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Where do you want to grow old?
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Check it out -- there are a lot of great small communities nearby that are more affordable for retirees than Rochester itself - with Mayo Clinic, the college and all of the related hi-tech, it's a pretty pricy place to live, unless maybe you are moving from California or New York...
Also, once in the area, Mayo Clinic has a whole lot of satellite primary care clinics in the area, because Mayo Clinic itself doesn't do primary care. @johnbishop may be able to tell you more about that - and the surrounding towns.
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Hello @mercuryrose, There are quite a few small towns near Rochester each with their own uniqueness. We settled on Mantorville, MN when I took a job in Rochester in 1978. It's a great little town with some historic significance, the county courthouse, great restaurant and more - https://www.mantorville.com/. 3 miles south is Kasson, MN with a Mayo Family Health Clinic, a good sized supermarket Hy-Vee and a local telephone company that supplies fiber to the home Internet to most all of the small towns in the area - https://www.cityofkasson.com/.
There is also a Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Zumbrota, a small town north of Rochester on Hwy 52 that has a few other small towns close by - Pine Island, Oronoco that are easy drives to Rochester. I think the best way to choose a community before moving is to plan a few day trip outings and drive around some of the small towns near Rochester and see what's available in each one to see if it will meet your needs. We chose west of Rochester mainly due to the small town feeling and Minnesota nice folks living in Mantorville. Next weekend is our big Marigold Days celebration which is always the weekend following Labor Day - https://www.marigolddays.com/.