Have you or do you plan to move away from DMV in retirement?

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Anonymous wrote:DEI or as I call it, Didn’t Earn It ruined affordable options near their home for retirees.

Back around 1992 the town I used to live in of all SFHs that was already rising in prices parents were worried kids could not afford to buy in town they grew up in and retiree parents were sitting in large homes they did not need but no where in town to downsize too. They converted an old school in town near train and stores and parks to this wonderful 65 and older apartment building below market guaranteed for life available to current town residents over 65. Idea was they sell home or give to kids and frees up all those empty bedrooms. You know five bedroom houses with an empty Nestor.

It lasted five years before being sued as being racist and inequitable. They won and poor people other towns and illegals flooded in and over last 20 years has become a slum and people in town still have no where to go.

Link to an article or this is just a casually veiled story about your lame politics

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We'll retire in DC, as empty nesters don't need much space nor want to spend remaining life to maintain/furnish/repair/clean/upgrade it. We'll shed the car in favor of public transport and Uber or Zip car.

Our goal is smaller footprint and urban lifestyle with shopping, cafe, museums, zoo, arboretum and parks, protests, live music etc, also three airports nearby to fly out, mountains and water within reach, Alexandria and Annapolis near by, bus to NYC.

Have you lived anywhere else in decades? DC has good walkability but the parks, restaurants, live music and shopping are very limited. I will give you museums but can’t say much for the zoo. Even saying shopping is odd since most shopping here is limited to CVS. There isn’t even a decent department store!

Mountains and water? Closest beaches aren’t great and are crowded. Mountains are okay but hardly the Rocky Mountains or somewhere like Vermont.

When I read a post like yours I assume you have no clue that DC isn’t that great. Most people are only in DC for work.

I'm not the PP but this is an odd take. Rock Creek Park is beautiful, so is Glover Park, that's just to name two parks.

We have great restaurants...Michelin Star and otherwise. And, close by in Northern VA there's some of the best Asian food in the US. DC is not NY when it comes to restaurants but come on.

I see live music all over DC: 9:30 Club, Anthem, etc.

The Shenandoah Mountains are stunning, as are the rest of the Blue Ridges. I do agree on shopping and nearby beaches but neither makes me eliminate DC as a desirable place to live in any way.

Sure but can you safely hang out in these parks, especially as a woman?

Are you serious?? I've been running in those parks and others for nearly 30 years (I'm a woman)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DEI or as I call it, Didn’t Earn It ruined affordable options near their home for retirees.

Back around 1992 the town I used to live in of all SFHs that was already rising in prices parents were worried kids could not afford to buy in town they grew up in and retiree parents were sitting in large homes they did not need but no where in town to downsize too. They converted an old school in town near train and stores and parks to this wonderful 65 and older apartment building below market guaranteed for life available to current town residents over 65. Idea was they sell home or give to kids and frees up all those empty bedrooms. You know five bedroom houses with an empty Nestor.

It lasted five years before being sued as being racist and inequitable. They won and poor people other towns and illegals flooded in and over last 20 years has become a slum and people in town still have no where to go.

Link to an article or this is just a casually veiled story about your lame politics

Yes, as you and a gazillion other bots/bot-influenced folks on the internet. Doesn't make it clever or true. Make an argument based on data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Florida and other places have gotten very expensive last 4 years. To the point moving at 67 makes little sense.

My brother bought a place in Florida for 550k in 2018 but did not sell his NY house till 2023 which he got 1.1 million.

Today his Florida place is now worth 1.1 million. A doubling of price.

At this point it would make more sense for me to keep my DMV house and buy a two bedroom condo in an older building for 300k cash.

What is the reason for this kind of spike in Florida housing?
Is it work from home trends sending more young people ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Florida and other places have gotten very expensive last 4 years. To the point moving at 67 makes little sense.

My brother bought a place in Florida for 550k in 2018 but did not sell his NY house till 2023 which he got 1.1 million.

Today his Florida place is now worth 1.1 million. A doubling of price.

At this point it would make more sense for me to keep my DMV house and buy a two bedroom condo in an older building for 300k cash.

What is the reason for this kind of spike in Florida housing?
Is it work from home trends sending more young people ?

Taxes. People are voting with their feet.

[Anonymous]

Grass isn't greener on other side. Suburbs are boring for young and old.

[Anonymous]

No...hard to set new roots, want to be near kids/family here, and access to good medical care. $$ is not everyting!

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Anonymous wrote:We have moved to the Portland, Maine area and couldn't be happier. Do not miss the swamp one bit.

What are your winters like??

Some snow, some cold, fine on the whole.

Climate change.

What about hurricanes?

The last hurricane in Maine was in 1969.

There are nor'easters from time to time but we don't live on the water (we are about a half-mile from the coast) and we have a generator.

Weather of one kind or another is an issue everywhere.

[Anonymous]

We are planning to move north to New England. We find the Washington area to be too warm too much of the time and predictions are that it will get worse. We have a few friends and family up there too, so we would not be starting from scratch.

