Originally Posted by
chasm54
I would be extremely cautious about moving somewhere I knew nobody - breaking, or at least weakening, existing social ties and having to create a completely new social circle. In particular, I have a distaste for the idea that I might end up spending most of my time with other retired people, for no better reason than that we all had time on our hands.
For some this is an import consideration. For us it isn't. We are pretty strong introverts. We have lived in our current home for 12 years, I can't even tell you my neighbors names, not that we don't like them, we just don't socialize. I have friends at work but we do nothing outside of work. I have two close cycling friends, one moved about 5 hours away, we see each other occasionally. We have another close friend 2 states away. So I really don't think this is a consideration for us.