Woodrow Wilson, sure, but he didn't last very long and was basically a vegetable by that time.
John Quincy Adams came back as a congressman, Andrew Johnson as a senator and Taft as chief justice, but most presidents went back to where they came from.
This is Obama saying he's not from anywhere he could go back to, and he's going to stay around and get in the way for as long as he can.
Bad strategy, because ex-presidents become more popular when they leave the limelight, but I guess he can't leave it.
PS: That Taft thing is illuminating. Maybe Obama expects to end up on the Supreme Court.
Bingo! I think you hit the nail on the head.
It is fairly well publicized that O said they wish to stay in DC area so that the younger daughter may finish Sidwell Friends prep school like her sister, and Chelsea Clinton before her. 3 years. Just enough to create havoc for new administration.