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OP - I do think the right approach is to take time to visit a few places and then to maybe come back for a good week and research locally things that are of interest to be doing in your retirement.  Health care services and the closeness of them are hard to consider when you ae healthy, but just general things like having to deal with a cancer and treatment, a major operation and finding related therapy.  If you really are thinking of just one move, then also consider what your needs might be for size of home and transportation 15-20 years out.  The countryside estate around where we reside in Central Virginia is lovely until maybe too far to get doctors etc.  See if there are services in a reasonable area to meet your future support needs such as smaller villas if your first bigger retirement place becomes too much.  Also, CCRCwith assisted living, memory and skilled nursing as well as skilled rehab facilities for a more limited knee or hip replacement as you age.   I would also consider weather as the winter can be very long in some places. but then again, a forever summer climate can be draining on the system, too.  It is also important to realize that there are positives to being close to at least some family members as you age.  There was a saying with my folks "You go to Naples at 65, and you go home at 85!" which proved true as they outlived most of the residents they met in their late 60s. [/quote]

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