老中退休後搬家到不同的地方居住的比例好像不如老美的比例高。反正我是傾向於到符合下麵基本條件的地方退休。如果現居住地滿足那就不用搬,頂多換小一點的房子。否則需要搬家。那些基本條件是:
第一點就剔除了很多州,剩下的有加州,內華達和美國的南方各州如亞利桑那,新墨西哥,德州,佛羅裏達等。第二點限製了小地方,選擇地會是較大的都市圈。第三點把加州排除了。綜合下來我可以得出如下候選城市都市圈:
不少老中還會考慮以後到子女的居住地附近退休。我可能也會考慮但是必須滿足我上麵提到的基本條件。
大家有沒有跟我一樣的考量?
附近有比較大的華人或亞洲超市;
物價(包括房價)不能太高。】
墨西哥怎麽樣?
除了第二條都達到要求。
It doesn't make sense if the house is paid off and consumer prices are low,
like in North Carolina where I live. I don't care if there's Chinese grocery,
we have online stores now. I don't like big cities, bad traffic and all that
hassle.
Moving to another place requires buying another house. There's already limited
income after retirement, so it's not a good choice. No, no, no.
And after living in a place for decades, there is a social network established.
I love our Jewish community. They welcomed me unconditionally. And I converted.
Moving to anywhere else would be a lose to me.