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North Carolina has quietly become one of the most popular states in the country for retirement. Not everyone wants to move to Florida: North Carolina is blessed with a varied topography, from seacoast to mountains; an equable, four-season climate; and a choice of social settings ranging from quiet small towns to booming and vibrant cities. Add in the wide array of cultural and recreational choices, and North Carolina is virtually a microcosm of America.
North Carolina was the first of the United States to be settled by English colonists, even though the settlement disappeared into legend as the "Lost Colony of Roanoke." Since that time, it has become one of the most densely-settled states, ranked 10th in population. In the past decade alone, North Carolina's population has increased by more than 16 percent.
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AOL Ranks St. James Plantation #8 on Top Searched Retirement Communities List
St. James Plantation is the only community in the Carolinas to make AOL’s top ten. It joins five Florida locations on the list, as well as communities in Arizona, Alabama and New Jersey. Read more...
Lifestyle Information from Asheville and Western North Carolina
For Love of Lexington: LAAFF co-founder Kitty Love works to support Asheville's artists
Sep 5, 2010 7:50 pm
Kitty Love enjoys a good freak.
Visual arts events in Asheville area
Sep 5, 2010 4:15 am
Send items at least two weeks in advance to Carol Motsinger via e-mail to cmotsinger@CITIZEN-TIMES.com. Please include the opening and closing dates of exhibits and a number that may be published to c...
Literary events in Asheville area
Sep 5, 2010 4:15 am
Your guide to author and literary events in Western North Carolina, Sept. 5-12.
Liza Minnelli to Asheville Citizen-Times: 'I'm a modern vaudevillian'
Sep 5, 2010 4:15 am
It's Liza on the phone. As in Liza Minnelli, the show business icon, the winner of an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, four Tonys and two Golden Globes.
Big-time fun at fair: What's new, what's up at the Mountain State Fair
Sep 5, 2010 4:15 am
FLETCHER -- Here comes the 2010 Mountain State Fair and, with it, plenty of critters, canned goods, corn dogs and colorful carnival rides.
Rob Neufeld: Gruen's 'Ape House' part comedy, part suspense
Sep 5, 2010 4:15 am
A circus elephant inspired Sara Gruen's best-selling third novel, "Water for Elephants.
Carol Currie: National eye focuses on diplomat and Asheville native
Sep 5, 2010 4:15 am
National Public Radio had a segment earlier this month on the retirement age cap for Foreign Service officers, particularly about the plight of our own Liz Colton, Asheville native, and now a Foreign ...
Children's book review: 'Too Many Fairies' is just enough fun
Sep 5, 2010 4:15 am
Those familiar with storyteller and children's author Margaret Read MacDonald know well her gift of mining words for their musical qualities.
Nancy Williams: What's the right baptism water?
Sep 5, 2010 4:15 am
Raised a Baptist, I ascribe to most Baptist ways. Except the part where Baptists get the reputation for thinking their way is the only way.
Half marathon profile: Deborah Turner
Sep 5, 2010 4:15 am
Editor's note:
Featured Communities
Scenic Resort is an age-qualified resort located in Asheville, North Carolina, near the breathtaking ...
Lake Myers Resort is located in Mocksville, North Carolina. Our resort features 425 sites, 12 lakeside villas and 14 cottages. We are open all year round, with activities for every season. You will never have a lack of events to participate in.
Waterway Resort is located on 28 sprawling acres of land in picturesque Swansboro, North Carolina. The resort is situated along the Intracoastal Waterway between Swansboro and Cape Carteret. Open year round, and feature over 300 sites with full hook-ups.
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