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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dont get people who want to move away from friends and community they spent 18+ years building unless its totally unaffordable. When my kids are grown ill get to garden more, spend more time with the friends i made and enjoy my neighborhood more.  [/quote]

I’ll explain it for you.  For many of us DC is a company town and our relationships are mainly due to proximity.  We are only spending time with these people because we have a job here and families we met through our kids.  Once we no longer have a job or kids at home we won’t have a reason to spend any time with these people.  They are perfectly nice but not a reason to stay here.  Unfortunately you may have not figured out that a lot of people here are only friends with you during this stage of life because it’s convenient.

Also DC doesn’t really have any natural beauty and there are other parts of the country with better access to beaches, skiing, hiking etc.  It sounds like you like to garden, but that is only one activity.  The average retiree isn’t interested in visiting museums over and over again and DC isn’t known for its restaurants or shopping.  It’s also expensive because of the job market and if you’re not longer working then why live here?

Plenty of retiree - especially dual income couples - have large retirement accounts and plenty of equity in their home if not a fully paid off home.  If you had millions of dollars of practically guaranteed income, no mortgage and no kids here, would you really choose to live in Washington, dc?  For most people that’s a hard NO.

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I'm all for moving somewhere where you feel happier, but people who plan to move to a part of the country where they can do plenty of outdoor activities need to think long and hard about the realities of doing long hiking or other more strenuous activities when they're in their late 60s and into their 70s and 80s. There's only a short window where this is feasible for many before the body starts ageing. You're not retiring with the vigor of a 20-something.

I'll agree the DC area isn't the prettiest in the country. But wherever I go, it better have easy access to first rate health care with a good choice of the best specialists in the country. That is priority #1 even if I am healthy and fit. You just don't know what will happen. #2, proximity to people I already know is another priority.

I suspect "most" people stay put, not move. Because it's just easier to stay put where you have friends and family and, in the case of DC, excellent health care and hospitals.

In my particular case, [b]I'd find living somewhere along the coastline of CT or RI appealing for various reasons but a nice house there isn't going to be that much cheaper, if at all, than in the DMV, and there's no point moving up there if I don't get a nice house within easy reach of the water. [/b][/quote]

The outdoors is more than about hiking and skiing.  It's about day to day quality of life, being surrounded by beauty, being able to look at the ocean whenever you want to do so.

As with so many things, people in the DMV think that this is the only place in the country with access to good healthcare and specialists.

Here's your house on the water for less than you'd pay for its equivalent here (except that there is no equivalent here).

https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/ri/bristol/35-brookwood-rd/pid_54211441/

Or maybe you don't need to be right on the water, but walkable to it?

https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/ri/bristol/15-cliff-dr/pid_54426889/

https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/ri/bristol/105-kickemuit-ave/pid_53703678/

https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/ri/bristol/291-high-st/pid_52531912/

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