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HeartachesNhangovers

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14. Thanks - very interesting.

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 02:42 PM

Nov 2022

I'm 61 and my wife is 53, living in a 1200 sq.ft., single story house. We live in WA state, and the rest of our families are in CA. We both lived in CA our whole lives until we retired. She likes it here, but I hope she will move back to CA to be near relatives once I pass away peacefully in my sleep.

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NY Times: As Gen X and Boomers age they confront living alone (no paywall) [View all] Tomconroy Nov 2022 OP

Yup. I'm 73, relocated, living with my daughter... Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #1

That's what my mom chose Sympthsical Nov 2022 #2

I hear you. Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #5

Little pink houses for you and me Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #3

Love this dude! Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #7

Me, too. Just the right messages. Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #11

I'm 76. The year hubby died, Hurricane Irma took tavernier Nov 2022 #4

Very creative! Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #6

I'm surprised the percentage isn't higher. msfiddlestix Nov 2022 #8

Sounds like my kind of place. I live alone and spent all day, today, with one "agent" after another allegorical oracle Nov 2022 #16

Living here has been the most affordable and economically stable and secure I have ever experienced msfiddlestix Nov 2022 #18

Not building small houses is a huge problem. intheflow Nov 2022 #9

I was just about to say this. piddyprints Nov 2022 #12

No metal roofs?? That (and barrel tile like Mar-a-Lago) is all the property insurors want here in allegorical oracle Nov 2022 #17

I'm only 42, but this is something I have thought about. Victor_c3 Nov 2022 #10

What is being built, though, is massive senior living housing MineralMan Nov 2022 #13

Thanks - very interesting. HeartachesNhangovers Nov 2022 #14

I'm too old and tired and crippled to move me or anything around me. GoodRaisin Nov 2022 #15