Where would you like to retire?

GemstoneofHeart
GemstoneofHeart Posts: 865 Member
edited November 21 in Chit-Chat
If you could pick anywhere. Or if you are retired, where did you?
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  • jdlobb
    jdlobb Posts: 1,232 Member
    New York City
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Mars
  • Renaissance_Turtle
    Renaissance_Turtle Posts: 960 Member
    Does life have to last that long? Can I live fast & die young? err I mean middle aged?
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    I have four daughters. I'll never retire.

    Good Lord..... 4 daughters?

    We have one daughter I'm certain that she took several years off of my life.

  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Does life have to last that long? Can I live fast & die young? err I mean middle aged?

    80 is the new middle.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Does life have to last that long? Can I live fast & die young? err I mean middle aged?

    80 is the new middle.

    Middle of what?
  • Heather4448
    Heather4448 Posts: 908 Member
    A cruise ship
  • DonM46
    DonM46 Posts: 771 Member
    Fredericksburg, Texas
  • tiffaninghs
    tiffaninghs Posts: 200 Member
    in ghana!! i need some beach action.. but i'm ready now!!
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I have four daughters. I'll never retire.

    Good Lord..... 4 daughters?

    We have one daughter I'm certain that she took several years off of my life.

    I have 3 daughters and a son, My son is the one who almost killed me :laugh:

    North Queensland Australia for the winters and New South Wales in the summer.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    in ghana!! i need some beach action.. but i'm ready now!!

    Gotta love the Black Stars.

    Much respect for Ghana.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I have four daughters. I'll never retire.

    Good Lord..... 4 daughters?

    We have one daughter I'm certain that she took several years off of my life.

    I have 3 daughters and a son, My son is the one who almost killed me :laugh:

    North Queensland Australia for the winters and New South Wales in the summer.

    Why not New Zealand?

    I've heard it's the greatest place on Earth.
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I have four daughters. I'll never retire.

    Good Lord..... 4 daughters?

    We have one daughter I'm certain that she took several years off of my life.

    I have 3 daughters and a son, My son is the one who almost killed me :laugh:

    North Queensland Australia for the winters and New South Wales in the summer.

    Why not New Zealand?

    I've heard it's the greatest place on Earth.

    :o I thought you were my friend :p

    Australia always for me
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    edited August 2017
    Retirement probably won't exist in my future, which is probably for the best. Unless you're rich or live well below your means on the money you have left and don't have a disease that wipes out all your savings, retirement ends up just being stuck at home all day, watching tv, being sick and lonely. A lot of my clients greatest regrets was retiring too soon. They felt like they were somebody when they were working. Had a purpose. Start saving kiddos and find your new purpose before you retire! As to where I'd live, I already live in God's waiting room, so might as well stay.
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  • WorkerDrone83
    WorkerDrone83 Posts: 3,195 Member
    Anywhere as long as I'm in one of those awesome group living homes. I'm excited about the common area where people are playing checkers or painting or all sorts of fun stuff. Then we all line up and take our medicine. I'm just going to play video games all day and flirt with the nurses.
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  • rdevol
    rdevol Posts: 278 Member
    My husband wants to buy an RV and travel around the U.S. Assuming we could afford it, I'd love to do that for part of the year, but I'd like to have a permanent home to come back to occasionally.
  • WorkerDrone83
    WorkerDrone83 Posts: 3,195 Member
    rdevol wrote: »
    My husband wants to buy an RV and travel around the U.S. Assuming we could afford it, I'd love to do that for part of the year, but I'd like to have a permanent home to come back to occasionally.

    This is the best idea ever! Traveling the States, solving crimes, and getting into adventures. Plus we'll be old and our kids grown up, so we have nothing to lose.
  • WanderingRivers
    WanderingRivers Posts: 612 Member
    *If* I could retire, I'd say either the Pacific NW or Colorado.
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  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Wife and I are currently doing a lot of work on our home in preparation of selling in 2019 when we retire. Plan is to move to Vegas. Summerlin area. Just started researching homes there. Picked Nevada because of the Tax breaks. I want to go to Culinary School. Can ride year round. Homes are affordable.

    Plus, if you live in Vegas, you know your kids will come visit.
  • 1Coolwhip
    1Coolwhip Posts: 126 Member
    edited August 2017
    DonM46 wrote: »
    Fredericksburg, Texas

    The Schlitterbahn!!!!!!!!!

    I want to retire where I can take a trip to visit cold weather if I feel the need.
  • bmaw01
    bmaw01 Posts: 40 Member
    edited August 2017
    I don't like to use the word retire. If you look up its history you see it was first introduced in Germany during the late 1890's as a way for the "old people" to make way for the young. They picked 65 because back then people were dying before 70. Other countries saw this and just emulated the same system. In America, retirement was brought about as a way to keep the spirits up for the factory workers. The carrot was placed in front of them, and they were told that they could have the carrot if they worked 40 sad years in the factory, so they could one day retire on their little pension.

    Saving money for old age is important. I'm not saying be reckless and live like you're 20 forever. I just like to look at it differently than most people. In my case, I have investments that allow me to live the way that I want. TODAY. Not in 30 years, but today. I'm all about having freedom in my life. Freedom to choose what I want to do today!

    I've lived in South Korea, China, Thailand, Vietnam, and Japan. I'm going to go on a 3 month meditation retreat next year. I plan to visit parts of Mexico, South America and Europe in the next few years. I also have plans to purchase a condo in Vietnam. All before the age of 47.

    BTW, I've seen way too many people who retire and they either drink themselves to death or they gain a lot of weight and have life threatening health issues. Retiring doesn't mean to detach from life. Just my opinion, of course.
  • SomebodyWakeUpHIcks
    SomebodyWakeUpHIcks Posts: 3,836 Member
    Wherever @CoffeeAndContour lives
  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    Olive Garden has an interactive map of their locations so I'll probably hit the road and see where it takes me.
  • Corprina
    Corprina Posts: 215 Member
    Costa Rica. Vacationed there last November. The people are very nice. It is exquisitely beautiful and diverse. Won't be able to eat out much though, way too expensive!
  • cougargirl1025
    cougargirl1025 Posts: 80 Member
    In my 40's.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited August 2017
    If all goes well, I'll have a home base somewhere where international travel is pretty easy and spend much of my time traveling the world with my wife...come home for a bit and then hit the road again. That's how my wife's parents roll and it seems pretty awesome...

    Otherwise, somewhere that I can stretch my dollars...we've entertained Costa Rica and Colombia is also on our radar...we visited Colombia last year and it was friggin' incredible...
  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
    Buena Vista, CO
  • MichelleWithMoxie
    MichelleWithMoxie Posts: 1,817 Member
    xxJAFLxx wrote: »
    Costa Rica. Vacationed there last November. The people are very nice. It is exquisitely beautiful and diverse. Won't be able to eat out much though, way too expensive!

    What?? What part of CR are you visiting?
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