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When married men claim Social Security too early

 
According to the Administration on Aging, 37 percent of women 65 and over in the United States were widows in 2012.[1]  Not only do women tend to live longer than men by an average of five years[2] but men tend to marry younger women.[3]  While those statistics are changing, the odds are that if you are a woman, you will experience extra-long life (as compared to men) and therefore face some unique challenges including aging single, lower annual retirement income, greater health care costs, and caregiving responsibilities according to a MetLife Study of Women, Retirement and the Extra-Long Life.[4]

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Choosing to age in place means choosing to live where you can walk

 
Is your neighborhood walkable?  That question has become more and more a selling point for people looking to move.  There is a growing interest in having neighborhoods and cities become more walkable and because people are often willing to pay more for housing in areas that embrace walkability, there is growing economic reasons for developers to build those types of communities.

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