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[quote=Anonymous]My parents have only lived in two places their entire lives-- the homes they were raised in (their parents' houses) and the house they live in now. They are pushing 70 and talk about moving but keep insisting "there's nowhere else to go." I haven't lived there in many years-- I'm over 40-- and at this point, I'd like my kids to visit and be able to remember the place when they're older (they are too small to remember much under age 3), but at the same time, my parents are probably being a little stubborn as it's simply too big for them and they have too much pride to pay for a housekeeper or lawn service. A day will come when they will have to make a change-- either my father will severely hurt himself pulling weeds or pushing the lawn mower because he refuses to hire help, or they will finally realize, peacefully, on their own, before someone has a health crisis, that a small garden apartment, one bedroom in their neighborhood is perfectly fine.

I'd be sad to see the place go, but like many Gen Xers and millennials, I have moved so many times for work that to me, a house is just a house. You own the house, it doesn't own you. I realize it's very tough for my parents to consider having to rent a place or live in, oh my lord!, an apartment building with strangers.

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