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[quote=Anonymous]I have a list that we have been using to figure out where we will live.  We will be retired before our children are settled, so we can’t make decisions on where they will be.

In no particular order:
1) excellent healthcare
2) a view -can be water, mountains, pastoral, cityscape, I just want to be able to see beyond the neighbors.
3) further north from DC- at least cooler and I want a place that is not having a water availability issue
4) an active congregation in our faith
5) ideally, I would like to live so that we can walk to the village- Library, grocery, pharmacy, a few nice restaurants, PO, coffee/tea/pub
6) DH wants to be near some sort of winter skiing and ideally he wants to be able to hike from our house
7) a blue bubble in a blue state, I am done with purple. 
8) a decent airport within 45 minutes
9) a college or university would be nice.

Obviously 5 and 6 are somewhat contradictory and we have to iron that out
The other is that, while we have found places we like that tick off most of the above-the view seems to be the one that is most likely to be jettisoned as it seems to be out of our price range when the rest are all in play- and I would really like one- so I have to figure out what else has to be dropped.

We liked Northampton and have friends there too.
Burlington, VT was a bit too far but still on the list
West Hartford is a possibility-my sister is nearby.
Next up are places near Hanover NH and Portland Maine.  [/quote]

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