When to move and retire?

My goal is to move from the small rural town in southern Ohio where I now live to a continuing care retirement community in Cincinnati. I could move out of state to be closer to one or the other of my sons, but I've chosen to stay close to the Cincinnati VA hospital which has a very good reputation. Relocating to a nearby city has the advantage of allowing me to study very carefully the retirement options. This move is complicated by the fact that my wife who can only be cared for in a nursing home will relocate with me and choosing the right nursing home which is close to where I end up is a very complicated matter. I've set a deadline of spring of 2016
 
We retired when we could afford to, and moved from city living to country living. We are approximately 4 hours away from our children and grandchildren now, but we see more of them that we ever did. They love to come for the weekends and it is wonderful. They then all go home and we have the house to ourselves again. Utter bliss.


I am still doing a little 'paid' work which I am glad to do, and my husband has become the food provider from an extensive vegetable garden. He got all excited last week because he bought himself a worm farm. Ah it's the little things !!!!
 
It's a hard decision. I've thought about leaving California, especially with the drought and all. I hope it doesn't turn into an area like Ken's in Tx. My step father moved to the town I live in now a couple of years after my mother died. He said he never wanted to move to the small town they did but my mother wanted to.

So I do feel a little suck here. In reality I would perhaps not move anyway. Moving takes money and moving a long distance on my own with my two cats would be very difficult. Where to move? Moving states away, I don't know how I would do it on my own. A lot to think about and research.
 
Kitties,
I know what you mean, I think. I am also alone and with an old sick cat who would hate any change. I have a very elderly and
sick mother as well. Moving costs me at least $3500. On this board someone said to move there for 6 months to see how I
like it, not a bad idea, but I cannot afford to pay my rent at both places at the same time. Would or could not sublet my apt.
I have been talking about this idea for 2 decades on and off!! And I still know NO ONE in Colorado or elsewhere and I do not
make friends easily these days. Thinking about this decision does not help, I found. I am afraid of waiting tooo long.
 
The last two years, I was doing research looking for an apartment complex that either catered to senior citizens or who had a nice share of them, also within walking distance or public transportation. Unfortunately at the price range I can afford, I found apartments that were either totally destroyed, out in the boonies with no public transportation or in areas of high crime. When I look at the apartment I already own in NY (one of the worst states to be retired in), I'm on a main road with bus route, 5 banks, grocery store, several restaurants, etc. It was also named as one of the top 100 Safest towns in the U.S. My maintenance is fairly low. The downside, however, are the winters and the high taxes. Other than that it would make a perfect retirement place. So without realizing it, I may have found the perfect place to retire that I selected around 40 years ago.
 
LogicsHere said:
The last two years, I was doing research looking for an apartment complex that either catered to senior citizens or who had a nice share of them, also within walking distance or public transportation. Unfortunately at the price range I can afford, I found apartments that were either totally destroyed, out in the boonies with no public transportation or in areas of high crime. When I look at the apartment I already own in NY (one of the worst states to be retired in), I'm on a main road with bus route, 5 banks, grocery store, several restaurants, etc. It was also named as one of the top 100 Safest towns in the U.S. My maintenance is fairly low. The downside, however, are the winters and the high taxes. Other than that it would make a perfect retirement place. So without realizing it, I may have found the perfect place to retire that I selected around 40 years ago.
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Sounds similar to where I used to live in NYS. Well maybe not in the top US 100 safest, certainly not in the worst though. I just couldn't do the winters, I had one to many falls on the ice, not that I didn't take a few spills out in FL as well.
 
I have just quit my job, tired of the extreme stress. I don't get Social Security yet. I want to move out of the crazy state or Kansas, but I'm not sure where to move. I have been looking at Missouri or Washington state. I wish I could afford Colorado, but it is far too expensive for me. I have animals so I can't just rent, I will have to buy a home. I don't want to have a mortgage, so it will have to be an area where housing expense is low. I want to find a place that is safe, affordable, and clean environmentally. Anyone have any ideas? Also, is anyone making any money online? If so, please share.
 
I still have the dream of retiring to Quito, Ecuador, where I could live like a queen in a climate that's never too cold or too hot. Unfortunately, I'd have to fly home to see the boyfriend on a weekly basis as he's definitely not moving to Ecuador, even if I promise to treat him like a king. In our travels around the US, we keep finding towns that we could definitely live in, but usually only in the warm six months or the cool six months. Maybe one of these days, we'll find a place to call our new home.
 
Julieh - my husband and I are planning to move to Chattanooga, TN I'm 2017. I'm already on SSDI and given his condition (almost 40 years of physical work) he will be ready by then too!

I picked Chattanooga bc housing prices are excellent, property taxes are low, there's no state income tax if you work, and there's lots to do. Also virtually no snow, important for me.
 
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