My wife and I, both in our mid 70s have spent the past 50 yrs living up and down the CA coastline. Me, because I was an early pro surfer back in the 1960s, eventually having fun as my life's work and my wife became an LCSW, with a license and credentials only good in the state of CA. She currently works exclusively from home, but literally can work on-line from anywhere in the world. Rental prices / cost of living in CA has gotten to the point where we can't get out of here soon enough. We have lived abroad in the past, but that was when the US Dollar was a powerful currency. We've been looking around the country for co-op living, but don't have the cash to buy in or don't care for the location. Our current "decision" is to pack up our necessary stuff (we're already living minimalist lives) and head out to the Research Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, or Chapel Hill) in N. Carolina. It has a good VA Hospital for me and it's a young growing area with lots to do. If possible, I can buy a small home using the G.I. Bill or just continue renting. Our current rent on the beach in CA in over $4 K / month, but with Medicare, a couple of retirement pensions, royalties from several surfing-related inventions, and an upgrade to my veteran's disability--Agent Orange exposure in VN and toxic drinking water while in the Marines at Camp LeJeune, we should be doing pretty well even with my Parkinson's Disease. For now, it seems as if we'll head out to N.C., get a short term rental or air-b-and b, and check our the individual communities in and around the Triangle. Not much of a plan, but that's all we have for now; except maybe to move back to S. America. We wanted to move to Portugal, but it's gotten far too expensive to gain residency. We both speak Portuguese and Spanish and Portugal has a similar climate to that of CA--at least in the Algarve region. The mountain area near Porto is affordable, but my body doesn't do well in cooler weather. Our lease is up in November, but I need to know about my Veterans Evaluation status prior to moving--and once again needing to start the process from the beginning. Anybody else in the same boat?