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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is very hard to answer as it’s so specific to your tastes! [b]Finding a community of people who will accept you (not that people will be horrible to you anywhere, but realistically you are mostly going to be friends with expats) is going to be the hardest part and you’d need a bigger town for that.[/b] I would also say that most people who do this already have the place in mind, so I think you need to do much more research - as in, many more trips - before you should even think about buying. Having owned a home in France for a long time, there are so many things that are still surprising and unexpected, and that is with having spent 1-4 months of my life there every year since I was a child! [/quote]

+1 OP don't discount how difficult it will be to move somewhere in your 50's and become a part of the community. Some small, charming town is going to be more insular and other 50-somethings who lived there their whole lives aren't going to open their social circles to you. Compounding that difficulty is living there only 4 months per year.

Plus how do you plan to maintain the home the other 8 months each year?[/quote]

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