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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, hang on. What appeals to you? Where is your family?

Florida is set up for retirees with lots of good hospitals that handle common retiree problems.

Personally, I'd move to Boulder or Eagle, CO.[/quote]
This is my favorite game... where should we retire to?

I like CO, but I hate being land-locked. I've always lived along the coast.

I've also been looking at parts of WA, but the weather is dreary. I would hate FL.. muggy, hurricanes, big mosquitoes. [b] I've been thinking of upper MD or maybe even DE.[/b][/quote]

Ugh. Why not just stay here!? I know better COL but otherwise I don't see the appeal.[/quote]
As you stated, COL. We are not rich.[/quote]

My parents retired to the Rehoboth area.  The cost of real estate is very low, the property taxes are negligible, sales taxes are nil and apparently federal government pensions go farther there (dont quite understand why but apparently its a big deal).  There are also good doctors/medical centers.  [/quote]

+1 We bought a beach house there and our long term plan is to retire there as well. Our neighbors who don't live there year-round are almost without exception from the DC area, although increasingly folks from NY and NJ are moving to DE as well.  One advantage of Rehoboth Beach - the city, not broader area outside city limits- is that they have a very active local government who actually LISTENS and acts on resident concerns (unlike MoCo, where we currently live). They also protect trees (unlike MoCo) and limit building heights (well, if you call 250 feet near single family homes limiting?) so you can see the sky.  And it's walkable. You can get pretty much whatever you want in-town Rehoboth. Dining is not less expensive. It used to be, but now there are DC prices. The outlets on the highway keep cost of purchased goods low. Gas is cheaper too, seafood at Giant is as good as seafood at Whole Foods here...ah, looking forward to it![/quote]

My parents have met a lot of ppl from NJ who moved to DE because of the taxes...apparently they are worse in NJ even than we have in Ffx County.[/quote]

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