Nextville: Amazing Places to Live Your Life

I just finished "Nextville" and really loved it. Who knew about "cohousing" for those weary of the "car-dependant mcmansion sprawl!" Cohousing sounds like a great idea to me, and I never would have known about it if I had not read this book. The information on selling a current home or choosing a good area for new home is very helpful, and it saved me hours of time of trawling for tips on the web. The layout of the book is simple to navigate, and easy to take in. It's full of good, practical advice. (Incidentally, I'm glad that someone acknowledges that New York City is the "greenest" place to live in the U.S.!)

This is a great book for Baby Boomers approaching retirement. Author Barb Corcoran seems to have her hand of the pulse of this age group and she is very insightful into their work, spending, and living habits. It is an excellent reference if you are considering a move at this time in your life. I'm not quite at retirement age yet, but it's really not that far away. This book has opened my mind to new possibilities for retirement--things I hadn't thought of before. Nextville is full of practical advice and is written by a woman who seems to be the voice of experience. Besides this, the author ads a touch of humor and it is an easy read.

This is an excellent reference which will help you to focus on what is important to you in determining where you should live in retirement. The questions in chapter 2 helped to show me what is important to me. The next step is to have my wife take the quiz to see if we are on the same page. This book is so much more helpful than articles on the 10 best cities etc. Although such articles are helpful, they don't take your personal preferences into consideration.

I enjoyed the book, it was an easy read. It gave me some things to think about and I also learned some things I did not know about before. The links at the back of the book were also helpful. I do wish however that the author had explored the RV lifestyle in a bit more detail.

I've loved and given numerous people Corcoran's book USE WHAT YOU'VE GOT for years. It is a terrific handbook for success with hilarious stories. This book too is a terrific handbook, but for real estate planning. She's picked out and points out the best spots around the country (and world) to live "next" whether that's for retirement or a toe in the water with a second home. The book is practical, useful, and gave me a look at places around the country to certainly check out.