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For us it is planning a retirement for three since we have a young adult daughter with a disability, and the government funding for adult support, which most families would need for the residential piece to some degree, is not available until emergency situations present themselves.  So it has caused us to look critically at where we would retire for quite a while.   I had done some research on Delaware, and have found that it does offer a lot for a typical couple considering retirement.  It does have close access to Philadelphia and easy train access to DC and New York City and while having four seasons, it is not nearly as cold or long a winter season as say the Boston area.  We were in Ithaca for my husband's grad school as well as being from the Boston area,  and no way would I want to deal with the snow in old age in a retirement community or not.

I would also suggest the Annapolis area of Maryland as it is not that far from DC and also the lovely Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Other realistic things to consider are closeness to at least one other family member to help out at least immediately in the throws of an unexpected health crisis.  Proximity of good health care for things that older folks experience most - joint replacements with rehab, stroke/heart conditions and varying cancers?  Distance to health care in your later years of retirement is probably as good providers.  Also is the area walkable or does it have reliable transportation?  Are there options for further scaling down such as assisted living or three tiered life care communities?

We actually have lived in Charlottesville for 35 years and but for the awful state of affairs of funding for all human services in Virginia would not necessarily be considering a move.  There are many from the Northeast retiring here for many of the reasons mentioned in the above posts of why college towns are good.  One thing which is not mentioned is the easy access now to Washington DC as there is now a daily commuter train which can be taken up for a day in DC quite easily of say 11:15 - 6:30 train back down (not the commuter, but not that much more expensive.)   This area is experiencing quite a bit of growth so it may not exactly the bucolic town that Wahoos remember much longer.[/quote]

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