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[quote=Anonymous]Same issue here. My parents have lived in the same house for 50+ years and don’t have any plans to move. They’ve talked about it over the years (threatening to move over politics usually  saying “we need to wait and see what happens with the governors race,” stuff like that). But it was all talk. Now it’s just inertia. They’ve never known anything else nor have had any big dreams. They still brag about the good school district my siblings and I went to as if they still have kids there— it’s been 30 years since the last one of us graduated. I do wonder if they stay there because they live in the past.

OP, do you think they stay because they genuinely like the house and memories or they just literally don’t know what else to do with themselves? In either situation they probably won’t move into life makes them move. I wish mine would’ve moved years ago— visiting is a nightmare because of how far they are from the airport, traffic, cost of renting a car and lack of much to do. They should let a family with kids benefit from the schools but for whatever reason, they’re staying put. 
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