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| Nextville: Amazing Places to Live the Rest of Your Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Barbara Corcoran
Creator: Warren Berger
Publisher: Springboard Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 21278
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 1.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0446178276
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.79
EAN: 9780446178273
ASIN: 0446178276
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Product Description
WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?
Where, and maybe more importantly, how do you want to live once you've escaped the 9-to-5?
Barbara Corcoran has built her career on knowing where people will live even before they know it themselves! Now she turns her keen eye toward predicting "the next big thing" in real estate-where and how the over 77 million baby boomers will live when they retire.
In NEXTVILLE, Corcoran identifies the top eight trends that are changing where (and how) boomers are retiring. And she helps you figure out what's most important to you in your next place-whether it's pursuing your passions, living green, finding community, living young in a city or college town, or even staying right in your old home town. Corcoran also delivers her signature "Barb's Rules" on where and how to get the most out of the next great stage of our life. Let Barbara help you make the smartest real estate choices today to ensure a secure, comfortable, and fabulously fun tomorrow.
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 Good, Practical Advice - In a Fun and Easy-to-Digest Format July 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.!)
Great Resource June 4, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
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.
 Nextville Amazing Places to live the rest of your life May 18, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
Nextville by Barbara Corcoran May 18, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
 Sparked a conversation May 14, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book opened my mind to new possibilities for retirement--things I hadn't thought of before. I especially liked the chapter on "Living Green," and the description of the pros/cons of buying a second home or time-share. The best thing about this book for me was that it sparked a conversation with my husband about our (different) ideas for retirement. My objection to the book is the typeface: it should be printed in black ink, not gray, for the older audience that is their target; aging eyes need higher contrast, and my eyes felt strained reading it.
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