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Would you rather live by the beach or in the mountains?
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I live in Rockaway Beach, NY, on the beach block of a neighbor hood that was badly hurt by Meteroic Event Sandy. I have every reason to want to leave, global warming being the main one. But I'm getting old, and figure that the land will outlive me by a good 20 to 80 years, so I figure it is a good gamble and remain. The air is incredible. People speak about the taste and health benefits of good water. I say tripple that with the effect of clean smelling sea air.
The neighborhood is great, unless you want good pizza. You can find a good burger almost everywhere (except Dalton's). What we need is a good Diner. For personal reasons, the last diner we head (which was great, but the way) had to close down. the property was sold as a bank, and that was the end of that. without good parking all rockaway restaurants are prone to starvation.
parking in rockaway is at a premium.
but yes, the beach. definitely yes, the beach. Mountains are cool too, especially if they have old, quiet tree forests,with nice dear paths. sorry for the digression.
Would rather live by the beach. like Daytona beach. Would love to see you give listing of retirement communities to see prices etc.
@AARPLynne wrote:
Thinking back to growing up near the Adirondack's, of course I have to say...the mountains! How about you?
the beach
Born in Hawaii and living in Southern California since 1958, I found that beach cities are way too congested. We recently retired here in the mountains of San Jaun Colorado. A National Forest as a backyard, the wild has proven to be our best choice in our later years. This is where the River Runs Through It. Durango is our home town! Don't miss the beaches. . .or the congestion of the big cities.
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Living in the Desert now after living in San Diego for many years both my husband & I keep returning to vacation the coast line areas. I think that answers where we'd really like to live for the both of us execept for dealing with the Arthritis part.: ๐
How about the Pacific Northwest - you get BOTH mountains and Ocean! SEE: Oregon Coast. Beautiful, but pricy for my pocketbook. Or inland in the Olympic area; rented a very nice home for a few days last year with a deck overhanging a salmon run with rapids and wonderfully relaxing sound of a small waterfall upstream. Note: Be on the lookout for the bear(s) in the immediate area.
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@jk119 wrote:
I would much rather live by the beach. I never liked the sand too much until I got into metal detecting. I enjoy waking up early and walking the beach looking for treasures. Most of the time I am just picking up others people trash, But its great exercise
Someone was just telling me that they would like to retire and do exactly what you are doing! What is the most interesting thing you have ever found?
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