tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post8833107248081184645..comments2024-03-19T04:19:54.725-04:00Comments on Sightings Over Sixty: Retirement Research ... or Vacation?Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-17986443959231137342012-02-06T19:56:58.210-05:002012-02-06T19:56:58.210-05:00The best places to retire are (1) near family; and...The best places to retire are (1) near family; and (2) near friends. If you can do both, it's perfect. Everything else is secondary.Dick Kladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-39081075801881702492012-02-06T03:00:08.312-05:002012-02-06T03:00:08.312-05:00Hi all,
Really, Southern California is the nice p...Hi all,<br /><br />Really, Southern California is the nice place for retirement vacation. A perfect storm has rocked Southern California’s cruise sector, prompting a pullback of capacity that has more than erased several years of growth. Thanks a lot....Retirement Living In San Diegohttp://www.casadelascampanas.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-89811690972336018582012-02-04T12:37:07.571-05:002012-02-04T12:37:07.571-05:00Just came back from 10 days in Santa Barbara (fath...Just came back from 10 days in Santa Barbara (father Blair died) after staying with mom. Sister and nephew live nearby in Los Angeles and could make the 2-hr drive easily. While Karen and I ski, snow shoe, and generally enjoy winter, though a very mild one so far this year, it nags in the back of my mind that 70 degrees and sunny most days would be a great mood lifter. However, I would never become attuned to the Los Angeles live investment in time-on-the-freeway. It just is debilitating. Hope you're well.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656773730604906253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-65223696168690010342012-02-03T18:49:24.843-05:002012-02-03T18:49:24.843-05:00Not only real estate is more expensive in Californ...Not only real estate is more expensive in California, but the lifestyle, doing anything cost more in California. We worked most of our lives in California, and when we retired we moved North to Oregon, where the beaches are prettier, the air is cleaner, and the prices are still reasonable. If we need to escape the rains, we drive down to California for a couple of weeks.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-90846108977635126682012-02-03T13:29:13.133-05:002012-02-03T13:29:13.133-05:00I auppose if we were going to move to the West it ...I auppose if we were going to move to the West it would be to San Diego where my son has had a property or lived for most of the past 30 years. He and his wife have decided they will retire in the home where they live now. The house is small with their two boys, but will be a perfect fit when they begin to age in place. Richard works for the Navy and can retire in about 5 years, although he will probably hang on until the boys finish college. <br /><br />Meanwhile, we are hanging on in Arlington which is getting a climate like SD. We won't have to move to the South or West, it is coming here to us. Dianneschmidleysscribblins,wordpress.comhttp://schmidleysscribblins.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-79546272220327915952012-02-03T12:38:30.039-05:002012-02-03T12:38:30.039-05:00We were Californians, born there, grew up there, m...We were Californians, born there, grew up there, mostly, traveled the world as my husband was in the military and then went home to California after he got out. Spent 13 years out there and knew without a doubt we didn't want to retire there, and it wasn't just the money. The California we grew up is gone. So we decided on Georgia having lived here before when we were stationed here, don't like to be landlocked so we bought near the coast. After 8 1/2 years here we know we made the right decision, still love it here.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-41411004145855893542012-02-03T12:28:53.060-05:002012-02-03T12:28:53.060-05:00Don't forget about me! I'm a retired pers...Don't forget about me! I'm a retired person blogging from California!Retired Sydhttp://retiredsyd.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-83335095084473335232012-02-03T11:36:03.089-05:002012-02-03T11:36:03.089-05:00A year ago I lived in San Francisco and loved it t...A year ago I lived in San Francisco and loved it there. However, when I quit working it was simply way too expensive to stay there and that's why more people don't retire there. Of course you have the Central Valley but you might as well live in Oklahoma as in any of those places.<br /><br />However, Arizona is close to California and the ocean, like someone just said, 6 hours to San Diego. Not bad. I live where I do because of family and low cost of housing, but if I had a choice it would definitely be California rather than Oklahoma. :)<br /><br />Have a great trip!Rubye Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511953177053448513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-24393507522783456342012-02-03T10:09:06.916-05:002012-02-03T10:09:06.916-05:00Thanks for the blog mention...yes, my wife and I a...Thanks for the blog mention...yes, my wife and I are originally east coasters who have lived in Arizona for 27 years. We could never go back to winter weather and cloudy skies. Housing prices are excellent and food prices below average.<br /><br />The desert takes some getting used to, but don't forget Arizona has a lot more than cactus. Flagstaff and the White Mountains area around Pinetop and Show Low are not that different from New Hampshire or West Virgina....snow on the mountains in the winter, losts of pine trees, cool in the summer, and no cacti.<br /><br />San Diego is less than a 6 hour drive from our home. It is way too expensive to live, the roads are poor, and the traffic horrible. But, when we need an ocean break and a cool-down in the summer it is the perfect, quick escape. It is beautiful to visit but not to live.Bob Lowryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843991725692979189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-81580951424774219112012-02-03T09:43:59.311-05:002012-02-03T09:43:59.311-05:00Mrs. Chatterbox and I went to Arizona with the tho...Mrs. Chatterbox and I went to Arizona with the thought that we might retire there, but within ten miles of leaving the airport we knew we could never be desert people. Like you, I need to see the ocean from time to time.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-75333677663763662932012-02-03T08:10:00.834-05:002012-02-03T08:10:00.834-05:00Have a great trip...best of luck with all that res...Have a great trip...best of luck with all that research.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-22516876930175262742012-02-03T08:00:19.482-05:002012-02-03T08:00:19.482-05:00Our daughter is married to a career Navy man who h...Our daughter is married to a career Navy man who has been stationed in San Diego for about ten years and will probably retire from there. Five years ago, "before the fall" and with the birth of our grandson, we were fairly certain we wanted to move there and rented an apartment overlooking Balboa Park. For three years, we lived on both coasts--two months per coast, back and forth, getting acquainted with the city and being a part of our grandson's life. By 2010, we decided we couldn't keep the apartment, but we were still ready to move there.<br /><br />As real estate prices plummeted here, they only <i>slid</i> there. We've tried twice to sell our east coast house. The most recent try to sell this four-bedroom home near the beach was at a sales price that would translate to a one-bedroom, 700 sq. ft., very nice condo in a perfect location in San Diego. We were ready to divest ourselves of most of our belongings to fit into it, but we did not want to take a mortgage to get it.<br /><br />Prices kept falling here, but stabilized there. So we're "motel" grandparents now, going out semi-annually for visits and managing our sorrow the best we can by continuing to upgrade this house, the better to be ready when and if the backlog of foreclosed homes ever starts to clear. <br /><br />We've lived in Arizona, too, and I would happily live there again. San Diego has a very young, hip population. Check out Del Mar and Encinitas.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.com