Our first choice in western Mass is proving problematic as we just investigated the local hospital and it is lacking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wondering if I'd be happy moving back to my hometown after being in the DMV for 2+ decades. Most of my friends in my hometown also left, so we'd mostly, but not entirely, be starting over socially. Part of me thinks that could be a good thing to have a fresh start. Also, while we know a lot of people in the DMV, we really don't socialize all that much, so we don't really see them that often anyway.

In an ideal world, maybe we'd have two places, but the point of moving away would be largely financial since cost of living is definitely better where I grew up.

Would love to hear about others' experiences with this.

I used to think we would - but we have a very low home mortgage rate - we would have to pay cash to make it financially feasible nowadays since any mortgage interest rate would be at least 4 or 5% more what we have now.

[Anonymous]

DMV suburbs ARE my home town! I actually don't mind it but DH wants "somewhere warmer" but can't actually name a place. So for now plan is to stay in our SFH, travel and then wait to see what happens. Not a great plan but it is what it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DEI or as I call it, Didn’t Earn It ruined affordable options near their home for retirees.

Back around 1992 the town I used to live in of all SFHs that was already rising in prices parents were worried kids could not afford to buy in town they grew up in and retiree parents were sitting in large homes they did not need but no where in town to downsize too. They converted an old school in town near train and stores and parks to this wonderful 65 and older apartment building below market guaranteed for life available to current town residents over 65. Idea was they sell home or give to kids and frees up all those empty bedrooms. You know five bedroom houses with an empty Nestor.

It lasted five years before being sued as being racist and inequitable. They won and poor people other towns and illegals flooded in and over last 20 years has become a slum and people in town still have no where to go.

Link to an article or this is just a casually veiled story about your lame politics

Was in Port Washington NY and school was in town by train to Manhattan, restaurants and water. Lawsuit was based on Port Washington in 1930s to mid 1970s was nearly all white. (Today has a big Spanish and Asian Population too). They sued as it was nearly all white people getting apartments but that was just long term owners 65 and older of course was mostly white.

BTW Bethesda has same thing. Waverly House by metro is a 158 unit senior citizen below market building right by metro and Catholic Church and Round House theatre It is full of illegals, mainly Asian, most don’t speak English, very few even from Nearby area.

Legally you can no longer restrict units to residents of town or make requirements long term residents. That would be a perfect place for Bethesda long term residents over 65 to downsize too. I would make it Bethesda residents only who own a home 25 years or greater only downsizing, but illegal.

[Anonymous]

My "home town" is Bethesda and I already returned 30+ years ago. It has changed dramatically since I grew up, but mostly for the better IMO. That said, I would like to downsize in the next few years but not sure where in the area we would go that is less expensive. I'm not going to an exurb, but also don't want downtown living. Open to ideas.

We already own a house in New England where we will spend at least 6 months (summer/fall), so DMV will become a secondary home. Or we give up the DMV and make Boston our secondary home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DEI or as I call it, Didn’t Earn It ruined affordable options near their home for retirees.

Back around 1992 the town I used to live in of all SFHs that was already rising in prices parents were worried kids could not afford to buy in town they grew up in and retiree parents were sitting in large homes they did not need but no where in town to downsize too. They converted an old school in town near train and stores and parks to this wonderful 65 and older apartment building below market guaranteed for life available to current town residents over 65. Idea was they sell home or give to kids and frees up all those empty bedrooms. You know five bedroom houses with an empty Nestor.

It lasted five years before being sued as being racist and inequitable. They won and poor people other towns and illegals flooded in and over last 20 years has become a slum and people in town still have no where to go.

Link to an article or this is just a casually veiled story about your lame politics

Was in Port Washington NY and school was in town by train to Manhattan, restaurants and water. Lawsuit was based on Port Washington in 1930s to mid 1970s was nearly all white. (Today has a big Spanish and Asian Population too). They sued as it was nearly all white people getting apartments but that was just long term owners 65 and older of course was mostly white.

BTW Bethesda has same thing. Waverly House by metro is a 158 unit senior citizen below market building right by metro and Catholic Church and Round House theatre It is full of illegals, mainly Asian, most don’t speak English, very few even from Nearby area.

Legally you can no longer restrict units to residents of town or make requirements long term residents. That would be a perfect place for Bethesda long term residents over 65 to downsize too. I would make it Bethesda residents only who own a home 25 years or greater only downsizing, but illegal.

I strongly doubt many Spaniards live there. Do you mean Spanish-speaking people from Latin America?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Florida and other places have gotten very expensive last 4 years. To the point moving at 67 makes little sense.

My brother bought a place in Florida for 550k in 2018 but did not sell his NY house till 2023 which he got 1.1 million.

Today his Florida place is now worth 1.1 million. A doubling of price.

At this point it would make more sense for me to keep my DMV house and buy a two bedroom condo in an older building for 300k cash.

What is the reason for this kind of spike in Florida housing?
Is it work from home trends sending more young people ?

Taxes. People are voting with their feet.

Yep. It's the taxes. But then you're . . . in Florida. Crowded McMansions. Gross Beaches on the whole. Algae blooms. Collapsing high rises. Hurricanes. And a bunch of wrinkled Magdas living the "beach life." Pass.