Retirement living - Getting started - Where to go?

[H2NH]

Retiring in 2 years.  Going to be "snow birds" such that the majority of the year we can be near our kids in NH, but want to escape the long winters.  The question is where to we go for 3 to 4 months a year?  Lots of choices of course.  Suggestions?  

[GailL1]

@SarahGH

The actual city of Decatur, Ga sounds like a good fit.

Low crime - a mix of young and old - of course there are newer town homes but surrounding the Square area are single family homes of many different types - big and small - some built in the 50' 60' 70' - yards big and small.

If you want to walk you can even reach Agnes Scott College and like I said a short Marta Ride with easy on and off can get you to Emory University too.

There are also many independent senior living facilities in the (walkable) vicinity in case one day you don't want a home to care for.

The actually City has a lot of cultural activities and then so do the nearby universities and colleges.

If you do a search make sure you enter "City of Decatur, Ga." - not just Decatur, Ga because that would cover much more ground.

Just a thought but if there is any place around here that is walkable for just about everything, it would be Decatur.

Not cheap by any means - just a guess but a small  '60s ranch  maybe 3/2 somewhere close to the Square, perhaps with some remodeling -

maybe $ 600,000 +.

Seniors do get a pretty good deal on their property and income taxes in Ga too.

Have a Great Indpendence Day !

[ronbabydoc]

Little Washington on Pamlico Sound,Greenville, Wilmington,Sunset Beach 10 miles from Myrtle Beach

[Lon1934]

Go to New Zealand from December thru March. I did this for 26 years commuting from California to Christchurch.

[g28834s]

Retiring (early, at the latest) August '19. Converting a former prison transport van into a campervan, and getting as far away from society and people as I can. Mostly to the desert Southwest. I'll have solar, water, propane, and better than a foot ground clearance. Gonna leave this cesspool that is Austin and never...look...back. Oh, I'll go down south & see the grandkids every couple, 4, 6 months or so, but I'll be traveling solo & only interact when I need to fill my water, gas, & fuel tanks and stock up on food.