Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 13:07     Subject: Where are you moving when you retire?
Malayasia
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 12:55     Subject: Where are you moving when you retire?
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Anonymous wrote:Southern Maine.
So far this is our plan, too.


Np, Me three!


Who wants to live basically in winter for 9 months a year. Who is going to shovel your snow?


9 months of winter in southern Maine? Twenty years from now? Winter isn’t even that harsh anymore now, poster.

Are people factoring in changing weather patterns and sea level rise in making long term retirement plans?


Ten years ago I was determined that I would retire to Ecuador for the low cost of living, excellent weather and relative peace. Now all hell is breaking loose there. But maybe in 20 years it will be nice again!


+100
I don't think most of you realize how uninhabitable most of these places will be in 20 years. Arizona will be like the surface of the sun. Florida will be underwater.

FWIW the most climate change proof city in America is Duluth, where I have family. Great Lakes region will be paradise.


To me, Arizona is already like the surface of the sun. Being outdoors is great, but not when it is too hot to be hiking outdoors half the year!


Not all of Arizona is desert.


Flagstaff looks and feels more like Colorado than Arizona.


I love Flagstaff so much!


You can be a sister wife in Flagstaff.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 12:53     Subject: Where are you moving when you retire?
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Anonymous wrote:Not a red state


Absolutely a red state. Much lower taxes and less tolerance of ghetto crap. Bye-bye, Montgomery County!


Let us know when you move so we can cheer you on as you leave MoCo.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 12:51     Subject: Where are you moving when you retire?
Anonymous wrote:We will retire next year to our condo in Park City, Utah. Believe me, our kids and friends cannot wait to visit us as frequently as possible.

B'bye, D crappy C.


They will visit less than you think. Count on it.
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Post 01/15/2024 12:50     Subject: Where are you moving when you retire?
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Anonymous wrote:I wish I knew. DH wants to leave the area and will be retiring in the next 3-5 years. He hates cold weather. We thought of Florida but visited multiple places there to check it out and culturally it was a huge "no" again and again. North Carolina still gets cold in the winter.

I don't mind the cold, and would love to look at Vermont or Maine, or return to Chicago where I used to live but it's all too cold for DH. Not sure what we are going to do. CA would be amazing, but when need to lower our costs, not increase them. Same issue with the Sedona / Taos areas.

So -- I don't know.


They have winter. Look at the elevation, not the place on a map. Lots of retires in southern New Mexico, though.


They're also 500 miles apart and in different states.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 12:50     Subject: Where are you moving when you retire?
My dad moved into a retirement home that was 90% old ladies. It was like throwing a steak into a pack of starving dogs. He hid in his apartment most of the time.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 12:48     Subject: Where are you moving when you retire?
Usually the places that are inexpensive are cheap because they are not great places to live.
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Post 01/15/2024 12:46     Subject: Re:Where are you moving when you retire?
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Anonymous wrote:To everyone who is saying they'll move away from DC but not necessarily to be near their kids, I have a question.

I have a list of about 10 places that I would just love to live. But while I've lived all over the world and have moved several times with our family, we've been settled here for a while now --- and I'd be too chickensh** to uproot myself at the age of 60 (when I plan to retire).

I just don't I have it in me to start from scratch to make new friends. And I really really don't want to be lonely. I've seen what it's done to my mom who moved when she was 70.

Isn't this a concern for all of you? Or when you say you'll move to Spain, Portugal, etc, are these just fantasties?


Well it’s easier to make friends in areas not dominated by mean girl cliques.


Mean old lady cliques are everywhere. They especially hate single old ladies who might steal their old men.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 12:44     Subject: Where are you moving when you retire?
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Anonymous wrote:Thailand. US has gotten so ghetto and unsafe.


Only perverts move to Thailand. Good riddance.


I read PP's post with sarcasm. I doubt they're moving to Thailand, or even considering it.


Are you kidding? Thailand is a vacation destination for perverts, why wouldn't they want to live there?
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Post 01/15/2024 11:58     Subject: Where are you moving when you retire?
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Anonymous wrote:Thailand. US has gotten so ghetto and unsafe.


Only perverts move to Thailand. Good riddance.


I read PP's post with sarcasm. I doubt they're moving to Thailand, or even considering it.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 11:58     Subject: Where are you moving when you retire?
Anonymous wrote:Appalachia is a great place to retire. Land/homes are so cheap


And good medical care is so rare there.
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Post 01/15/2024 11:56     Subject: Where are you moving when you retire?
Anonymous wrote:Thailand. US has gotten so ghetto and unsafe.


Only perverts move to Thailand. Good riddance.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 11:55     Subject: Re:Where are you moving when you retire?
Durham or Chapel Hill, NC. Good climate, good hospitals, good basketball.
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Post 01/15/2024 11:51     Subject: Where are you moving when you retire?
A place like Hilton Head might seem the obvious choice. But it’s Portland, Maine (or any of the surrounding towns) for us. Of course our retirement goals might change in the 30-odd years between now and then.
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Post 01/15/2024 11:50     Subject: Where are you moving when you retire?
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Anonymous wrote:We will retire next year to our condo in Park City, Utah. Believe me, our kids and friends cannot wait to visit us as frequently as possible.

B'bye, D crappy C.


My former boss did this last year. But not because he hated DC area.


If not, then why?