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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 5033148, member: 1414"] I'm not retired yet, but I'm thinking about it. We are planning to buy a place in Bluffton, SC pre-retirement but with retirement in mind. When I do retire, we'll sell out house in Mass and get a another one on Cape Cod hopefully. Affordability is a challenge on the Cape, but we haven't found a good alternative. Many of my local friends have moved away. We walk the trail, but my golf partners are gone, as is my local 9 hole course. Hoping that by moving to an active community with pickleball, kayaking, walking trails and maybe golf, we can build some healthy, active hobbies. Avoiding New England winter will help as well. I'm not worried about the Cape, have friends there and know how to find things to do in the summer. But for those of you who moved somewhere new, how did you meet people? Is it a formal community with events and leagues that you can join or just a house where you need to make your own way? What's the experience been with those communities? My parents have been in one since the 90s, so I'm looking forward to it. Hopefully if [USER=34]@Chin Diesel[/USER] is still traveling that area he can stop by for a beer. Anybody have experience kayaking in fresh water in places with alligators? I'm told not to worry, but I'd be new at it so, yeah, I'm worried. Going to try to get some experience this summer on the Bass River at the Cape. [/QUOTE]