Where are you moving when you retire?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you with children thought ahead to when you become older and possibly infirm and need the support of your children? I have quite a few friends who had to manage their parents' old age from hundreds of miles away, and it's no a picnic. By the time many people who have moved to FL or wherever need support with their age-related issues, they are too old to pick up their life and move it closer to family. Also, why would you purposefully move so far away from family and friends? I just don't get it.

Some people don't only have friends in one place, and they are more apt to travel, so they don't mind living somewhere else. They tend to be more independent and capable, and know they will see and stay in contact with their friends and family. They are also really good at meeting new people, are outgoing, like to entertain, and have strong/consistent people skills. It is part of living their kind of life, and they gravitate toward the same. I think this is a foreign concept to people who are more introverted and/or low energy (even if they think they are not).

Have you lived in the same town or geographic area all your life?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Manhattan. And I will be able to afford it.

No car, best health car, amazing theater, I could go on and on.

the older I get, the more this is my view too.

+1

Also, you don't have to drive. There are so many elders that should NOT be driving. So many stores that have people drive through the front of them - amazing more people don't get killed this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Manhattan. And I will be able to afford it.

No car, best health car, amazing theater, I could go on and on.

the older I get, the more this is my view too.

What about the rats and smell and crime?

Lol. What a snowflake you are.

[Anonymous]

I think these so-called highly educated DCUM folks need a geography lesson. I lived in AZ for seven years. The state is half/mostly mountains and high plateau country.

We are retiring to Flagstaff where I went to undergrad. We bought a house there a few years ago when the interest rates were super low. It is a current vacation home for us and for extended family, and will be our retirement home in 7 years. We are retiring as soon as it makes sense and getting out of the DC area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you with children thought ahead to when you become older and possibly infirm and need the support of your children? I have quite a few friends who had to manage their parents' old age from hundreds of miles away, and it's no a picnic. By the time many people who have moved to FL or wherever need support with their age-related issues, they are too old to pick up their life and move it closer to family. Also, why would you purposefully move so far away from family and friends? I just don't get it.

Some people don't only have friends in one place, and they are more apt to travel, so they don't mind living somewhere else. They tend to be more independent and capable, and know they will see and stay in contact with their friends and family. They are also really good at meeting new people, are outgoing, like to entertain, and have strong/consistent people skills. It is part of living their kind of life, and they gravitate toward the same. I think this is a foreign concept to people who are more introverted and/or low energy (even if they think they are not).

Have you lived in the same town or geographic area all your life?

PP here. Actually, no. I lived overseas in multiple countries the first 18 years of my life and I have two passports. Everywhere I have ever lived (countries in Asia, Europe, Middle East, and South America), most older people remain near their children or families of origin. Just try managing your aging parents' health from thousands of miles away--as I had to do--and see how you like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My best friend (60) just retired in Montreal. She is glowing and her husband (59) loves the jazz scene. They were both life-long New Yorkers.

How do you emigrate in retirement to Canada? Is it that easy?

She has citizenship through her mother, but it took years to get all the documentation. She also had to prove her financial stability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you with children thought ahead to when you become older and possibly infirm and need the support of your children? I have quite a few friends who had to manage their parents' old age from hundreds of miles away, and it's no a picnic. By the time many people who have moved to FL or wherever need support with their age-related issues, they are too old to pick up their life and move it closer to family. Also, why would you purposefully move so far away from family and friends? I just don't get it.

Some people don't only have friends in one place, and they are more apt to travel, so they don't mind living somewhere else. They tend to be more independent and capable, and know they will see and stay in contact with their friends and family. They are also really good at meeting new people, are outgoing, like to entertain, and have strong/consistent people skills. It is part of living their kind of life, and they gravitate toward the same. I think this is a foreign concept to people who are more introverted and/or low energy (even if they think they are not).

Have you lived in the same town or geographic area all your life?

PP here. Actually, no. I lived overseas in multiple countries the first 18 years of my life and I have two passports. Everywhere I have ever lived (countries in Asia, Europe, Middle East, and South America), most older people remain near their children or families of origin. Just try managing your aging parents' health from thousands of miles away--as I had to do--and see how you like it.

Not everyone has a cozy relationship with their parents or kids. My DH sees his parents once a year and calls on their birthday. That's it.
I see mine about the same but I call every week.

[Anonymous]

Where my children will land is a huge consideration in place, which is why we don’t really have a spot picked yet.

[Anonymous]

Hawaii

[Anonymous]

Little Rock, Arkansas is great. We visited once and both of us fell in love with it and want to retire there.

[Anonymous]

I wish I knew. DH wants to leave the area and will be retiring in the next 3-5 years. He hates cold weather. We thought of Florida but visited multiple places there to check it out and culturally it was a huge "no" again and again. North Carolina still gets cold in the winter.

I don't mind the cold, and would love to look at Vermont or Maine, or return to Chicago where I used to live but it's all too cold for DH. Not sure what we are going to do. CA would be amazing, but when need to lower our costs, not increase them. Same issue with the Sedona / Taos areas.

So -- I don't know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you talking about moving to a foreign country to retire, do a lot of countries let you just immigrate there at retirement age? Do you have to independently wealthy or something?

Depends on the country, but generally no -- they don't let you just move there. There are many countries that will allow residency if you make a certain amount of investment -- but these days it tends to be more complicated than simply buy $1M worth of property. Many countries will require that your investment be a business and employ a certain amount of people. And with that, you are no longer really retired at all. It gets pretty complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish I knew. DH wants to leave the area and will be retiring in the next 3-5 years. He hates cold weather. We thought of Florida but visited multiple places there to check it out and culturally it was a huge "no" again and again. North Carolina still gets cold in the winter.

I don't mind the cold, and would love to look at Vermont or Maine, or return to Chicago where I used to live but it's all too cold for DH. Not sure what we are going to do. CA would be amazing, but when need to lower our costs, not increase them. Same issue with the Sedona / Taos areas.

So -- I don't know.

They have winter. Look at the elevation, not the place on a map. Lots of retires in southern New Mexico, though.

[Anonymous]

*retirees

[Anonymous]

My MIL lives on Sarasota and it is pretty there but it’s the MAGA mecca so I just don’t know if we could move there. I do want someplace warm though.