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Where do you want to grow old?
Aging Well | Last Active: Oct 15 9:41pm | Replies (267)Comment receiving replies
At 79 and single, where to live is a constant question. In the US? or in another country where the cost of living is significantly lower? Medicare is a leash, and keeps me here, but medical care in many other countries is almost as good as here. In some cases better, cheaper, more available. In my home of 12 years, most alone. but in a married neighborhood. Most of my assets are stuck in this house and the real estate market is not good. My health is pretty good, thanks to Mayo, and if I move to another country, it is OK as long as I can get to Phoenix in a day! But everything can change if I meet a lady who shares my activities, a zest for life, and curious adventuresome!
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We moved to deep south TX, the Rio Grande Valley. It is reported to be the cheapest place to live in the US. So many senior citizens who came as Winter Texans (yes we love Winter Texans here) have moved here permanently. With so many seniors, there is every specialist and medical facility you can think of and lots of senior activities as so many of us have moved here for the above reasons.
We thoroughly enjoy living way down here.
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When my husband was alive we bought a home in Lake Chapala Mexico, we were going to spend 6 months there and 6 months in Florida.
3 months after we bought it my husband was diagnosed with cancer, that ended that as the cancer care was not able to help him there and Medicare was needed.
We kept the house for 5 years hoping we could finally use, we could not, fortunately, the man we bought it from rented it from us.
Today the area is riddled with crime so I am glad I no longer have the home.