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[quote=Anonymous]Near kids or near an airport that makes it easy to visit them and for them to visit us. Being near kids is more important to me than being near friends. Most of our closes friends are long distance relationships anyway at this point because people move for work, family, etc. already.

Prefer midsize city -- we do not want to retire in a city with rising costs as even when you own your home, this can lead to decline in lifestyle once you are living off retirement funds. I never want to feel like we need to budget super carefully to afford to go out to dinner, have housecleaners (very important to me when I'm older, I don't want to be scrubbing toilets at 70). We want to live somewhere that our money goes far.

City over rural or small town because it will force you to walk and exercise more assuming some density and okay public transportation and ensures you will interact with people different ages and backgrounds. So I think it keeps your body and brain younger. Cities also tend to have better healthcare and access to better eldercare.

We have no particular attachment to the DMV. We might retire here (not in DC, maybe in or near Baltimore or Richmond, or in a dense close-in suburb like Silver Spring or Clarendon if we could find housing we were happy with) but also have a short-list of other places we'd retire depending on where DC settles, and are open to other options.[/quote]

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