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Message: [QUOTE="msf22b, post: 2611386, member: 656"] Lots and lots of good ideas...St Georges, Quinto, Florida...Here's my take: I don't much care for Florida, would never live there. My parents; 1st gen, educated middle-class jews from NY purchased a condo in Century Village, Deerfield Beach; which they claimed to love. I hated it. Barb-wired outer fence...a self-inflicted concentration camp, I observed. I always made off for the Keys after a day or two's visit or sailed over to the Bahamas on a charter...another world 45 miles away. But here's my latest experience and suggestion. We're New Yorkers, happy anywhere (almost)...We bought a house in St Johnsbury Vt to be close to skiing; it's worked out fine. We travel a lot and sail in the summer on the LI Sound. In this day and age, you don't have to decide; unless setting down roots is important...along with house swapping and airbnb you can try out anything and everything. If it wasn't for the fact that some people rather lacking in judgement recruited me to resurrect my conducting career, my wife and I would be hither and yon. For example, researching a book, I had a look at the Pacific NorthWest, last summer...Wowsa, all I require: fantastic sailing on Puget Sound and plenty of mountains for skiing. I said to my wife' let's sell St J and buy there. She thinks I'm nuts...but you don't have to buy...rent or exchange for 3/6 months. We're going back to Italy next fall for 2 or 3 months; and will take a bunch of two-week deals especially Sicily, where we may stay a month or more. Retirement even with modest to moderate resources can be a time of great adventure...go for it. [/QUOTE]

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