Where does everyone want to live when they retire?
By Jesuslovesme
@MsBooklover (3974)
United States
April 21, 2017 5:28pm CST
Do you want to retire right where you are? Do you want to move to the ocean and watch the waves? Or do the mountains entice you? What makes retirement look satisfying for you? Which would mean more happiness for you? Spending it with a partner or spouse or alone?
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12 responses
@Tampa_girl7 (50795)
• United States
22 Apr 17
My husband and I have a home in West Virginia that we want to move to one day, but I'd love one in my state of birth too, Florida 
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
22 Apr 17
I have a relative who lives in Florida. He used to live here in Pennsylvania like I do. Once he moved to Florida, he said he would never move back. Never been to Florida, but Mother had been there. The gators would scare me too much. Maybe that gator you saw in Mississippi is a suggestion to move back to Florida.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
22 Apr 17
I would want to move near the ocean and watch the waves...but thats not going to happen so I'll settle for anyplace that has lots of books.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
22 Apr 17
@MsBooklover I have lots of books too. What are your reading choices?
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
22 Apr 17
I want to live near the ocean and have lots of books! I already have the books!
@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
24 Apr 17
@responsiveme I enjoy a lot of different kinds including slice of life, mystery, self-help, Christianity, etc.
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
24 Apr 17
@MsBooklover I have lived at a village adjascent to a jungle for two months.
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@1creekgirl (41928)
• United States
22 Apr 17
My husband and I have been retired for several years now and don't want to live anywhere else. I do wish we lived a little closer to some of our children, but don't plan to move.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
21 Apr 17
I really don't want to think of the idea of retiring, I want to write even after the day I die haha I just want to be a ghost creating stories, that would be amazing. But for maybe that year break between things I would like to live in a place that rains a lot. I just love the rain and it inspires me so much haha
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
21 Apr 17
Felicia, I love to write. If you are looking for rain to inspire you, there is always London! They have a ton of fog, too.
@MainerMikeBrown (1373)
• Bridgton, Maine
22 Apr 17
I don't want to think about retiring either, as it's so far away, as I'm only 38 years old.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
22 Apr 17
@MainerMikeBrown OK, Mike. I will give you a few more years, and then you need to fess up.
@pigeboy (170)
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22 Apr 17
@MsBooklover Exactly. I already have friends here and I am familiar with the area. Plus I don't need to move all my stuff somewhere else.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
22 Apr 17
@pigeboy That is what I hate about moving--I have a lot of stuff!
@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
22 Apr 17
That sounds nice, too. There is something to be said about home sweet home.
@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
24 Apr 17
@MsBooklover to feel relaxed and tension free is how i want to feel.when i reach retirement
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@Shavkat (140170)
• Philippines
25 Apr 17
@MsBooklover I sometimes do brisk walking in the town proper of the city.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
24 Apr 17
One of the things I like about the city is that you can walk to so much.
@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
22 Apr 17
@MsBooklover - Some people say Costa Rica but I prefer to spend my last days on my native soil.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
22 Apr 17
Never been there but hear Texas is awesome. I love Tex-Mex food!
@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
24 Apr 17
@cmoneyspinner I can understand that.
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@Iam_jauntyjen (5061)
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22 Apr 17
Spend it with a spouse in a rural area where there is less noise. Similar to where we are now, but I would like to see more trees.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
24 Apr 17
I just came back from an area that has lots of trees, and it was beautiful.
@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)
• United States
4 May 17
I would like to be able to retire once I get old enough and I would like to be able to make enough money now and in the future, that way my parents will actually be able to retire and I'll be able to take care of them and they want have to worry about it. The town my college is in is a big retirement place for older people. I would like to have a house there but also one at the beach as well like the elderly in my college town who spend the summer months in the mountains and the winter ones at the beach. Retirement looks satisfying for me because I am ready to just sit on my front porch with my husband and our dogs and maybe have our grandkids playing in the yard. I just want to be able to enjoy life without having to worry about paying bills, when I'll eat again, or the stress of having to do things every day.
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@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)
• United States
5 May 17
@MsBooklover I'm only 20 and just starting so i am far from being able to retire. These are just my goals for retirement.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
5 May 17
That is an honorable desire. I am not ready for retirement yet, but that sounds like a plan.
@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
23 Apr 17
when I retire, I want to live in a countryside, overseas, my ideal country is either Holland or korea. I prefer to face the green grass hill side, breeding horses. No grandchildren please because my own kids had made a hell of noise , yelling and screaming for the past 20 years! I want peace and quiet retirement.
