Interesting Fact of the Day
For the first time since the Depression, more Americans age 75 and older have been leaving the South than moving there!
Personally, I hate the snow and the cold up here in the Northeast. Twenty-five years from now, I can’t picture myself shlepping around on the ice with my walker.
The migration appears to be driven in part by older people who retired to the South in their 60s, but decided to return home to their children and grandchildren after losing spouses or becoming less mobile.
From the New York Times via The Business of Life
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:38 pm
I don’t know about the South…. but I hope to God I’m anywhere but here by the time I’m 60, I really do.
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:01 pm
I have friends in Florida and parts of the state are phasing out trailer parks and retirement places for luxury condos.
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Well, for once I don’t fall into an age bracket considered horribly old. I am a bit over the 60 age, moved to the cold and frickin snow and away from the sun, but I would move back in a heart beat to be with my kids.
April 4th, 2007 at 5:16 am
We would have to retire to somewhere like the south of France or Spain to be sure to avoid the snow, so I guess I’d better get some chains for my shoes!
April 4th, 2007 at 7:58 am
My uncle moved back North when he couldn’t/shouldn’t drive anymore. Public transportation is just about nonexistent in the South.
April 4th, 2007 at 8:43 am
Les: Where exactly are you?
Jan: So where will regular folks go to retire, I wonder.
Rosemary: Do you have to stay where you are?
Akel: Oh, the South of France. How nice would that be?!
ThomasLB: I think that is one of the major reasons cities are considered good places for people to retire to.
April 4th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Maybe it has something to do with all of the hurricanes and what-not down that way? Maybe the cold is preferable to being blown away or flooded?