Where are you moving when you retire?

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Anonymous wrote:Southern Maine.

So far this is our plan, too.

Np, Me three!

Who wants to live basically in winter for 9 months a year. Who is going to shovel your snow?

9 months of winter in southern Maine? Twenty years from now? Winter isn’t even that harsh anymore now, poster.

Are people factoring in changing weather patterns and sea level rise in making long term retirement plans?


Ten years ago I was determined that I would retire to Ecuador for the low cost of living, excellent weather and relative peace. Now all hell is breaking loose there. But maybe in 20 years it will be nice again!

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I don't think most of you realize how uninhabitable most of these places will be in 20 years. Arizona will be like the surface of the sun. Florida will be underwater.

FWIW the most climate change proof city in America is Duluth, where I have family. Great Lakes region will be paradise.

To me, Arizona is already like the surface of the sun. Being outdoors is great, but not when it is too hot to be hiking outdoors half the year!

Not all of Arizona is desert.

Flagstaff looks and feels more like Colorado than Arizona.

I love Flagstaff so much!

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Anonymous wrote:Wherever my child is.

This. So far my two early-20s kids say they want to live in DC to "be near family" though. Blech. I don't hate DC but would like to try something new.

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Somewhere along the garden route in the Western Cape.

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Annapolis, maybe Eastport area for more walkability.

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Another vote for NYC. I have lived there before and visit often so I feel like I know what I'm in for. At least one of my kids plans to move there after college and all my friends visit New York frequently so I will still see everyone I care about seeing.

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Wherever our kids and grands live.

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Anonymous wrote:Wherever our kids and grands live.

What if yours kids all move to different places? Are you going to pick the one you like the best?

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Anonymous wrote:Wherever our kids and grands live.

What if yours kids all move to different places? Are you going to pick the one you like the best?

We're lucky -- they both live in the same city and plan to stay.

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To everyone who is saying they'll move away from DC but not necessarily to be near their kids, I have a question.

I have a list of about 10 places that I would just love to live. But while I've lived all over the world and have moved several times with our family, we've been settled here for a while now --- and I'd be too chickensh** to uproot myself at the age of 60 (when I plan to retire).

I just don't I have it in me to start from scratch to make new friends. And I really really don't want to be lonely. I've seen what it's done to my mom who moved when she was 70.

Isn't this a concern for all of you? Or when you say you'll move to Spain, Portugal, etc, are these just fantasties?

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Probably out of the US. We are kind of planning our kid’s education with a view to him being able to leave.

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No, we are staying here, in our house, in our lovely neighborhood, in our lovely town where I have friends and family. No need to move.

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It's been horribly hard for us to make new friends in middle.age after moving to DC, so we definitely plan to leave, just not sure where yet. Assumed we might be moving further south for better weather, but between climate change and politics, we've decided to look elsewhere.

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Portugal and then maybe somewhere else in Europe.

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Anonymous wrote:It's been horribly hard for us to make new friends in middle.age after moving to DC, so we definitely plan to leave, just not sure where yet. Assumed we might be moving further south for better weather, but between climate change and politics, we've decided to look elsewhere.

If you want a friend in DC, you have to buy yourself a dog.

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Brazil. I lived there for a year in high school (exchange strident), year abroad in college, 9 months as a grad student, and now an annual visit. Can't wait to move permanently.