fulfilling life is the adventures and
the experiences. For many people, changing a home and lifestyle
is an incredibly daunting task. But, many have taken the plunge
and, when the dust settles, have found a wonderful new life in
store for them in a new location.
Other Discovery Weekend highlights:
3
4
• Lawyer/Financial Planner/Author Adrian Berg discussed buying your second home or retirement home through your IRA.
She’s the author of How Not To Go Broke at 102: Achieving
Everlasting Wealth.
• Author Jennifer Schuchman talked about taking stock of our
lives and visualizing the legacy we will leave behind. (Makes
you think, doesn’t it?). Jennifer is the author of Your
Unforgettable Life: Only You Can Choose the Legacy You
Leave.
• Gerald Sweitzer discussed the newest volume of his book,
The 50 Best Small Southern Towns.
Lots of companies were on hand to talk about their area or
community. If you were not able to make it to Atlanta, you can
look at the list of clients to the right. If you have an interest in
learning more about these relocation options, just email us at
retiresouth@hotmail.com and we’ll try to answer your question.
1. Great speakers, including New York Times Best-Selling Author
Cecil “Cec” Murphey gave wonderful presentations at the inaugu5
ral Discovery Weekend Expo in Atlanta. Pictured are National Active
Retirement Association (NARA) Director Dan Owens, Murphey, and
Retirement Lifestyles™ magazine Account Executive Sherrie Norris and Office Manager Irene
Salema. 2. Jerry Sweitzer has just released the second edition of his book, “The 50 Best Small
Southern Towns.” He gave a presentation at the Discovery Weekend Expo in Atlanta. Here,
Sweitzer is pictured with Chaz Lee of Heritage Plantation in Crestview, FL. 3. La Borgata is a popular luxury fractional ownership development promoted by country music star Alan Jackson in
Panama City, FL. La Borgata was an exhibitor at the inaugural Discovery Weekend Expo. 4.
Retirement Lifestyles Relocation Director Marian Ingram is pictured with Centex of Coastal
Carolina's Lifestyle Director Sharon Metz. 5. Author Jerry Sweitzer writes about the
Morganton/Burke County (NC) area as a relocation hotspot. Here, he is pictured with Mark and
Susan Berley, who both represented Burke County at the Expo.
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• Morganton, (Burke County), NC) - quaint,
charming foothills town between Charlotte
and Asheville, NC.
• Thomasville (Thomas County) GA - beautiful
South Georgia small town.
• Del Webb Peachtree - large active adult
community outside of Atlanta. Named Best
Overall Active Adult/Retirement Community
by NARA judges.
• Northeast Tennessee - scenic small towns in
the mountains of NE Tennessee.
• Savannah Lakes Village - outstanding
planned community on Lake Thurmond near
Greenwood, SC.
• The Bluffs at Cumberland Cove - Middle
Tennessee mountain community.
• Heritage Plantation - planned community
near Crestview, FL.
• Reynolds Plantation - planned upscale community 80 miles east of Atlanta on Lake
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• Ronnie Gilley Properties - Country music
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• Hot Springs Village - America's largest
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• Rocky Mountain Log Homes - Ever considered living in a log home? These are the guys
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• Planters Row at Palmetto Crossing - a
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• Coastal Green Development - a Gulf
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• Riverwalk - mountain active adult living at
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• John Wieland Homes - Introducing Cadence
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• Marian Ingram Relocation Services - helps
those find property around the South.
• LaBorgata - luxury Panama City Beach
vacation homes/condos that are affordable.
• www.houseoftravelonline.com - travel
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2007 Business Summit
NARA Director Dan Owens, NARA Board Member
Helen Foster and John Rehkop of Walker Marketing
On October 17-19, 23 speakers and over 100 business
people from 20 states met in Atlanta to discuss ways to
George Schlecht and Ron Callaway
better serve” boomers and beyond.” This conference featured discussions on what it means to get older in today’s
society and how businesses can prepare for the aging of
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Retirement Lifestyles™ magazine, www.retiresouth.com and www.movetomytown.com sponsored this
conference, along with ID Collaborative, Liquid
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Owens, Foster and Del Webb's Brent Landry
A number of community leaders attended the conference
Laura Tyler and Peter Michaels
and discussed ways to help their towns and communities
attract 50+ people considering relocation and retirement.
Other organizations represented included homebuilders,
realtors, developers, consultants, financial planners,
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Plans for a 2008 NARA Business Summit in Myrtle Beach,
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F I R S T P L A C E – 2 0 0 7 E S S AY C O N T E S T
PHOTO COURTESY BARRY SILVERSTEIN
The Draw of
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By Barrry Silverstein
“There are few locales I can think of with the right combination of
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When the snow reached the height of the mailbox at our Massachusetts home, I
thought it might be time to do more than dream about a warmer climate. Armed with
the book, The 100 Best Places to Retire, my wife and I made a list of the attributes
we most wanted our new home to have.
Asheville, North Carolina, seemed to be the place that met all the criteria we set.
It boasted a temperate climate, a reasonable cost of living (compared with
Massachusetts) and the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Over a period of three years, we traveled to Asheville. With each visit, we discovered another wonderful restaurant, a gallery showcasing local talent, a mountain festival or a new hiking trail. We were hooked. When our daughter graduated from high
school, we relocated.
Asheville is as eclectic, funky and stimulating as it is laid back, sophisticated and
charming. There are no “big box” stores downtown – only small boutiques, galleries,
restaurants and one of the finest independent bookstores in the region. The people
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My wife and I work part-time and, even so, we wish we had more time to enjoy
the cultural offerings of the city and surrounding areas. There are a wealth of concerts (many free), festivals, performances and shows, especially during the summer.
We take advantage of the Biltmore Estate’s immaculately landscaped grounds for
walks and picnics. If we ever need to unwind, a ride along the Blue Ridge Parkway
greets us with awe-inspiring vistas at every turn. That puts everything in perspective.
There are few locales I can think of with the right combination of culture, climate
and the mystical, magnetic draw of the mountains. Asheville, North Carolina, is a
very special place.
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