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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Emergency healthcare poster here.   OP you want to be not just near a hospital.  The goal for the retirement years is a cath lab and a certified stroke center within 20 minutes in all weather.

Any hospital can stabilize a broken wrist, and something like oncology can easily be a planned, regularly scheduled drive.   But it’s those level I stroke and cardiac response facilities that make me difference between many more quality years vs. a handful debilitated years in rehab+nursing home then the end.

Side note: don’t count on mediVac.  Especially in snowy (NH) and snowy mountainous (WV, NM) climates.   They won’t risk the flight staff’s life for a stroke response (but might for a catastrophic pediatric trauma) [/quote]

How realistic is that if you don't live in a big city?  I'm actually being serious, not snarky.  And the issue with big cities is the gridlock. They won't lifelight you for a stroke, and they can't get through the gridlock in 20 minutes, even inside the beltway.  This I've seen firsthand.  So is that a smallish city?  Do you have suggestions, or is there a good way to look it up?[/quote]

Look, life is about living. If you find a place you love, it is fine to be a little farther from a hospital and take your chances. Not everything is helped by being near great medical care. Both my parents live just blocks from some of the best hospitals in the world (with several relatives who are prominent doctors at those hospitals) and it didn't help either of them.[/quote]

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