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15 Retirement Cities You Won’t Be Able To Afford and Cities You Should Consider Instead

Feb 20, 2024 | aol.com | Joel Anderson

Ron_Thomas / Getty ImagesIt’s important to retire somewhere that you love living, and it’s easy to get your heart set on a location that seems like it has everything you’re looking for. The problem is, many of those ideal cities come at a very steep premium. However, rather than getting disheartened by what you can’t afford, consider cities that offer similar qualities but are much more affordable.
Three Ways A Great Urban Fabric Can Change Your Life — Streetsblog USA

Feb 9, 2024 | usa.streetsblog.org | Joel Anderson

Editor's note: a version of this article originally appeared on Resident Urbanist and is republished with permission. The term ‘urban fabric’ describes the physical characteristics of cities and towns. This includes the streetscapes, buildings, soft and hard landscaping, signage, lighting, roads and other infrastructure. Urban fabric is to humans what water is to fish. Urban fabric can be thought of as the physical texture of an urban area. In a sentence: what does it look and feel like to be there?
9 Safe Investments With the Highest Returns for 2024

Jan 15, 2024 | msn.com | Joel Anderson
9 Safe Investments With the Highest Returns for 2024

Jan 15, 2024 | msn.com | Joel Anderson
9 Safe Investments With the Highest Returns for 2024

Jan 15, 2024 | aol.com | Joel Anderson

A high return is what every investor is after, but it’s not the only factor that matters. When reviewing investments, professionals look not only at absolute return potential but also something called “risk-adjusted return.” The bottom line is that not all returns are created equal, and smart investors look to invest where they’re getting the best value for the risk that they are taking on — even if that means accepting lower returns.
Media Bits and Bytes - December 12, 2023

Dec 12, 2023 | portside.org | Paul Kiel |Perry Bacon Jr. |Joel Anderson |Bryan Walsh

Media Bits and Bytes – December 12, 2023 Published December 12, 2023 The IRS vs Microsoft Mehdi Hasan Gets the Ax - When He’s Most Needed America’s School Internet Censorship Machine ESPN’s Real Crisis The Quantum Computers of Tomorrow Report: The Ultimate Quest for Data Joan Donovan Calls Out Harvard and Meta Giving Surveillance for the Holidays Keeping Gaza Connected Social Media in the Lebanese Movement The IRS vs Microsoft By Paul Kiel ProPublica The Microsoft case provides a unique...
Don’t Fall For One of the ‘Dirty Dozen’ Tax Scams

Mar 21, 2023 | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Joel Anderson

cabania / Shutterstock.comNobody likes paying taxes. But given the choice between paying taxes and getting cheated out of your money by fraudsters, well, most people would pick the taxman over the criminal. Yet that doesn't stop thousands of people from forking over millions of dollars in hard-earned wages to con artists. And your tax return is one area where spotting scams is made that much harder by the complexity of the tax code.
Opinion: What I learned volunteering to count East County's homeless population in January

Feb 8, 2023 | sandiegouniontribune.com | Joel Anderson

Anderson represents District 2 on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and lives in Alpine. If you were asked to picture San Diego’s homelessness crisis, what images would come to mind for you? Many people would describe tents scattered between skyscrapers or folks lining up outside Downtown shelters hoping for a hot meal. There is no doubt that Downtown has become a defining image of San Diego’s homelessness crisis — and for good reason.