THOM PORTER

Thom grew up in a family with three brothers, a mom who was always in the kitchen, and a larger-than-life father. He worked in the family newspaper delivery business as a teen, was drafted at 19, met Maryann and married at 23, and raised two children.

​Together they discovered the Southwest in their early 50s, became interested in cohousing, retired, and, as he says, “Here we are.”

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