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

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

I am from northern Europe, I have no problem with that, but you do Africa.

Whoa! Check yourself.

Why? If it's wrong to say you won't live somewhere too black, it's wrong to say you won't live somehwere too white.

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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

Pittsburgh if you can handle the winters.

Also, are white.

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

Nope. Too many homeless and migrants. Services will have to be drastically cut and taxes raised to service this population. Not good if you're living on a fixed, retirement income.

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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.

Oh My!

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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.

Op here. Speaking of Pittsburgh. This is interesting, I had not heard good things about Pittsburgh. I have a colleague who is from there and another who moved from PG County up there. They complain about the city being behind the times and a dying city in comparison to other cities. Is it going downhill?

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

Nope. Too many homeless and migrants. Services will have to be drastically cut and taxes raised to service this population.

Tax avoiders and rednecks from America's (high-crime) Bigot Belt have been trying to write off New York for decades - it always bounces back. Was in Manhattan this weekend and actually didn't see any homeless (their absence was in fact conspicuous). NY with its density, walkability, healthcare and support services would be a good option for seniors. But if you're benchmarking the cost against some moldy concrete-walled Florida retirement community, then sure NY will seem extravagant.

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Pittsburgh- great health care, food, sports fan, museums, lower cost of living, bad weather
Richmond- University of Richmond, ODU, VCO Young, hip, artsy
Raliegh/Durham- Health care, tech, mild climate.
Annapolis- Beautiful, expensive
Retiring to a college town or more Moderate COL city with good hospitals is important.

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Anonymous wrote:We’ve id’ed the perfect town but won’t inflate the real estate before we settle there in a few years.

Hard to imagine being so self-important that you think your post on a random forum is likely to drive up real estate costs in some college town.

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Shepherdstown WV. College town, plus a population of retired Washingtonians. News personalities, Government officials, academia. All sorts of interesting retirees.

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Anonymous wrote:Amherst Mass.

The Pioneer Valley is a lovely place with great energy. The one drawback, though, is healthcare. What is the hospital that’s easily accessible?

The big hospitals are 20-25 minutes away in Springfield. Better hospitals in Hartford are 45 minutes away. World class care is 2 hours away in Boston.

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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.

I think so too. I want quiet when I retire....

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Anonymous wrote:Shepherdstown WV. College town, plus a population of retired Washingtonians. News personalities, Government officials, academia. All sorts of interesting retirees.

NOPE!

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No one has really answered the question as too how far is too far for healthcare?

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Anonymous wrote:No one has really answered the question as too how far is too far for healthcare?

That’s because there’s no one answer.

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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.

I think so too. I want quiet when I retire....

Lots of college towns have edges that are really quiet. You don't need to live next door to a frat. Gettysburg is one example.