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- 55places.com is proud to introduce User Accounts, making it easier than ever to keep track of your favorite active adult communities and homes. Now, you can sign up for your own account on the site, start saving active adult community favorites, and receive personal updates about changes and new listings.
- In the lead-up to warm weather and baseball season, Major League Baseball (MLB) teams become snowbirds and head south to Florida for spring training exhibition games. We're taking a look at stadiums on Florida's Atlantic Coast and the 55+ communities near them.
- Baseball fans know that there's more to Central Florida in springtime than a near-perfect climate. The area hosts two Grapefruit League baseball teams for MLB spring training. Whether you're seeing the Braves in Kissimmee or the Tigers inLakeland,there's plenty of 55+ communities to see.
- On the Gulf Coast, spring training includes the Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, and Minnesota Twins. Plan your spring training schedule with a look at who plays where and what each area has to offer for active adults.
- Major League Baseball (MLB) spring training is one of the best reasons to live in the Tampa region. With the stadiums so close together and games being played almost daily from late February to late March, Tampa residents and visitors can see a game every day.Baseball fans hoping to catch their favorite teams in the Grapefruit League or visit 55+ communities before the regular season starts should learn everything there is to know about this season's Grapefruit League spring training.
- Bucks County, Pennsylvania is a top tourist destination renowned for its rolling hills, farmlands, Colonial-era history, and plentiful food and drink. It has a wine trail, a brewery trail, and distilleries. Even better, getting to and from these spots includes quaint downtowns and landmarks.Fredericksburg and Charlottesville are two historic college towns in Virginia. But while Fredericksburg is located south of Washington, D.C., Charlottesville is in the Shenandoah Valley at the doorstep of the Blue Ridge Mountains. We're taking a look at these cities as retirement destinations.
- Plenty of Texas 55+ communities offer resort-style living but without the noise, traffic, and green fees that come with a golf course. We looked around the state and found five communities for those who don't want the hassle of a golf course community.Every year, baseball players descend upon Arizona and Florida for spring training. Roughly 3.3 million fans showed up to watch MLB spring training games in both states last year. That number also includes many active adults, some of them even touring communities.
