Best college towns to retire in that are not far from Washington D.C. / the DMV area

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Anonymous wrote:Blacksburg/Roanoke. Virginia Tech has a medical school and a huge research campus building up in Roanoke. New hospital tower being built, too. Cost of living is 13 percent lower than in the rest of Virginia. You're in the Blue Ridge Mountains. 3.5 hour drive from NOVA. Quality of life is good. You can get a mansion for $500,000.

Roanoke and Blacksburg aren't exactly the same, though. It takes about an hour, oftentimes more, to get from one to the other.

Waaaay too many MAGAs around there.

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Anonymous wrote:Charlottesville

And if you are willing to travel, Bloomington IN?

I wouldn’t say Charlottesville. It’s incredibly difficult to get established as a patient with PCPs, dentists, and wait for specialists are insane.

Didn’t the MAGAs murder some woman there during their March?

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Anonymous wrote:Can't imagine choosing to live in a state that's more than 90% white. Very non-diverse.

+1000

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blacksburg/Roanoke. Virginia Tech has a medical school and a huge research campus building up in Roanoke. New hospital tower being built, too. Cost of living is 13 percent lower than in the rest of Virginia. You're in the Blue Ridge Mountains. 3.5 hour drive from NOVA. Quality of life is good. You can get a mansion for $500,000.

Roanoke and Blacksburg aren't exactly the same, though. It takes about an hour, oftentimes more, to get from one to the other.

Waaaay too many MAGAs around there.

+1

It sounds strange but NYC actually sounds like the best spot.

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Anonymous wrote:I was speaking to someone about Lexington, Virginia yesterday and they ended up disliking the town. Reason being they felt the healthcare system and infrastructure wasn’t supportive of elderly health issues.

What other towns would you consider college towns that you would retire to .. that are not outrageously far from the DMV?

I think this is one of those things that people idealize but in reality it would truly suck to retire to a college town.

FFS why don’t you move to Baltimore so you can hang out at Johns Hopkins waiting to get sick?

That's what I think, too. All these posts with their healthcare. It's about quality of life for me, not longevity. Live in Pittsburgh for the healthcare? No thank you. I'd rather waste away in my excrement at the age of 73 then die old in Pittsburgh.

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Everyone seems pretty obsessed with MAGAs and healthcare on this thread.

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Yes, and ignore. Charlottesville voted for Hillary.

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I’m thinking outside Minneapolis (I know, I know, not close to DMV). Diverse, arts scene, good restaurants, good healthcare, lots of lakes, some skiing (I’m fine with small skiing).

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Very far from DC but my dream retirement college town is San Luis Obispo. But my kids are most likely going to settle in the mid-Atlantic and I wouldn't want to move that far away. Maybe we can just sublet a place for summers there.

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My favorite college town in Chapel Hill

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was speaking to someone about Lexington, Virginia yesterday and they ended up disliking the town. Reason being they felt the healthcare system and infrastructure wasn’t supportive of elderly health issues.

What other towns would you consider college towns that you would retire to .. that are not outrageously far from the DMV?

I think this is one of those things that people idealize but in reality it would truly suck to retire to a college town.

FFS why don’t you move to Baltimore so you can hang out at Johns Hopkins waiting to get sick?

That's what I think, too. All these posts with their healthcare. It's about quality of life for me, not longevity. Live in Pittsburgh for the healthcare? No thank you. I'd rather waste away in my excrement at the age of 73 then die old in Pittsburgh.

Most people do not acquire illness in old age but would have chronic illness before retirement and still require treatment for it after they retire. If you have hbp or cholesterol you still need to see doctors who can help. Parkinson’s, you need a specialist, people are diagnosed with many illnesses in their 30s and 40s etc…

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The type of city you are looking for (progressive, around a university but still has non university businesses, inexpensive, big medical school affiliated hospital, etc.) tends to be much more common in the Midwest. Iowa City, Ann Arbor, Bloomington, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone seems pretty obsessed with MAGAs and healthcare on this thread.

“Everyone” is a couple of losers from Maryland upset that no one wants to retire and live near College Park or JHU.

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The Princeton area, if you can afford it. I know quite a few grandmas and grandpas who are living lovely, scholarly lives in retirement. Lots of lectures, concerts, good food, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Pittsburgh, in a new condo with elevator along the river and walking distance to everything you need. Major teaching hospital nearby and decent airport.

Too many “where should I retire?” ppl deeply discount the guaranteed need for top notch healthcare. Even just PT when you inevitably trip on the stairs. Let alone being 5 minutes from a certified stroke center— and that’s the difference between living another 15 good, ambulatory years post stroke and pissing/drooling on yourself in a nursing home for a year until you succumb to an infected bedsore.

— in healthcare

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If I could endure the cold, wintry, snowy weather, I would choose Pittsburgh in a heartbeat. Great city, but cold. The big plus is retirement assets are not taxed. The property taxes are high in comparison to this area, but I guess you need to get money from somewhere to clear the snow from the roads.