â¢ Get a life. In one study of healthy men and women with an average starting age of 71, Butler found the highest survival rates in those who had something to get up for in the morning, whether it was a job or a golf date.
South Padre Island, Texas. For the island which the city is on, see South Padre Island. South Padre Island is a resort town in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is part of the BrownsvilleâHarlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,816 at the 2010 census.
The terms  North Padre Island  and  South Padre Island  are often used to refer to the separated portions of the island. Padre Island is included within the jurisdictions of Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, and Willacy counties in Texas.he town of South Padre Island is located on its southern end, but the island as a whole is sparsely populated. The central part of the island is preserved in a natural wild state as Padre Island National Seashore. Since 1964, the island has been divided by the artificial Port Mansfield Channel.