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7 reasons not to move when retiring....or to move
US News via Yahoo ^ | 1/23/2014 | Emily Brandon

Posted on 01/23/2014 9:45:16 AM PST by rstrahan

. It might seem fun to move to a new place in retirement that has nice weather, more leisure activities or a significantly lower cost of living. But there are also many drawbacks of moving away from your friends, family and support system. Most people don't relocate in retirement, and those who do tend to move only very short distances. Just 6 percent of those age 60 and older changed residences between 2008 and 2012, and more than half of the people who traded places stayed within the same county, according to Census Bureau data. Here's why you may not be better off if you move to a new place in retirement:

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


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Thoughts: 1 - you sell your home, buy a cheaper home and have no mortgage and money in your pocket. 2 - If moving to an area with a high number of retirees, you can find the same services there. 3- Social Network? most of us don't know our neighbors. 4 - Family? Most people seldom hear from the family members anyway. 5 - Memories? You still have them, but you can't live on memories. Go make new ones. 6 - you modified the home...or you didnt. You can do it again or find one that fits your needs. 7- You like your neighborhood. This might be a good one but neighborhoods change. Besides do you really want to freeze your fanny off every winter or enjoy a beach and a pina colida? No contest.
1 posted on 01/23/2014 9:45:16 AM PST by rstrahan
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To: rstrahan

>>>> Just 6 percent of those age 60 and older changed residences between 2008 and 2012

2008 to 2012 time frame would be bad to based the article on.

Multiple ‘Recovery Summer’ notwithstanding .....


2 posted on 01/23/2014 9:49:56 AM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: rstrahan

You’re comments are right on. The original article had all of the financial gravitas of most Yahoo! finance recommendations. :/


3 posted on 01/23/2014 9:51:48 AM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: rstrahan

You are right about all of that. I sold my home of 20+ years and moved into a home that is smaller but paid for and much less in property taxes(14,000 vs 4800). In terms of memories you are right, those are right where they belong, in my soul. NO need to be attached to materials.


4 posted on 01/23/2014 9:52:08 AM PST by LumberJack53213
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To: rstrahan

We left our families in Seattle in 2011 for central KY. Love it here, though I don’t see my 20-something daughters as often as I’d like, but their life is their life and mine is mine. Now, if they gave me grandchildren it would be much more difficult.


5 posted on 01/23/2014 9:56:29 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: rstrahan

Stay away from those nice places! Those are strictly for the limousine liberals.


6 posted on 01/23/2014 9:59:49 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

Retirement is the perfect time to escape from a LIB/DIM area to a more Conservative one. There is a real world and friendly people beyond the LIB/DIM-poisoned areas.


7 posted on 01/23/2014 10:03:30 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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8 posted on 01/23/2014 10:05:42 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: rstrahan
I think I'll be abandoning Massachusetts for low-tax New Hampshire for the warmer months and being in Florida for the colder.
9 posted on 01/23/2014 10:10:57 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
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To: rstrahan

I escaped from NY in 2000 when I retired and relocated to the beautiful bayou state of Louisiana. I also left a blue state for a red state.


10 posted on 01/23/2014 10:19:14 AM PST by NY Cajun
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I couldn't leave totally my children...as it is now, they live on about a 6 hr drive away, far enough for them to have some privacy, as us too, and close enough to visit....

we won't move anytime soon...hubby just had a big shop built, and he himself built a very professional meat shop and walk in cooler inside the bigger shop.....then of course is that little nusense called a "job" which believe me, we are thankful for...

11 posted on 01/23/2014 10:21:59 AM PST by cherry (.in the time of universal deceit, telling the truth is revolutionary.....)
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Well, we are now about 7 hours from our grandkids and moving here is what has allowed me to be able to build a shop in the first place. ;)

We’ve gone from the land of 6,000 square foot lots to a 32 acre farm with woods and a 100 year old 40x60 barn. I’ll be adding shops and other out buildings as time permits and need arises. We had to move out here to do it.


12 posted on 01/23/2014 10:31:33 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: hal ogen
"You may all go to Hell. I shall go to Texas." - Davy Crockett

I escaped to freedom in the West...
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13 posted on 01/23/2014 10:32:29 AM PST by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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To: LumberJack53213

FYI If you’re in California and 55 or over.

You can sell your home and buy one for less and transfer your property taxes, if you move within or too one of the southern Cal coastal counties, ex: San Diego.

Propositions 60 and 90.


14 posted on 01/23/2014 10:34:33 AM PST by morphing libertarian
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Here's one reason I should move ASAP that trumps them all...

I live in Massachusetts.

Beat that one Emily.

15 posted on 01/23/2014 10:36:21 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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To: rstrahan

retirement?? no money to retire.. I will work until I am forced to leave my position...at that point, I will most definately leave California, for affordable areas.


16 posted on 01/23/2014 10:41:27 AM PST by Chuzzlewit
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To: NY Cajun; hal ogen
"I escaped from NY in 2000 when I retired and relocated to the beautiful bayou state of Louisiana. I also left a blue state for a red state."

Your comments, plus hal ogen's, are right where my mind is. Hoping to retire in 10-12 years or so and move south...RED STATE is the #1 criteria, followed by climate, taxation, cost of living, etc. Have thought of South Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Georgia, Bama (but for some reason never Louisiana).

Would love to hear any thoughts on these or other states either by post or private message. Thanks!

17 posted on 01/23/2014 11:09:35 AM PST by Mich Patriot (PITCH BLACK is the new "transparent")
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To: NY Cajun

If you don’t mind I would like to know what part of Louisiana.


18 posted on 01/23/2014 11:14:48 AM PST by angcat
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To: rstrahan

Left Mexifornia for Arizona in 1994 and have never looked back!!!


19 posted on 01/23/2014 11:17:46 AM PST by taillightchaser (I'm going to become a criminal so I can keep my guns.)
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To: angcat

Check out the home prices in Gonzales, La. Shocking!


20 posted on 01/23/2014 11:19:10 AM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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