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Every area is in a continual contest for attention
It is easy for people living in an area to sit back and relax while others promote their area. However, unless you are someone who is excited about being the last person in paradise, eventually how well where you live is promoted will be important to you.
This was recently brought home to me by Budget Travel's Coolest Small Town of 2012 Contest.  I live along North Carolina's Crystal Coast. How we came to live along the shores of the White Oak River offers insight into how people choose where they live in retirement and why a contest is important.
Both my wife and I were born in North Carolina.  I was already living and farming in Canada when my wife and I met.  An interesting career eventually brought us back to the United States after I started working with Apple Computer in the mid-eighties.  Later living in Roanoke, Virginia and working in Reston, Virginia made sense for my career with Apple which lasted until 2004.
In 2003 I decided to take my wife on a special trip to celebrate our thirtieth anniversary. Looking for a great bed and breakfast led me to Beaufort, North Carolina.  During my youth, Beaufort was ... more

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