where do you think you'll retire?

[Anonymous]

Charlottesville, VA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On the coast, probably near Charleston or maybe Savannah. DH wants to keep our current second home in the mountains for awhile, too, but I have my doubts on dealing with something that remote and hard to keep up when I'm in my 60s - it's tough enough now. Maybe I can convince him to get something in a mountain community in NC where you can call the nice people from maintenance up when you have a problem.

Careful- whole East Coast is receding. West is rising.

[Anonymous]

"...but native Parisiens and Manatthatanites..."

DC is definitely NOT either of these. You really need to get out more.

"We just moved to the Connecticut shore. We're right on the water and it's gorgeous but our town also has a lot to do, we're right near Yale, and an hour train into NYC. It's pretty awesome thus far."

Bring me with you to CT!!! GORGEOUS!!! The people, the place, everything about it. Congratulations to you for knowing enough to ESCAPE D.C. Wise indeed!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"...but native Parisiens and Manatthatanites..."

DC is definitely NOT either of these. You really need to get out more.

"We just moved to the Connecticut shore. We're right on the water and it's gorgeous but our town also has a lot to do, we're right near Yale, and an hour train into NYC. It's pretty awesome thus far."

Bring me with you to CT!!! GORGEOUS!!! The people, the place, everything about it. Congratulations to you for knowing enough to ESCAPE D.C. Wise indeed!

I feel sorry for you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

"We just moved to the Connecticut shore. We're right on the water and it's gorgeous but our town also has a lot to do, we're right near Yale, and an hour train into NYC. It's pretty awesome thus far."

Bring me with you to CT!!! GORGEOUS!!! The people, the place, everything about it. Congratulations to you for knowing enough to ESCAPE D.C. Wise indeed!

My husband is from CT. We recently took a trip there and I came home ready to pack up and head north. Love it! We are both here for work for at least the next 10 years. After that, I have a feeling we will settle there.

[Anonymous]

zumbamama wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All over in an RV until we find the perfect spot to retire.

OP here. This is DH's dream. Or mountain home. Sigh. Are there any towns like Asheville (which I have yet to visit), that are have natural beauty, charm and culture, and hopefully some kind of art scene? With a lake or river? That is hopefully somewhat diverse?

Although I do have 30 years to convince him to stay here.

Zumba, if you're not averse to snow, check out Traverse City, MI and the surrounding area. It's on Lake Michigan, really beautiful area, charming downtown, was all cherry orchards when I was growing up there but those have been converting to vineyards in the last 20 years or so. Michael Moore has also started a yearly indie film festival every summer, much in the tradition of Sundance, so culturally it's really developing. Great community spirit. A little slice of heaven. Aaaghhh, so homesick just thinking about it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I also really want my kids to go away to college and to live somewhere other than where they grew up for a few years. I think that's important. But I'd like to be close enough to drive to my grandkids (rather than fly)."

SO IMPORTANT that they live somewhere other than where they grew up for at least a few years (NO, college does NOT count).

I hope I am smart enough to remember this. I hope my kids are smart enough to DO this. What a waste, otherwise, truly. [/quote

BS. If the living away is only within the 50 states won't accomplish what u want.
Encourage to live Abroad or travel extensively to foreign lands.

My entire life perspective changed after a year abroad at 34years old. Something that didn't manage to happen with the 6 different us locations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"...but native Parisiens and Manatthatanites..."

DC is definitely NOT either of these. You really need to get out more.

"We just moved to the Connecticut shore. We're right on the water and it's gorgeous but our town also has a lot to do, we're right near Yale, and an hour train into NYC. It's pretty awesome thus far."

Bring me with you to CT!!! GORGEOUS!!! The people, the place, everything about it. Congratulations to you for knowing enough to ESCAPE D.C. Wise indeed!
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please bitch, I lived in Europe for most of my thirties. My entire extended family lives in the state of Connecticut---talk about provencial. U are ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Living and visiting are COMpletely different. Don't retire somewhere based on a vacation . Need to see it mAny times and all 4 seasons. Too many ppl make this mistake...and can't afford to undo it later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:please bitch, I lived in Europe for most of my thirties. My entire extended family lives in the state of Connecticut---talk about provencial. U are ridiculous.

lol. it's all a matter of perspective which is influenced by experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:please bitch, I lived in Europe for most of my thirties. My entire extended family lives in the state of Connecticut---talk about provencial. U are ridiculous.

lol. it's all a matter of perspective which is influenced by experience.

Ha! I've been waiting for somebody to call me out on this post...because I clearly meant 'provincial' not 'provencial'...too funny! But it actually kind of works sarcastically with 'provencial'---may be funnier this way.

[Anonymous]

We have a plan with another couple. They get a place in Colorado or maybe in New Orleans where he's from, and we buy an ocean-going sailboat. Each couple mostly lives in our own one or out traveling (including on the boat), but both are big enough to hold all four of us and they will be swappable.

[Anonymous]

My in-laws did this the stupid way, picked a place out of an AARP article, visited once, maybe twice, and moved. Don't know anyone there, medical care isn't great, nobody wants to go visit where they are. Every time they come visit us (8-10 hour drive away, and of course they can't do it in one day because they're old, so they stay FOREVER) all they do is bitch about how where they live doesn't have good food, shopping, etc.--and then FIL goes on about what a good restaurant Olive Garden is. It's like they didn't research it at all. Plus they're really close to Mexico, and FIL is one of those who goes on and on about illegals all the time.

The only reason we went down there almost 2 years ago was because FIL was allegedly dying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My in-laws did this the stupid way, picked a place out of an AARP article, visited once, maybe twice, and moved. Don't know anyone there, medical care isn't great, nobody wants to go visit where they are. Every time they come visit us (8-10 hour drive away, and of course they can't do it in one day because they're old, so they stay FOREVER) all they do is bitch about how where they live doesn't have good food, shopping, etc.--and then FIL goes on about what a good restaurant Olive Garden is. It's like they didn't research it at all. Plus they're really close to Mexico, and FIL is one of those who goes on and on about illegals all the time.

The only reason we went down there almost 2 years ago was because FIL was allegedly dying.

OMG, sounds like he was dying of boredom!

[Anonymous]

Hawaii
California
Italy
Spain

Any of these would do.