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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi, OP.  We made the move to downtown when our youngest was a year or two into college.  They laid a major guilt trip on us at first, but when it started to work with my spouse I put my foot down and let them know in no uncertain terms that it was our time now and they needed to get with the program and they did.

Fast forward more than a decade and it's as if we never lived in the 'burbs.  [b]We love it here and so do our now adult children. [/b] We're very happy with our decision.

A few posters are saying that the "close in suburbs" are just as good.  Nope.  They're still the 'burbs and throwing in a few extra shops and restaurants doesn't really change the vibe or add any real excitement and vigor to the change.  If you're going to make the change -- and you really should -- you should dive all the way in. [/quote]

Downtown as in DC? [b]Aren't you worried about traffic, parking, safety, etc?[/b]

I would like to move out the suburbs to "City life" but I don't think DC would ever be our place to retire even though my husband works in DC and I work in Alexandria. (Yes, we both commute 1hr+ to work daily)[/quote]

Take my perspective with a grain of salt as we've remained living in the city even with kids so I have an obvious bias, but no, traffic and parking are not a huge deal. At least not more than outside of the city. At least here we have multiple transport options if car centric travel is problematic for whatever reason. Also, consider that being in the city could actually be helpful if your driving ability diminishes with age or disability. If you live in the suburbs where everything requires a car to access, you could wind up very isolated if you become unable to drive. Or, what happens in an unfortunate number of cases, drivers who SHOULD have hung it up refuse to because they (correctly) feel that they won't be able to be independent anymore in accessing anything outside of the home.[/quote]

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