wimsey wrote:
Related question, not meant to be accusatory: why do people retire to faraway places from where they spend their working years?
You spend a life making friends, establishing community ties, and then at an age when those things become all the more important to aging well, you move 6 states away?
I get it if you’re moving to be closer to family. But it seems to me if you feel like you want to retire somewhere far away for non-family reasons, maybe you shouldn’t be living where you are in the first place.
The reality is that most people who move away to retire in the perfect location move back because of friends and particularly family. I know a few relatives who moved to an idyllic lakeside cottage and then realized they couldn’t see their grandchildren every day and the nice views quickly lost their appeal.
I did live oversees for years and would like to retire in Thailand but only if I can live in Canada for 6 months of the year to be close to family for at least half a year.