It always amazes me that there is a thing about moving to a “retirement community” or town, state whatever. If one does not live in a real shathole, why move?... particularly if in doing so you are leaving old friends, attachments, paid for home and familiar environs etc. Sounds like a lot of unnecessary pressure and work to me. If you like new things and experiences, just buy an rv or travel by other means a lot.
Kids are long gone, bothers/sisters scattered doing their thing, big house is empty, few friends here and there. . .why not move to your dream location, downsize, relax among a quieter crowd. . .if that is your thing.
I plan to trade noise, traffic, screaming neighborhood kids, thumpa-thumpa cars for a nice small community that I’ve been looking at and visiting for a while.
Staying here after I fully retire sounds like a lot of unnecessary pressure and work to me.
AMEN
One possible explanation:
It may be that the place of residence of some people is determined, during their working years, solely on the basis of the availability of high-paying jobs.
Then, when they are facing retirement, the available of jobs is no longer a factor in their calculations.
Rather, as retirees, they are then concerned solely by such other factors as: climate, proximity of family, etc.
Regards,