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#192219 - 10/21/09 07:11 PM
Where Should I Live in Retirement
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Registered: 11/19/08
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Loc: American living in Germany
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Where Should I Live in Retirement? I thought this article interesting.
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#192220 - 10/21/09 08:31 PM
Re: Where Should I Live in Retirement
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In a barn! Really, I would.
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#192222 - 10/21/09 08:51 PM
Re: Where Should I Live in Retirement
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Where I am now.
It's a 5-minute drive to a hospital, I can walk to my Church, the supermarkets are'nt too far off, and there are other amenities which are practically at my doorstep. I would love to be in the country but, one might need to drive to go from points A to B. That's the only hassle.
The city is noisy but, I suffer from tinnitus and I'd probably be hard of hearing by the time I retire (whenever that may be) so, I suppose that's one disadvantage of living in the city that I could sweep under the rug.
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#192387 - 10/23/09 06:44 PM
Re: Where Should I Live in Retirement
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I'm gonna live with Chatty, if the guest should get booted, and if not, just nearby, cause it sounds like she lives in a desert paradise what with all the community activities and riding around in golf carts with pets
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#196763 - 12/30/09 04:11 AM
Edelweiss, from Germany to..
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Edelweiss, my dearie received an email recently from a cousin and her hubby this week. They had visited us over a yr. ago and drove around the Canadian Rockies. The email which he carefully read in German, indicated that they want to move to live in Vancouver area! I think this is some sort of long term plan..to may be retire here. Apparently they found our area beautiful enough to want to eventually live in our area. Personally, I find that abit strange..why would people want to leave Germany. It is not cheap to find housing in Vancouver. But then, maybe Germany is expensive. According to dearie he thinks it is. These are German natives. They've never lived anywhere else. She is fluent in German and English but he barely understands any English. They are outdoors/fitness oriented people. No children. They have working class salaries. She is in her early 50's, he is in his late 50's. He took up snowboarding in his early 40's.
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#196791 - 12/30/09 10:05 PM
Re: Edelweiss, from Germany to..
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Registered: 11/19/08
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Orchid, I think the way the US dollar and or Canadian dollar stand to the Euro right now can be profitable for Europeans. They get almost twice the value. That may be a reason why your partner’s cousin and husband want to move.
I mentioned once before that I used to sell real-estate in Spain to Germans. I noticed that almost all senior buyers left their home country because they were trying to leave disappointments behind. Many had estranged adult children, or dysfunctional families.
Whatever the reason, it takes a lot of guts to take up and leave and move to a country where you don’t even know the language. I sure wouldn’t do it.
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