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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
My husband and I are retired and in our 60's. We have lived in our current house for 26 years (raised a child here). It is 2400 sq. ft. with another 600 sq. ft. as a finished basement. A quarter acre lot. Is that too big? Yes, probably, but I have a sewing hobby that takes up the finished basement. My husband and I have finally been able to garden (a great hobby) and our yard is arguably now the most beautiful yard in the neighborhood. We have upgraded hardscaping and provided habitat for birds. The neighbor kids like to come and look at all of the plants and flowers. We also have relatives who have visited for various periods of time. My friends come for lunch and I have enough room to do that. Will we live here forever? No. But as other posters have said, why not live here for as long as we can enjoy it? We have neighbors who are also our friends and that means a lot to us.

We would probably only move if we needed to be closer to our adult child or something like that.

We are probably helping our community by not having children that cause school overcrowding and by not being out on the roads commuting every day. We are really very "cheap" community members at this point. Still healthy. Someday the OP will be old and then he/she will understand what it means to stay in the community they know and love. Or maybe know what it means to move closer to loved ones even if the house there is rather large.

We also consider our home to be the "fall back" position should something happen to our adult child  (job layoff, etc.). Our adult child will likely never be able to afford to buy for various reasons and this house is security for all of us really.[/quote]

On this website that is tiny. Homes are so big in DCOM land my daughters friend parents have a 1,500 sf MBR and their basement is 3,000 sf[/quote]

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