We currently live in the same town as one son and his family. We have a vacation home about 2 hours from a daughter and her family. We bought the vacation home 12 years ago to be closer to our daughter who was expecting our first grandchild. The plan was to retire there. Well 2 years later my son who was living abroad moved to the town we are in with his wife and daughter. They mow have three children and it is the joy of my life to be a part of their lives as they grow. Fast forward, my husband is now retired, we got a dog during the pandemic and husband prefers to spend more time in the vacation home. It is a better climate. He wants to downsize and sell our house here and rent an apartment. The housing/apartment market here is not great. I am thinking we should just sell the vacation house, but he doesn’t want to give it up. We bought at a great time and now prices there are through the roof. Not sure what we will do, but i am realizing the importance of have a local support system as we age.